<div><strong>Building The Purple Tiger Foundation</strong>
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<div>I feel like this journey started..... A long time ago in a galaxy far far away....
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<div>Building a pathway through trauma, mental health, abuse, neglect and sexual assault through social engagement in sport, adventure experiences, play therapy and lived experience yarning circles.
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<div>Patrick &amp; his business partners have a deep passion to support and help Australia's most vulnerable children and adults. We want to help them achieve their hopes, dreams and aspirations in life whilst getting the support they need to transition from being a victim to a survivor.
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<div>Throughout their careers they have lived and worked in some of the most remote communities and have seen firsthand the hardship and trauma that some children and people with disabilities go through in the early and adult stages of their lives. Along with seeing what transitions into adulthood when the right care, support, understanding and professional help hasn't been provided.
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<div>Whether it is childhood trauma in the form of abuse, neglect, sexual assault or family, sibling or domestic violence. Or whether it has simply been trauma or personal circumstance that hasn't ben acknowledged or supported previously and they are now adults. We want to also provide a lifeline for children and young people to aid in their recovery and help them learn to live life beyond the event.
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<div>We also want to support adults, males in particular that have gone through horrific trauma which has either gone undiagnosed or untreated due to a sense of pride, shame or lack of appropriate services. We want mates to feel comfortable with talking to mates and having the strength and courage to stand up and say I am not OK.
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<div><strong>The Idea of the Purple Tiger</strong>
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<div>Founder Patrick came up with the idea of the Purple Tiger Foundation from his own personal, traumatic and horrific experiences as a victim of serious child sexual abuse and assault over the course of a number of years. From his journey from Victim to Survivor to Advocate he started to build upon the idea of the Foundation with four focuses in mind;
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<div><strong>First Focus:</strong> was helping people to transition/transform from victim to survivor. It was then about instilling the courage and bravery back into people to empower them to rebuild their sense of identity, importance, independence. Then helping them to rediscover life's purpose for them as individuals, that their is life after trauma, and how they can help, teach and safeguard others.
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<div><strong>Second Focus:</strong> was about bringing communities, families and people back together and creating an idea and logo that gave people back their passion, power and their purpose. It was also about educating families, siblings and friends about the journey a victim goes through and the importance of a safe space being rebuilt when they choose to deal with their past.
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<div><strong>Third Focus:</strong> was then about combining several powerful messages through imagery, colour, folklore and an animal that would bring a sense of hope, instill courage and return ones self-belief and self-confidence. Whilst empowering people to realise their self-worth again, come out about their experiences and tell their story that their is life after trauma. 
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<div><strong>Fourth Focus:</strong> was about identifying what community, social, interactive and recreational activities could be used as mediums to help victims begin to regain their self worth, confidence and personal power. It was identified that many team sports, outdoor recreational activities, adventure experiences and social yarning/spectator experiences could provide the vehicle to help people rebuild an external support network. With the aim of working to rebuild trust, social engagement and begin to remove the stigma associated with their previous experiences.
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<div><strong>The Purpose:</strong>
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<div>The idea was to then work with communities, government departments, not for profit organisations, families, individuals and the victims of crime tribunals to offer life experiences and sport and recreation vouchers to these victims of crime, abuse and neglect as a way of helping them begin their transformational journey.
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<div>It was hoped that as we build this foundation that organisations, government departments, philanthropists and corporate organisations would contribute experiences and funding to make people dreams come true again.
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Building The Purple Tiger Foundation

Building The Purple Tiger Foundation

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