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DV Connect – Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline

Phone: 1800 010 120 Hours: 7 days per week, 7.30am – 11.30pm Website: Click here to visit website The Queensland Sexual Assault Line offers telephone support and crisis counselling to anyone – adults and young people of any gender identity – who has been sexually assaulted or abused, and for anyone who is concerned or suspects someone they care about might have been assaulted or abused. It doesn’t matter whether the assault took place today, last week or twenty years ago; Sexual Assault Helpline counsellors will listen to your story and assess your individual situation to help identify the best advice and support to offer you. In the case of a very recent assault not only can we give you the emotional support you need but importantly we can provide practical advice about forensic and general medical examinations, local services you can access, as well as how to make a complaint to the police.

SHIELD – Specialist Sexual Violence Support Service

Phone: 1800 874 996 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am- 4:30pm Email: Click here to email Address: PO Box 3060, South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Website: Click here to visit website If you have experienced violent crime or sexual assault, or you know someone who has, we are here to help. We provide specialist support, free of charge. We are available in-person (Brisbane, Townsville and Mt Isa) or over the phone. Our experienced team can work with you to create a path to healing and recovery by prioritising your needs and connecting you with any further support you might require. We can assist you in your recovery journey with practical support, brief counselling interventions, accessing financial support, and addressing safety needs. Our support services are available to anyone in Queensland who has been impacted by a violent crime, and for males, 14 years of age and over, who have experienced sexual assault.

QSAN Services

Statewide Phone Services

DV Connect Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline

SHIELD - Specialist Sexual Violence Support Service

 

Regional Services

South East Queensland

Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre (BRISSC)

Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Centre (Brisbane)

Working Alongside People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities – Sexual Violence Prevention (WWILD-SVP) (Brisbane)

Migrant Women’s Emergency Support Services trading as Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS) (Brisbane)

Murrigunyah Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Women (Logan)

Centre Against Sexual Violence (Logan & Redlands)

Service Against Sexual Violence - DVAC (Ipswich & Toowoomba) 

Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence

Laurel Place (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Gympie & Murgon) 

SHIELD (Brisbane) Specialist Sexual Violence Support Service

 

Wide Bay Burnett

Wide Bay Sexual Assault Service

Gladstone Women's Health Centre

Phoenix House (Bundaberg, Childers & Gin Gin)

 

Fitzroy

Women's Health Information & Referral Service CQ Inc.

 

Darling Downs

Centacare Sexual Assault Service (South Burnett)

Service Against Sexual Violence - DVAC (Ipswich & Toowoomba) 

 

Mackay & Whitsundays

Mackay Sexual Assault Service

Whitsunday Counselling & Support Inc.

North Queensland

Sexual Assault Support Service - Townsville Region

SHIELD (Townsville & Mount Isa) Specialist Sexual Violence Support Service

 

Far North Queensland

Cairns Sexual Assault Service

Tablelands Sexual Assault Service

 

Specific – Focus Services

Murrigunyah Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Women
– working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and communities.

Migrant Women’s Emergency Support Services trading as Immigrant Women’s Support Service (IWSS)
– working with women from non-English speaking backgrounds and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Working Alongside People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities – Sexual Violence Prevention (WWILD-SVP)
– working with people with intellectual and learning disabilities who have experienced sexual violence.

Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Centre
– working with young women aged 12–25 years who have experienced sexual violence.

SHIELD

- Specialist Sexual Violence Support Service.  Provides counselling and case management services for males (14 years and over) who have experienced sexual assault.

Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (QCDFVR)

- Research and education to support sector development (domestic and family violence and violence against women).

 

*The Brisbane Southwest Support Service (Inala and surrounding region) is a Service Program provided through a formal partnership between BRISSC, Zig Zag, Murrigunyah and IWSS.

*The Northside Service (North Brisbane Region region) is a Service Program provided through a formal partnership between Zig Zag and BRISSC.

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