97 {Ashton Wood} How your phone can save domestic violence survivors

To book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140Trigger warning: this episode discusses domestic violenceOur guest for this episode is someone whose tenacity and ingenuity helped them overcome a big personal hurdle, but also helped them take on a challenge to help other Australians as well. Ashton Wood runs DV Safe phone, a charity that gets safe phones into the hands of domestic violence survivors AND he has also lobbied to change the Australian Consumer Law to better protect new car buyers in Australia. With no formal training or experience in Consumer Laws or domestic violence his attitude is “if not me, then who?”In this episode Ashton shares:How one person can make a huge differenceHow he took a stand and publicly destroyed his lemon of a car to call out the company after they stuffed him aroundThe importance of having a voice for people who don’t have a voiceWhy you have to take the harder road to get an outcomeHow he was donating goods, but they needed phones for victims so he decided to start a charity, to donate phones to victims of domestic violenceThe unbelievably high number of how many phones are needed by DV survivorsThe importance of new phones for those fleeing a domestic violence situationKey Quotes“I was shocked to hear what happens in the life of a domestic violence survivor, the phones can be tracked, and the only real way to get them safe is to get them a new phone”“If a victim doesn’t have a phone how do they make a call to enact the plan and get safe.”More aboutYou can connect with Ashton via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonwood/To find out more about DV safe phone, you can go here: https://dvsafephone.org/You can also find them on socials. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DVSafePhone/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dvsafephoneYou can get involved with the podcast onlineTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected] check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.comIf you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website: http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au For her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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