Welcome to Circle of Daughters. A space created to honour the voices of women, mothers, and children. Born from both grief and resilience, it offers pathways of healing, connection, and gentle change.
Circle of Daughters’ mission is to advocate for accountability, uplift women’s voices, and offer spaces of healing and connection, while protecting the rights of mothers and children. Through awareness, community, and collective action, we strive to nurture hope and create better outcomes, even in turbulent times.
Why Change Matters.
The world does not change on its own - it changes when people come together. In community, our voices grow louder, our impact grows stronger, and what once felt impossible becomes within reach.
Often, change comes as the last choice, the path we take when nothing else has worked. Yet in these moments, life can shift and reshape itself, opening space for something new. With each shift - big or small - the right changes can make a world safer, kinder, and more supportive for ourselves and those we love.
Every step forward matters. These changes, these stepping stones, are vital for us as individuals and for society as a whole.
Advocacy
Circle of Daughters is a space for advocating on behalf of mothers, children, and families who may feel silenced or unheard. Through initiatives such as our petition calling on the NSW Government to acknowledge what happened to Ophelia and Tarrow, we seek to open systems, demand accountability, and create a ripple effect of meaningful change.
Education
Knowledge is the first step toward transformation. This platform brings together resources, stories, support networks, healers, and tools to help communities understand systemic issues. By sharing and learning, we empower individuals to stand up for justice - whether in their own lives, or in the service of wider community change.
Community
True healing and progress come when we can connect. In times of stress, grief, or trauma, connection can feel difficult or out of reach. Circle of Daughters offers a gentle space for solidarity, healing, learning, and collective action - where no one has to walk the path alone.
Our Approach
Our vision is to live in a world where the right supports are accessible, where trauma is met with care, and its impact is lessened.
Mothers and children are among the most vulnerable in society, and too often their voices go unheard.
Circle of Daughters seeks to be a place where mothers and children are honoured, heard, and held — with dignity that restores balance within families and communities. Born from loss and resilience, this space carries stories of grief into collective pathways of healing.
We believe that through compassion and advocacy, we can help shape safer systems and stronger communities, where no mother or child is left unseen, and where future generations inherit structures that protect and uphold them.
Our World
At the heart of Circle of Daughters is a commitment to honouring mothers, children, and families, and the systems that shape their lives.
Our world is built on compassion, accountability, and resilience -values that guide us in advocating for safer communities and more supportive structures.
We envision a world where every voice is heard, where healing is possible, and where dignity is upheld. This means standing for justice, nurturing connection, and creating pathways that protect the most vulnerable.
Through collective action, remembrance, and care, we strive to weave resilience into the fabric of our communities, ensuring that no mother or child is left unseen.
My story, and the inspiration behind COD
In November 2021, I lost my identical twin daughters, Ophelia and Tarrow, in a house fire near Byron Bay.
Their passing was preventable, and what followed has been an experience so enormous that words will never fully capture it. What it has shown me, however, is how deeply mothers and families can be left unseen within the very systems meant to protect us.
I created Circle of Daughters to hold my daughters’ memory and to create a space for connection, resources, and shared stories. It is a place to be strengthened by the resilience of others, and to call for change - so that no mother should ever have to walk the path that my daughters and I have.
You don’t have to walk this path alone
Through lived experience and the strength of our wider community, we’ve gathered a collective of resources and education to support you on your journey.
Explore our featured resources, from guides and fact sheets to Substack posts, podcasts, and media articles, all created to inform, empower, and support you on the path to change.
Get Involved
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Add Your Voice
Sign, share and join our petition calling on a coronial inquest.
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Give Support
Contribute towards the legal process, healing and advocacy work.
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Offer Your Skills
In media, support networks, healing, women’s advocacy, it’s takes a village to build a community
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Online Community
Join our Facebook group to connect, share, and take action alongside others committed to protecting and uplifting women and children.
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