Jade is a survivor of family and personal violence. Jade was subjected to a violent assault within her home by her husband from whom she was separated.  He had been unpredictable in his behaviour for some time and was not coping well with the separation.  He smashed his way into her home early one morning via multiple glass windows and doors.  At the time Jade was awake and with her eldest child who witnessed his attempts to enter the house.  The youngest daughter was frightened and had slept in her mother’s room the night before.  She was awoken by her father’s violent efforts to gain entry to the house, resulting in Jade and her three children all terrified within the home.  Jade and her children attempted to barricade themselves in her son's room. However, he chased them there, forced the bedroom door open and pushed Jade onto the floor. She struck her head on an object as she fell. Her son attempted to stop him, his father, in order to protect his mother, but was pushed away. 

He then overpowered Jade, placed both hands and forearms around then forcibly against her neck and started to choke her. The children, who all were present in the room while this was taking place, were distressed and screaming. Jade’s son unsuccessfully attempted to pull his father away from his mother. The father then punched Jade to the head and face a number of times and pulled her across the room by her hair, causing chunks of hair to come out of her head. Her son continued his efforts to remove his father from the house. It was at this stage that the offender assaulted his son. Despite this, Jade’s son continued to struggle with his father and eventually was able to restrain him to the point where he was able to convince him to let go of his mother. The offender was subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment. 

Jade is passionate about assisting others by providing connections to local supports available to survivors of family and personal violence.