Type: Specialist services
In Victoria’s Central Highlands, the Integrated Family Violence Services system is represented by the Central Highlands Integrated Family Violence Committee (CHIFVC).
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
National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line
The Australian Childhood Foundation is a national charity which prioritises the safety and welfare of children.
PO BOX 3335, Richmond, VIC, 3121
Type: Crisis service, Women's refuge services, Specialist services, After hours services, Case management
Sector/setting: Children, Housing, Men's services, Response, Women, Elder abuse
This service provides a specialist family violence response during business hours to women & children in Ballarat, Ararat, The Pyrenees, Golden Plains, Moorabool & Hepburn.
23 Wetlands Drive, Mount Helen, 3350
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: Community services, Children, Housing, Men's services, Early intervention, Response, Recovery, Women
CAFS supports vulnerable children, young people and families in the Central Highlands and Grampians Region.
- (03) 5337 3333 (Ballarat)
- (03) 5352 2910 (Ararat)
- (03) 5367 9900 (Bacchus Marsh)
Offices in Ballarat, Ararat, Daylesford and Bacchus Marsh
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: Counselling services, Support group
Sector/setting: Aboriginal services, Children, Men's services, Response
Dardi Munwurro delivers a range of tailored family violence, healing and behaviour change programs and services to Aboriginal men and youth.
Central office: 558 High Street, Preston, Victoria | Offices are also located in Bairnsdale, Shepparton, Warrnambool, Morwell & Dandenong
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
DVRCV provides training, publications, research and other resources to family violence practitioners, survivors and the community.
- (03) 8346 5200 (general enquiries)
- (03) 8346 5266 (training enquiries)
52 Cardigan Street Carlton 3053
Type: Peak body
Sector/setting: Community services, Response, Recovery
Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic) is the peak body for family violence services in Victoria.
PO Box 21175 Little Lonsdale Street Victoria 8011
Type: Specialist services
Sector/setting: Training and education, Community services, Elder abuse
ERA provides advocacy assistance to support older people to uphold their rights and to prevent abuse.
- (03) 9602 3066
- 1800 700 600
Suite 4, Level 8, 167 Queen St Melbourne Vic 3000