The Miracle Mums Movement Inc., a survivor-led registered charity based in Redcliffe, has secured $150,000 in funding to deliver a 12-month Women’s Wellbeing Program of peer wellness workshops for women across the Moreton Bay region who have experienced domestic and family violence.
The funding enables the charity to expand its existing workshop model into a structured, ongoing program offering regular community spaces where women can access peer support, develop emotional resilience tools, rebuild self-esteem and form the social connections that research consistently identifies as critical to long-term recovery. For a region where domestic and family violence remains one of the most pressing community safety issues, the investment in a locally embedded, survivor-led support model addresses a gap that crisis services alone cannot fill.
Built From Lived Experience
Lou Feltham Smith, a Redcliffe-based survivor, founded the Miracle Mums Movement on a clear conviction: women who survive abuse deserve more than crisis support. They deserve the space to rebuild, reconnect with themselves and create the life they want.
That founding philosophy shapes everything about how the charity operates. Survivors who have transformed their own lives make up the Miracle Mums Movement team and now support others on their journey. The peer model places women with lived experience at the centre of the support process rather than positioning them purely as recipients of professional services. As a registered charity, the organisation partners with qualified professionals and collaborates closely with other Queensland domestic violence services to offer the most comprehensive support and resources available.
The team delivers workshops on the Redcliffe Peninsula using proven self-development principles to foster personal growth and goal achievement. Each session covers different practical strategies for moving toward a better life, with the program structured around three interconnected stages: developing a clear vision for the future, building a concrete plan to pursue it, and implementing that plan with community support over time.
Why Peer Support Matters After Trauma
The design of the Women’s Wellbeing Program reflects a growing body of evidence about what works for survivors of domestic and family violence in the period after they leave an abusive relationship. Crisis services play an essential role in the immediate aftermath, but the journey of recovery extends well beyond that acute phase. Isolation, eroded self-worth, disrupted social networks and the psychological aftermath of prolonged abuse all require sustained, structured support over time.
Peer-based programs are particularly effective in this space because they reduce the social isolation that makes recovery harder and create communities of shared understanding that professional services cannot replicate in the same way. When a survivor’s support comes partly from people who have navigated the same terrain, the therapeutic effect extends beyond the content of any individual session into the relationship and connection itself.
Across Queensland, the number of domestic and family violence occurrences recorded annually nearly doubled between 2017-18 and 2022-23, with police receiving more than 171,000 reports and occurrences in 2023 alone. Behind every statistic is a person navigating the long process of rebuilding, and programs like the Miracle Mums Movement’s workshops exist precisely to support that process in a sustained, community-grounded way.
Support That Stays Close to Home in Moreton Bay
The Moreton Bay region carries a significant domestic and family violence caseload, with the Moreton Police District maintaining specialist co-located DFV support services and the Centre Against Domestic Abuse operating dedicated counselling and court support services from Redcliffe. The Miracle Mums Movement sits alongside those services as a complementary peer-based resource, extending support into the recovery phase rather than duplicating crisis response.
The Miracle Mums Movement is taking its proven Redcliffe model on the road. This $150,000 investment empowers the team to deliver workshops across the Moreton Bay region, breaking down geographic barriers for survivors in Caboolture, Strathpine, and North Lakes who need sustained recovery support close to home.
Women across the Moreton Bay region can submit an expression of interest at miraclemumsmovement.com to join the Miracle Mums Movement workshops and receive updates when enrolments open for the next round.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or family violence, DVConnect Womensline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1800 811 811. For Australia-wide support, 1800RESPECT is available at any time on 1800 737 732. In an emergency, call 000.
Published 27-March-2026.
