Supporting adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse since 1987.
You Are Not Alone
Support to recognise and navigate healthier relationships as a survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Shift the Shame
Program to help survivors understand and manage the impacts of childhood sexual abuse.
The World Awaits
An activities-based program that encourages community engagement for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Are you on NDIS?
Stepping Out is interested to hear from survivors of childhood sexual abuse about their NDIS experience.
Stepping Out supports female survivors of childhood sexual abuse with compassion, connection and clinical expertise, offering tailored programs and specialist counselling in a safe and confidential space.
Mission
To break the cycle of sexual violence and intergenerational trauma for women through connection, community and compassion.
Vision
A world where girls and women are safe from sexual violence in their homes and in their community, where they can move freely and engage meaningfully without fear.
“I liked the fact that it was such a safe space to share and heal. Now I have found the words, voice and courage to express my experience, which I couldn’t disclose before. I will remember the key message – shame should lie with the perpetrator, not me.”
Blog
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Elsie conference 2024
Fifty years ago, a feminist collective of academics got sick of waiting for a government response to domestic violence. They changed the locks on two abandoned houses in Westmoreland Street, Glebe to set up the first refuge for women fleeing DV with their children. By changing the locks, they changed the lot of women. This…