REDHS Services

In an emergency or if you are in danger RIGHT NOW – Call 000

Are you safe at home? – this site has information to help you think about your safety and find support.

• Safe Steps – 1800 015 188 
  • for confidential support and information call the family violence response line 24/7.
• Orange Door Loddon 1800 512 359 or Mallee 1800 015 188 (business hours)
  • a specialist family violence service that provides intake services for people who use and experience violence, intake for family services, safety planning and secondary consultation for staff of non-specialist agencies.  
• 1800 RESPECT – 1800 737 732  
  • the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. 24/7 phone and online services.
• Child and Family Services (CAFS)
  • provides a range of programs and services to children, young people and families who need support
• Centre for Non Violence – 1800 884 292 (9am – 5pm weekdays)
  • providing family violence and homelessness outreach services in the Loddon region. 
• Rural Outreach Services – Loddon Mallee – Bendigo 1800 884 038 (9am – 5pm Monday – Friday), Swan Hill 24/7 – 03 5033 1899
  • Domestic violence outreach workers provide support to women and children escaping or experiencing domestic violence.  
• Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre – 1800 450 909, (9am – 5pm Monday – Friday)
  • free legal information and advice to Central Victorians who cannot afford a lawyer or cannot access legal aid. Interpreter services available. 
• Housing Justice – 1800 450 990 (9am – 5pm Monday – Friday)
  • free, confidential advice and assistance to tenants living in Bendigo, Loddon, Campaspe, Mt Alexander, Central Goldfields and parts of Macedon Ranges. 
• Lifeline – 1311 24
  • 24/7 crisis line, crisis support, suicide prevention
• Djirra – 1800 105 303  – Bendigo – 03 4435 0500
  • a legal service for Aboriginal people who are affected by family violence.
• With Respect – 1800 542 847 
  • a service for LGBTIQ people and their children who experience or use family violence.  With Respect provide counselling, and case management and provide recovery programs, and secondary consultation and advice for staff of non-specialist agencies.
• QLife – 1800 184 527
  • LGBTQIA+ community peer support and referral
• WIRE Women’s Support Line – 1300 134 130
  • free support, referrals & information on any issue for women, non-binary & gender diverse people in Victoria
• Relationships Australia – 1300 364 277
  • family violence prevention, support and recovery
• Sexual Assault Crisis Line – 1800 806 292
  • is a statewide, after-hours, confidential, telephone crisis counselling service for people who have experienced both past and recent sexual assault
• Blue Knot – 1300 657 380 (9am-6pm Monday – Friday) (9am-5pm weekends and public holidays) 
  • support and advocacy for people who have complex trauma, and those who support them personally and professionally
  • National Counselling and referral service – Disability 1800 421 468
• Seniors Rights Victoria – 1300 368 821 
  • provides information, support, advice and education in response to elder abuse.
• InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence – 1800 755 988 
  • provides state-wide services, programs and responses to issues of family violence in multicultural communities.
• Kids Helpline – 1800 551 800 
  • is a counselling service for Australian children and young people aged between 5 and 25 years. 24/7 phone and online services.
• No to Violence– 1300 766 491 
  • is the peak body for organisations and individuals working with men to end their violence and abuse towards family members in Victoria and New South Wales They run the Men’s referral service 1300 766 491, which is a free, confidential telephone helpline that offers counselling, advice and support to men who have anger, relationship or parenting issues, information and referrals to men to help them take action to stop using violent and controlling behaviour.
• MensLine Australia – 1300 789 978 
  • 24/7 telephone counselling service for men with family and relationship concerns, including an online counselling service.
• DardiMunwurro – 1800 435 799
  • 24-hour Crisis support line for Aboriginal men
• Men’s Referral Service – 1300 766 491
  • Support for men who use violence to change their behaviour
• Family Violence Law Help 
  • for information about domestic and family violence and the law in Australia.
• Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence 
  • the SHRV model provides a system-wide approach applied by hospitals across Victoria. The model has two overarching principles and five key implementation elements for a staged approach that is applicable to any Victorian health setting committed to improving its response to family violence.

Experienced family violence?

Call safe steps Family Violence Response Centre on 1800 015 188