In 2010, the Zonta Club of Caloundra City Inc, Australia, introduced its Restart in a Safe Environment (RISE) concept to increase community collaboration and education and address domestic violence issues. Since then, the club has enjoyed 13 successful years of persistence and building partnerships.

The club initiated a project in 2013 to build a duplex on donated land to address the lack of transitional housing options for women and children leaving situations of domestic abuse in the southern end of the Sunshine Coast. The club raised US$90,000 in 90 days in 2016. A successful and continuing partnership with the Coast to Bay and the Salvation Army achieved the opening of the first duplex in 2017. The ongoing success of this model has been demonstrated by the state government’s direct funding in 2021 under the Safe Places capital grants to establish eight additional units in the Sunshine Coast region. The club has been repeatedly recognized for taking the initiative to address this need. It is a testament to the resilience and persistence of members who continue to work tirelessly to advocate for women and children affected by domestic abuse.