Type: Outreach services, Specialist services, Case management, Counselling services
Sector/setting: Community services, Justice, courts & legal, Response, Recovery, Sexual assault
The Victims Assistance Program is a free service that provides information, practical assistance and referrals to victims of violent crime.
- 1300 362 739 (Make a booking, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
- 1800 819 817 (Victims of Crime Helpline, Mon-Sun 8am-11pm)
Level 2, 110 Chifley Drive, Preston VIC 3072 | Level 3, 62-68 Ovens Road, Wangaratta VIC 3677
Type: Outreach services
Sector/setting: Training and education, Justice, courts & legal, Response, Women
Domestic violence outreach workers provide support to women and children who are experiencing or escaping from domestic violence.
- Wodonga (Gateway Health) - 02 6022 8888
- Shepparton (VincentCare - Marian Community) - 03 5821 9458
- Broadford/Seymour/Wallan (Nexus Primary Health) - 1300 773 352
- Wangaratta (Centre against Violence) - 03 5722 2203
Multiple locations in Hume 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
Sector/setting: Community services, Justice, courts & legal
Community Legal Centres provide free legal advice, advocacy and support.
Level 3, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Community services, Justice, courts & legal, Response
Court Network offers personal support, information and referral to people going to court.
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
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: Specialist services, Case management, Support group
Sector/setting: Community services, Children, Housing, Men's services, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Women
Kildonan Uniting Care is a community service organisation supporting individuals, families and communities from metropolitan Melbourne through to northern regional Victoria.
- (03) 8401 0100 or 1800 002 992 (toll free)
Offices in the North and North-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, as well as Shepparton and Cobram.
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Justice, courts & legal, Response
The court can make intervention orders to protect people who have experienced violent, threatening or abusive behaviour.
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: Crisis service, Outreach services, Specialist services, After hours services, Case management
Sector/setting: Community services, Children, Prevention, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Women, Elder abuse
Crossroads Family Violence Service provides a diverse and responsive suite of services for women and women with children escaping family violence.
2/828 Sydney Road, North Coburg 3058
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Justice, courts & legal, Elder abuse
Seniors Rights Victoria offers a range of services to support older Victorians experiencing abuse.
Level 4, 533 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Justice, courts & legal
This service offers free legal information in English and 14 other languages, from Monday to Friday.
Multiple locations around Victoria
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