Helping women find their courage
Supporting women for nearly 80 years
We journey with women in and beyond prison, providing the support and courage they need to navigate positive pathways and create change.
The majority of women in prison have suffered trauma and abuse which has been a driver to incarceration.
Prison, by its nature, is dehumanising and isolating. It damages health, hope and the ability to create change. We stand in that gap, restoring hope, dignity and purpose. We journey with women in and beyond prison, providing the support and courage to rebuild their lives.
Together, we strengthen families, improve outcomes for children, and disrupt intergenerational cycles of incarceration and disadvantage.
Hope for the Future
Our range of in-prison programs build a sense of hope, preconditions for change, reduce shame and stigma, and strengthen capacity for positive relationships, including those with children.
What we do
Supporting Families
When a mother spends time in prison it creates an adverse experience for her children that can have a lifelong impact. We aim to minimise that impact by creating opportunities for children to positively connect and share meaningful, fun experiences together.
Pathways to New Purpose
Post-release support is crucial to break out of the vicious cycle of intensifying vulnerability and sometimes repeated incarceration. To help disrupt that cycle we support women post release with housing, employment, and the rebuilding of their lives.
LATEST NEWS
We have Funding for Transitional Homes for Older Women Leaving Prison
We are thrilled to share we’ve secured Australian Government Crisis and Transitional Accommodation Program (CTAP) funding to purchase three new transitional homes in Melbourne’s East.
These homes will soon offer safe, welcoming spaces for older women leaving prison.
Ways you can help
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Help a woman and her family find a way forward
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Be part of our programs in prison or support women post release
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Support our work by purchasing our 2025 calendar
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Shop our wishlist! All items go into our Christmas hampers for women in prison.
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