Australian haircare brand CPR Hair has teamed up with HaiR-3Rs to educate their hair community, empowering them with the knowledge to recognise, respond to and refer when faced with difficult situations of family violence in the salon.
The partnership was launched this week and will include the creation of a video for HaiR-3Rs, funded and made by CPR Hair, which will premiere at the brand’s Salon Forum and later be hosted on the Circle website as an industry resource. The partnership will further comprise an online Zoom workshop with an expert from HaiR-3Rs on April 14, to educate on this essential response training.
“We’re honoured to announce CPR Hair’s partnership with HAIR3RS, an Australian initiative that empowers salon professionals to become lifelines for clients facing family violence. This training equips our industry with the tools and knowledge to offer vital support, and in some cases, to help save lives,” the brand shared.
“A salon is a place of sanctuary, where clients can feel seen, heard, and supported. Seeking help for domestic and family violence is incredibly difficult, but sometimes it starts with a conversation – often with someone they trust, like a hairdresser.”
Four members of CPR Hair have completed the training, with CPR Hair Newcastle ambassador Stevi Stilist also joining HaiR-3Rs as an ambassador and advocate for this important cause. Further advocacy and education will take place at the CPR Salon Forum, and the brand is encouraging CPR Hair salons to donate $1 from every sale of the Lisa Nooin Packs to this incredible non-profit organisation.
The HaiR-3Rs training builds on the role of the hairdresser as a trusted confidant to many clients, offering information to professional hairdressers to help them deal with these situations in a way that can be lifesaving. Hair professionals learn to spot the signs of family violence in a salon setting, respond to family violence disclosure that they may receive from a client or colleague and learn how to properly refer that person to the correct services. The education offers resources and builds confidence in this hard but crucial task.
The education responds to stats where one in four Australian women have experience intimate partner violence since the age of 15, and where one Australian women is killed every week by a current or former partner.
Congratulations to CPR Hair for embarking on this important partnership.
For more information visit www.cprhair.com
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