ASK A MATE
Ask A Mate has been developed by Beyond DV, an Australian charity dedicated to building a society free from domestic violence.
Founded in 2017 by Carolyn Robinson, after her daughter’s experience of domestic violence, Beyond DV draws on Carolyn’s background as an Educator to create interactive tools that help young people build healthy relationships. Following the success of Love & Learn, their first globally downloaded teen relationship app, Ask A Mate is designed specifically for young men aged 13–18.
In 2024, Carolyn collaborated with diverse high schools to survey young men, gathering hundreds of their real questions and the names of high-profile male role models they wanted to hear from.
Partnering with Professor Michael Flood (QUT), the Brisbane Lions Football Club, and Moonward Apps, Ask A Mate is becoming a leading, accessible mobile resource offering evidence-based advice on relationships, gender, consent, and violence—delivered by positive male role models young men respect.
Guided by the young men themselves, Ask A Mate continues to evolve and grow.
BACKED BY A FEW MATES YOU MIGHT KNOW....
HARRIS ANDREWS
Co-captain Brisbane Lions Football Club.
Love&Learn
Love&Learn is a free mobile app by Beyond DV for teenagers and young women to understand healthy relationships to understand healthy relationships, a devotional book about relationships, or a podcast about various life topics. The most prominent result is the app, which provides quizzes and resources to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors.
Love&Learn App
Purpose: An app designed to educate teenagers about healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics, and provide information on where to get help.
Features: Includes a Relationship Quiz based on the Teen Power & Control Wheel, information on support resources, and peer-to-peer information.
Availability: Available for free on both the Apple and Google Play stores.
Creator: Developed by Beyond DV, an organization that focuses on preventing domestic violence.
Most of us have an interest in fashion, but many would not realise that one of the first and most common signs of control in a relationship is being told what you can and cannot wear, how you should wear your hair, nails, makeup etc. Almost 100% of our clients have reported that they experienced this type of control.
Helping the community to recognise coercive control through something as simple as fashion, can then lead to discussions about other forms of control (financial abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, technology abuse etc).
The other focus of Dress to Express Day is to give our incredibly brave DFV survivors the opportunity to attend a public event (many have been isolated at home out of fear), supported by community members. On this day, we encourage community members to wear an outfit that makes them feel FABULOUS and walk in solidarity with DFV survivors who are rediscovering their unique identity and style.
We walk together from King George Square to the Queen Street Mall stage where insightful panel discussions, interviews, live entertainment and pop-up stalls add to the purpose of the day.
