S5:E06 | Geraldine Bilston

Geraldine is a professional consultant and victim-survivor of family violence. Geraldine was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the Victim Survivors Advisory Council in May 2020 and she sits across a number of consulting and advisory boards including the Mornington Peninsula Primary Prevention Collaboration and White Ribbon National Advisory Council. On today’s episode Geraldine shares details on her upbringing, her personal story and Wisdom in Practice - a reverse mentoring program. Geraldine talks about how lived experience and professionalism partner together and work along side each other to create systemic responses that meet the needs of the people who use them. Thank you for sharing your story so honestly Geraldine and welcome to the podcast.