Help children and young people
Almost half of the people we support are children and young people — help us protect our most vulnerable this winter.
Every night across Victoria, over 100 people rely on Safe Steps for emergency support to flee family and domestic violence.
Almost half of them are children and young people seeking support with a family member. Some of them are escaping on their own.
They often arrive at our crisis accommodation with nothing. No clothes, no toys, no toothbrush. Just fear and uncertainty. Some are too young to understand what’s happening — but all of them need safety, care, and hope.
The need is now growing.
We’re building 29 new crisis accommodation apartments, and we need your help to reach our goal of raising $3.9 million to provide round-the-clock, practical and therapeutic support.
With your donation this end-of-financial-year, you can help create safe, healing spaces for children and young people to recover from family and domestic violence – not just for now, but for years to come.
Donate to Safe Steps
44% of our clients are children and young people
33,000 nights of emergency accommodation provided each year
We respond to around 300 calls, chats, and emails daily
Our Children’s Educational Support Worker helps young people in our care heal and stay on track in their learning
Our pet-friendly crisis accommodation helps keep families — and their animals — together
Day or night, every day of the year, we are here for those who need us.
Safe Steps is Victoria’s 24/7 crisis response service delivering support and pathways to safety for all people experiencing domestic and family violence.
Safe Steps conducts risk assessments and safety planning, and for those deemed at the highest risk, provides pathways into emergency and supported accommodation services including refuges and motels across Victoria.
Your donation today can make a difference to the lives of anyone needing help to feel safe and escape family and domestic violence.
Heather’s Story
Heather and her three children — aged 16, 12, and 10 — fled with their family dog after repeated assaults from her partner. Safe Steps provided them with safe crisis accommodation, daily essentials, emotional support, and a plan for the future. With time, they moved into a long-term refuge — together, and safe.
Your gift makes this possible.
As the end of the financial year approaches, your donation can change a child or young person’s future
✅ It’s tax-deductible
✅ It provides 24/7 emergency crisis family and domestic violence support
✅ It ensures we’re ready when the next family needs us
Help us be there for Victoria’s most vulnerable.
Safe Steps respectfully acknowledges and celebrates the Traditional Owners of the lands throughout Victoria and pays respects to their Elders of past, current and future generations.
Safe Steps is committed to ensuring diversity, inclusion and equity are embedded throughout our organisation for the benefit of our clients and our staff. We are committed to a focus on recognising and eliminating discrimination in the services we deliver. Read our Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Statement here.
Safe Steps is committed to creating and maintaining a Child Safe Organisation; ensuring obligations to meet the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme requirements, as codified by the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (Vic). You can read more about this commitment in our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy here.
Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre is supported by the Victorian Government.
