In 2018, Kristine Hewett and Keron Beath noticed a gap in services for women who have experienced domestic violence and sexual abuse and set about creating their own charity, Adamas Nexus.
Three years on, Adamas Nexus has helped countless women thrive after experiencing trauma and, due to the pandemic, is helping even more women across Australia through online meetings.
“My purpose is about using my learnings and experiences to try and help other women. We don’t expect them to come to us forever, and hearing they are going really well and don’t need us right now is wonderful,” Kristine said.
The growth their charity has experienced in the past few years has given them marketing and sponsorship opportunities to spread their message to more women across Australia and they’re very appreciative to their sponsors for their support.
“We’ve received financial support from Hands Across Canberra, and it’s been really encouraging. We’ve been able to expand and make more women aware of the fact that we are here,” Keron said.
Adamas Nexus is a post-crisis service, has vetting settings via a questionnaire on their website to determine if a woman is still in a crisis situation, and their programs have been checked by several members of the Australian Psychological Society, who are very positive about their work.
“Two meetings ago, we had a couple of new people in the session and one of our regulars launched into what she was going through, and one of the new ladies was just nodding intently. She shared second and said, ‘you have literally just said everything that is going on in my life and in my head, I didn’t realise there was other people going through what I was going through’,” Kristine said.
“Instant validation like that is the kind of response that brings the community together.”
Through their corporate sponsorship program, Adamas Nexus is hoping to use the money to hire more employees to run meetings for more diverse groups of people, including Indigenous people and members of the LGBTQI+ community.
“We don’t want to have to exist, but we hope to help women thrive and learn they can weather their storm, and there is a better life ahead for them,” Keron said.
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