Our Watch Competitors

For nearly twenty eight years, the National Domestic Violence Hotline has answered the call – over seven million calls, chats, and texts to date – for those affected by relationship abuse. As the only 24/7/365 national service provider offering services via call, chat, and text, we work to shine a light on domestic violence by supporting and advocating for survivors, providing hope in times of crisis, and promoting healthy relationships for all. The Hotline provides confidential, one-on-one support to each caller/chatter/texter, offering crisis intervention, options for next steps, and direct connection to sources for immediate safety. Our comprehensive database holds more than 5,000 agencies and resources in communities all across the country. Bilingual advocates are on hand to speak with callers, and our Language Line offers translations in over 200 languages. The Hotline is also an excellent source of help for concerned friends, family, co-workers and others seeking information and guidance on how to help someone they know. We work to educate communities all over through events, campaigns, and dynamic partnerships. Today, The Hotline is continuing to grow and explore new avenues of service. love is respect, a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Break the Cycle, is a peer-to-peer resource for questions about dating and healthy relationships. Teens and young adults can reach us 24/7 by phone (1-866-331-9474), online chat at loveisrespect.org, or by texting "loveis" to 22522. Our highly trained advocates are also available to parents, teachers, organizations and others concerned about dating violence and abuse.

No to Violence specialises in effective evidence-informed engagement with men. The organisation’s primary concern is the safety and wellbeing of women and children. For almost 30 years, No to Violence has successfully worked to develop safe and effective interventions for men using family violence. No to Violence provides single and multi-sessional telephone counselling and support, workplace development and training, policy advice and advocacy to end men’s use of family violence. As the largest national peak body in this space, No to Violence does three things: - Talks with men across Australia every day via the Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491 or via webchat at ntv.org.au - Supports members - over 150 organisations and professionals – to deliver best practice, working face-to-face to the highest professional and best-practice safety standards. No to Violence provides training and workforce development for professionals across a range of industries and sectors, who need to develop skills in identifying, interrupting and responding to men’s use of domestic and family violence. - Provides policy advice based on evidence-informed interventions to all levels of government across Australia General enquiries: admin@ntv.org.au Media enquiries: communications@ntv.org.au

Safe Steps is the only 24/7 family violence response centre in Victoria, providing a state-wide entry point for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence. Our services include: • Information and referral • Crisis response • Specialist family violence risk assessment • Safety planning • Access to supported accommodation We also provide specialist trauma counselling on behalf of the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service, 1800 RESPECT. We provide services to all victim-survivors and recognise that most of our work is dedicated to the needs of women and children, which reflects the gendered nature of domestic and family violence. *Please note: Family violence support is not available through LinkedIn * This page is for sharing news and the latest information about our service and sector. Due to the nature of our work, and for your own privacy, please do not share individual accounts and details of family violence, even in direct messages to us. We may remove comments with personal information and experiences of family violence if we believe privacy may be a concern. Safe Steps’ core values are; Courageous, Feminist, Empowering, Inclusive, Respectful and Reflective. We aim to communicate in line with these values at all times. When commenting on a post or responding to a comment, please be kind and courteous. We also ask that you don’t deliberately derail the conversation with information or commentary that is irrelevant or off-topic. We will remove or turn off comments on posts if there are any offensive, hateful or discriminatory comments, or content that is otherwise inappropriate and against our core values. We may remove comments that contain misinformation, or misleading or harmful information. Safe Steps adheres to and supports all public health measures as outlined on the government website https://www.vic.gov.au/. Please do not use this LinkedIn page as a place to debate public health measures.