Our Purpose

DFV has significant long-term impacts on the health and wellbeing of victims and is identified as the primary cause of homelessness and housing instability.  In particular, women who have experienced sexual assault, domestic or family violence and childhood trauma can struggle to access housing and essential services. This is due to their complex needs, fears of having children removed, and the stigma associated with DFV abuse.  The support offered to women affected by DFV is severely impacted by the scarcity of appropriate, safe, affordable and sustainable housing needed to achieve long-term positive outcomes. Service providers say that many women will often decide to return to an abusive partner because they consider this a safer option than the alternatives.

Peggy’s Place will help break the cycle of DFV by offering women a choice through an alternate experience: trauma-informed, self-determined, dignity driven, and one where women and children’s safety and wellbeing are prioritised. 

Peggy’s Place will provide best-practice services to help women and children transition proactively and pre-emptively to a sustainable life free from violence. The type of service model offered by Peggy’s Place is fundamental to building trust and safety, which is essential to facilitating and supporting change. 

Women will have the opportunity to come to a place where they are safe and have the freedom to make their own choices and have their individual needs met.