Our Aim:
Cameron Duce Forever 22 Memorial Association Incorporated operates as a Not For Profit Incorporated Association and is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not For Profits Commission.
Our charity registration can be found here.
The Association has the following Goals and Purpose:
1: to raise awareness of the dangers and life changing consequences of Coward Punches/Coward Strikes to both the victim and the perpetrator and their families and friends. This will also include the effect it has on the community, from the direct local repercussions in the local area, to the emergency services workers involved directly and the ongoing medical care involved (emotional and financial). There is also consideration given to the wider community including trust and safety concerns, policing, the law and legal outcomes for anti-social and unprovoked violence.
2: commemorate and celebrate Cameron David Duce as an ongoing part of the awareness campaign. By keeping Cameron's memory alive and relevant it adds weight to the campaign by being able to show Cameron as a real person who was and is still loved and missed by many. To show others who don't know Cameron about his life, his family, his mates, his employment and his future, and how quickly it can all be taken away. This gives the cause direct personal relevance and helps other people see that this can happen to anyone, at any time, as opposed to Cameron just becoming another statistic and talking about numbers.
Our mission:
Our aim moving forward is to help continue to raise awareness of the dangers and life changing consequences of Coward Punches and Coward Strikes to both the victim and the perpetrator and their families and friends.
This includes the effect it has on the community, from the direct repercussions in the local area including business and tourism, and the wider communities trust and safety concerns. There is also the emergency services involved directly and the ongoing medical care involved (emotional and financial).
We are working towards establishing some sort of educational and awareness arm, much along the lines of Danny Green's Stop The Coward Punch campaign and the Pat Cronin Foundation's "Be Wise" program.
What is a Coward Punch/Coward Strike?
A coward punch or coward strike is an unexpected, unprovoked, and unlawful blow, usually delivered to the head or neck of an unsuspecting victim, often from behind and without warning.
It is described as a "cowardly act" because the perpetrator strikes without warning, giving the victim no opportunity to prepare or defend themselves.
As it is a forceful blow delivered without warning, it often knocks the victim unconscious, which creates great risk of further head trauma if they fall and hit the ground.
A coward punch is a cowardly act!
We seek to have the Coward Punch/Coward Strike laws strengthened and expanded moving forward so they can be applied to other cowardly assaults and attacks, with the hope that it will help to reduce the number of these types of attacks happening in the future. We believe that by charging offenders of this type of assault as cowards it would add an extra layer of deterrent to those who might choose to coward punch or coward strike someone. We believe this would be a very welcome change to the law by the wider community.
Our team:
We are a grieving family who have lost our beautiful Cam, a son, a brother, an uncle, nephew, grandson and great mate to many.
Our team consists of family and friends and those who support us in our goals and endeavours. We have a Chartered Accountant as our Treasurer and we are always open to engaging with anyone who would like to join our team if they share our aim and our mission and can provide assistance, advice, legal or online behind the scenes work, or any other contribution that helps us move closer to our aim.
If you would like to be part of our team, please feel free to contact us via the page below.
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