Type: Outreach services
Sector/setting: Women
Domestic violence outreach workers provide support to women and children who are experiencing or escaping from domestic violence.
- Horsham (Grampians CH) - 03 5362 1200
- Ballarat (WRISC FV Support Services) - 5333 3666
- Ballarat (Berry Street FV Crisis Support 24/7) - 5331 3558
- Stawell (Grampians CH) - 5358 7400
- Ararat (Grampians CH) - 5352 6200
Multiple locations in Grampians area
Type: Crisis service, Women's refuge services, Specialist services, After hours services
Sector/setting: CALD, Disability, Children, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Sexual assault, Women, Elder abuse
safe steps provides telephone crisis counselling, referral, information and support, and is the central contact point for women’s Refuges in Victoria.
- 1800 015 188 - Toll Free 24 hours 7 days a week
- (03) 9928 9600
Type: Specialist services, After hours services, Case management, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Children, Housing, Men's services, Response, Recovery, Women
Bethany offers family violence counselling, support and advice.
- (03) 5278 8122 (Hamlyn Heights, main office)
- (03) 5247 2111 (West Geelong)
- 1300 510 439 (Warrnambool)
- 5278 8122 (Grovedale)
- 5278 8122 (Men's programs)
Bethany has offices in Hamlyn Heights, Grovedale, West Geelong and Warrnambool.
Type: Crisis service, Specialist services, After hours services, Case management, Counselling services, Peak body
Sector/setting: Training and education, Community services, Prevention, Response, Sexual assault, Women
Provide support and intervention to women, children and men who are victim survivors of sexual assault.
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line (Victoria) 1800 806 292
Find your nearest CASA: https://www.casa.org.au/contact-us/
Type: Specialist services, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Aboriginal services, Justice, courts & legal, Prevention, Response, Recovery, Sexual assault, Women
Djirra provides telephone and face-to-face legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence.
- Freecall 1800 105 303
- (03) 9244 3333 (Abbotsford)
- (03) 5562 5755 (Warrnambool)
- (03) 5153 2322 (Bairnsdale)
- (03) 5021 3200 (Mildura)
- (03) 5304 2400 (Ballarat)
- (03) 4435 0500 (Bendigo)
- (03) 5100 1700 (Morwell)
Statewide service with office locations in Abbotsford (Melbourne Metro), Bendigo, Morwell, Mildura Bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Mildura
Type: Crisis service, Outreach services, Women's refuge services, Specialist services, Case management, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Aboriginal services, Children, Housing, Justice, courts & legal, Response, Recovery, Women
Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women's Services seeks to promote social justice and equity for Aboriginal women and children experiencing Family Violence.
P.O. Box 167 Fairfield, Vic 3078
Type: Outreach services, Specialist services, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Aboriginal services, Children, Housing, Men's services, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Women
Grampians Community Health provides coordinated health and community services (including family violence support) in the Central Grampians and Wimmera sub regions.
- (03) 5358 7400 (Stawell)
- (03) 5352 6200 (Ararat)
- (03) 5362 1200 (Horsham)
Type: Outreach services, Specialist services
Sector/setting: CALD, Community services, Children, Justice, courts & legal, Response, Women
inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence works with women a children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) who are victim survivors of domestic
- (03) 9413 6500 (9.00am - 5.00pm)
- Toll Free 1800 755 988
GPO Box 2905, Melbourne Vic 3001
Type: Crisis service, Women's refuge services
Sector/setting: Training and education, Children, Housing, Response, Recovery, Women
Provides accommodation, services, advocacy and support for women who are homeless, and women and their children who are experiencing family violence.
Level 1, 81-83 Paisley Street, Footscray, VIC, 3011
Type: Specialist services, After hours services, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Men's services, Women
QLife is a counselling and referral service for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and/or intersex (LGBTI) and their supporters.
- 1800 184 527 (3pm - 12am every day)
Type: Specialist services, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Children, Men's services, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Women
Relationships Australia Victoria provides specialist family and relationship services, including family violence prevention, support and recovery.
Centres in Ballarat, Berwick, Boronia, Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Greensborough, Kew, Melbourne CBD, Sunshine, Shepparton.
Type: Specialist services, Private rental brokerage, Case management
Sector/setting: Community services, Response, Women
SalvoConnect offers a range of services to the Barwon South West community including housing, homelessness, women’s, mental health, financial, alcohol and other drugs.
- 1800 825 955 (Ballarat)
- (03) 03 5522 1480 (Portland)
- (03) 5572 5822 (Hamilton)
- 03 5564 9111 (Warrnambool)
- 03 5382 1770 (Horsham)
Offices in Ballarat, Portland, Warrnambool, Hamilton & Horsham. Homelessness services operate from Horsham and Ballarat.
Type: Crisis service, Outreach services, Women's refuge services, Specialist services, After hours services, Case management, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Aboriginal services, Children, Prevention, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Sexual assault, Women
The SAFV Centre offers a wide range of free and confidential services for adults, children and young people who have experienced sexual assault or family violence.
- Geelong: 03 5222 4318
- Wimmera: 03 5381 1211
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line (24 Hours): 1800 806 292
- Safe Steps (24 Hours): 1800 015 188
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Training and education, Aboriginal services, Children, Prevention, Early intervention
The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) is the lead Aboriginal child and family welfare organisation in Victoria.
Multiple locations in Metropolitan area
Type: Peak body
Sector/setting: Women
WESNET is a national women’s peak body which works on behalf of women and children who are experiencing or have experienced domestic or family violence.