Domestic Violence Refuge

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The extent of domestic violence is hard to determine, with estimates ranging from one-quarter to one-half of Australian women experiencing emotional, physical or sexual violence by a partner at some point in their lives.

Parmenie provides emergency accommodation to women and their children who have experienced the trauma of domestic violence. Unlike most family refuges, we accept male teenage children, meaning that mothers do not have to face the difficult choice of either 'staying for their son's sake' or leaving their son in a potentially violent situation.

Our counselling practitioners and child-centred therapists help these families to reconstruct their lives after long-term trauma. Families are provided with case management and training in life skills such as budgeting, hygiene, health and parenting.