Emerge is proud to acknowledge the generous support of Maddocks, who have provided a $20,000 grant through their Charities & Fundraising Committee Grants Program.
This funding is helping Emerge continue delivering the early childhood stream of our evidence-based Back on Track program — supporting children from infancy to five years old who have been impacted by family violence and trauma.
Investing in early intervention
At Emerge, we recognise children as victim-survivors in their own right.
Exposure to family violence can deeply affect a child’s emotional development, relationships, sense of safety and ability to engage in early learning.
Back on Track provides therapeutic early intervention that helps young children and caregivers rebuild safe attachments, strengthen emotional regulation and develop secure relationships.
By supporting children early, the program helps families remain safely together and gives children the foundations they need to reconnect with learning, wellbeing and community.
The impact behind the work
As part of Maddocks’ recent Grant Recipient Spotlight featuring Emerge CEO Claire Marshall, one story shared captured the profound impact early intervention can have.
A young boy entered the Back on Track program having never experienced a single day of safety at home. He believed all men were dangerous and feared he would one day grow up to become the same.
Before the program, he was using aggressive behaviours, had been excluded from school, and home felt unsafe.
Through Back on Track, he worked with one of Emerge’s trauma-informed martial arts practitioners — a man — and for the first time experienced a safe, respectful relationship with a male role model.
Over time, he began to rebuild trust, regulate his emotions and reconnect with those around him.
After completing the program, he returned to the classroom, home became a safer environment, and he was able to form respectful relationships and manage big emotions in healthier ways.
Stories like this demonstrate why early intervention matters — not only for one child, but for families, schools and communities.
A shared commitment to safer futures
Early intervention is critical to disrupting intergenerational cycles of violence.
Without timely, therapeutic support, children exposed to violence can experience ongoing trauma, behavioural challenges, school disengagement and future re-victimisation.
Back on Track works with children and caregivers before crisis escalates — providing evidence-based support that helps children build safety, trust and confidence.
We are deeply grateful to Maddocks for recognising the importance of this work and standing alongside women and children rebuilding their lives after violence.
Thank you
To the team at Maddocks — thank you for your generosity, leadership and belief in this work.
Your support is helping children move from trauma toward safety, connection and hope.