Staying Home Leaving Violence

We are a leading Innovative Domestic & Family Violence Specialist Service, and this is our Advocacy and Awareness Page.

Assisting women & their children, who are victims of domestic & family violence, to remain at home (or a place of their choosing), whilst the perpetrator is excluded. Providing, risk assessment, safety audits, safety planning, and, intensive case management if needed - to remain free from violence over time. We are part of the NSW Police Force Orana Local Area Commands' Domestic Violence Response.
What is family violence?


Violence can be physical, sexual, psychological or financial and can include neglect. It is never OK for your partner or any member of your family to use violence to hurt or control you. Survivors say psychological abuse attacks their spirit and self-esteem and its effects last the longest.

Psychological violence to adults or children includes:
Making you feel like everything you do is wrong
Constantly criticising you or your friends
Humiliating you in front of your friends
Using unsafe driving to frighten you
Damaging property /walls /possessions to scare you
Making you isolated and alone
Blaming everything on you
Threatening to take the children away or hurt them
Stalking, following, checking up on you
Harming pets to punish you
Making you feel scared of what might happen next.

Sexual abuse includes:
Forcing you to have sex or do other sexual acts you don't want to do
Touching you in a way you don't want
Frequently accusing you of sleeping with other people
Forcing you to watch porn.

Physical abuse includes:
Hitting and punching
Biting, pushing, choking or pulling your hair
Making you drink or take drugs when you don't want to
Using or threatening to use weapons.

Financial abuse includes:
Taking your money or property
Running up debts in your name
Misusing power of attorney
Pressuring you into paying money.

Neglect includes:
Not providing food, clothing and warmth
Leaving dependants alone or with someone who is unsafe
Not providing comfort, attention and love
Not providing medical treatment.

It is never OK for your partner or any member of your family to use violence to hurt or control you.