Safety is designed in
Community spaces are moderated, student support has clear boundaries, and urgent safety concerns are directed to a trusted adult and appropriate emergency help.
The Empress Standard
A confidence and resilience journey built with care at every turn.
Empress Rising is designed to give girls room to grow, families useful support, and every participant clear, age-appropriate boundaries around privacy, connection, and help.
What families can expect
Care is not an extra. It is the experience.
Every feature, message, and community moment is designed to support agency, respect privacy, and make the next helpful action clear.
Privacy is the default
Parents can see lesson completion progress and receive weekly Parent Summary Sheets. Student journal entries, mood check-ins, individual reflections and personal toolkit notes are not displayed in the parent dashboard.
Connection has purpose
The programme is built for small, supportive moments of connection, not endless feeds, popularity contests, or pressure to perform.
Parents are partners
Parents receive practical language, weekly context, and useful support actions without being asked to monitor every part of the journey.
Progress is personal
We celebrate courage, practice, and growth without ranking girls by popularity, appearance, or public scores.
Support is honest
Ask Allison is a private, non-emergency programme support pathway. It is not a crisis service or a replacement for a trusted adult or professional help.
These parent-dashboard boundaries are not a promise of absolute confidentiality. Read our Privacy Policy for information about how personal information is handled.
Empress Rising does not record live Empress Circles. Joining and camera use are optional; there is no replay if a Circle is missed. Participants must not record or take screenshots. This rule does not make unauthorised recording or screenshots technically impossible.
For urgent support
You never have to handle everything on your own.
Empress Rising is here to support girls with confidence, resilience and everyday challenges — but there are times when extra support from a trusted person or professional is important.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call Triple Zero (000).
If something doesn’t feel right, feels too big to manage alone, or you need more support, talk to a parent, carer, trusted adult, GP or one of the services below. You don’t have to work out which service is perfect before reaching out — asking for help is a strong first step.
- 000 — Emergency Services
- 1800 55 1800 — Kids Helpline: free counselling for ages 5–25, 24/7
- 13 11 14 — Lifeline: crisis support, 24/7
- 1800 650 890 — eheadspace: mental health support for ages 12–25 and their families; not a 24-hour service
- 1800 737 732 — 1800RESPECT
- 1800 272 831 — Bravehearts
Ask Allison is designed for non-urgent Empress Rising questions and guidance only. It is not an emergency or crisis support service.
Questions about the program?
Parents and enrolled students can use the private Ask Allison pathway for non-urgent help with lessons, resources, and the program experience.
Ask Allison a program question