SURVIVORS of abuse and neglect in orphanages have protested in Melbourne, calling for a national compensation scheme and urging the Uniting Church to lead the way with a contribution.
Several protesters from the Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) protested outside Wesley House in Melbourne's CBD on Monday, calling for Wesley Mission Victoria to contribute to a national compensation fund.
Wesley Mission Victoria, which is part of the Uniting Church, ran Tally Ho Boys Home in Melbourne until the 1980s.
It has apologised to former residents of the home who were traumatised by abuse or neglect while in its care as children.
CLAN co-founder Leonie Sheedy said protesters were sending a message to Wesley Mission that it should be the first charity to volunteer to contribute to a national compensation fund.
"They haven't been given a lot of attention, the Uniting Church and the Anglican Church - it's more so the Catholics and the Salvation Army - and so the spotlight needs to come on to these small organisations too," Ms Sheedy told AAP.
Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia have all at times established compensation schemes for orphanage abuse victims, but CLAN is calling for a national fund with fewer restrictions than some of the state schemes.
"There needs to be a reparation fund, that needs to be national, that needs to be inclusive of everyone who was harmed in an orphanage or a children's home," Ms Sheedy said.
Wesley Mission Victoria and the Uniting Church declined to comment.
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