Section outline

    • It's important to know where to refer someone for expert help. In Australia, key services include:

      You can also look for culturally appropriate, disability-aware, or LGBTQIA+ inclusive services, depending on the person’s needs.

       Organisation

      Nature of the service provided

       Contact details

       If someone is in immediate danger

      Emergency services

      000

      Respect (Safe Steps in Victoria)

      24-hour service for family violence

      Web: https://www.1800respect.org.au/

      Phone: 1800 737 732

      Email: safesteps@safesteps.org.au

      Safe Steps

      24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for women and children who are victims of family violence.

      Victoria’s 24/7 family violence response centre.

      Web: https://www.safesteps.org.au/

      Phone: 1800 015 188

       Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH)

      A voice for migrant and refugee women’s wellbeing in Australia.

      Web: https://www.mcwh.com.au/

      Phone: 0394180999; 1800 656 421

      Victoria Police

      Violence against women and children.

      Web: https://www.police.vic.gov.au/family-violence

      Phone: 000 in an emergency or

      Contact your local police station

       Our Watch

      Primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia.

      Learn about violence against women and how to prevent violence against women. Gender stereotypes and men and masculinities.

       Web: https://www.ourwatch.org.au/contact/

       inTouch

       Multicultural centre against family violence

      inTouch provides services, programs and responses to family violence in migrant and refugee communities.

      Web: https://intouch.org.au/

      Phone: If you are experiencing abuse and need a translator, call TIS on 131 450 and ask them to call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, or Safe Steps on 1800 015 188. Both services are open 24 hours.

      Phone: For general information and enquiries phone inTouch on 03 9413 6500.

      Email: communications@intouch.org.au
      intouch men: mfc@intouch.org.au.

      cohealth

      Family violence counselling

      Web: https://www.cohealth.org.au/

      Find your location: https://www.cohealth.org.au/location/

       The Orange Door

      The Orange Door provides help for people experiencing family violence, or who need assistance with the care and wellbeing of children and young people.

      Web: https://www.orangedoor.vic.gov.au/

      000 or the contact phone number depends on the suburb.

      Find your location: Can find the service near you by visiting: https://www.orangedoor.vic.gov.au/find-a-service-near-you

      Rainbow Door

      Family violence support for LGBTQIA+

      Connecting all LGBTIQA+ people to the services we need.

      Web: https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/

      Phone: 1800 729 367

       Men’s Referral Service

       For people at risk of using family violence.

      Web: https://ntv.org.au/mrs/

      Phone: 1300 766 491

      MensLine Australia

      A telephone and online counselling service for men with family and relationship concerns.

       Web: https://mensline.org.au/

      Phone: 1300 78 99 78

       Man Cave

      Emotional intelligence for young men.

      Web: https://themancave.life/

      Contact through the web-portal: https://themancave.life/contact/

      White Ribbon

      The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls.

      Web: https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/

      Phone: 1800 737 732

       Safe and Equal

       Safe and Equal works with practitioners and leaders to bring grassroots issues into the public policy arena, coordinate and participate in advocacy and action to reform policy and improve the service system, and scale up and embed practice development and innovation across the continuum from primary prevention to recovery.

       

      Web: https://safeandequal.org.au/

      Phone: 03 83465200