Contact details

phone

Phone
07 4775 7555

hours

Hours
Monday 9.00am – 4.45pm
Tuesday 9.00am – 4.45pm
Wednesday 9.00am – 12.30pm
Thursday 9.00am – 4.45pm, 5pm – 8pm appointment only
Friday 9.00am – 4.45pm

queensland

Service area
The Sexual Assault Support Service - Townsville Region provides outreach to Charters Towers, Ingham, Ayr, and the Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre.

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Summary of service

The Women’s Centre incorporates the Sexual Assault Support Service – Townsville Region, a Specialist Homelessness Service and a Women’s Health Service. The Sexual Assault Support Service provides a 24hr response to people presenting at Police stations, the Hospital or GP clinics, as a part of the Townsville Sexual Assault Response Team (SART). The Townsville SART is a free and confidential support service to people who have experienced sexual assault. Townsville’s SART comprises counsellors from the Sexual Assault Support Service, detectives from the Sexual Crimes Unit, nurse examiners from the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit,and social work staff from Townsville University Hospital.

Free counselling services are offered to victims over 12 in the Townsville region.

Programs and initiatives

  • Free counselling
  • Information and referral
  • Homelessness support
  • Group activities such as yoga and craft
  • Therapeutic groups
  • Playgroup
  • Daily support crisis response service

rescue ring

Emergency relief

Available to women working with our counsellors or homelessness caseworkers.

a couch

Waiting space/safe space

We provide a safe space for women during business hours.

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Accessibility

People identifying with a disability can access our services.