Womens Health Business Case Report

“Women’s Health Centres provide very specialist services. They are holistic, understand the particular needs of our client groups of marginalised women and are client centred. Often our clients are very anxious about service seeking and I feel confident when referring to a Women’s Health Centre, that their issues will be understood and responded to appropriately. WHCs, are part of a local community and system and as such have a role to play in both the response to the individual but also knowing the community in which they operate, and being able to advocate for the client group at that level.” Bonnie Support Services

“Shoalhaven Women’s Health Centre is very open & flexible, especially to warm referrals & connecting women to other supports in the community” Case Worker, YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention Service “The service provided is excellent. Particularly for disadvantaged, homeless and CALD clients.” General Practitioner, Gandangara Aboriginal Health Service “WHC are limited in resources and funding to support the needs within the community as the need in the community is greater and ongoing. Increase in funding is needed to ensure WHC have the appropriate and relevant resources to support the community in need.”

“ALBURY-WODONGA Women’s Centre for Health & Well-being have been amazing. Both in my current role at Gateway Health and my previous role at Centre Against Violence. They have provided excellent Family Violence counselling for victim survivors of family violence. They provide reasonably priced counselling for women who would otherwise not be able to access this support. There is a large gap in the local area in terms of affordable Family Violence counselling which the Women’s Centre supports to fill. Without this service clients in my region would be majorly negatively impacted- and be facing high financial costs for counselling or excessive waitlists (12 months +). For women who have been impacted by Family Violence they are already suffering financial impacts, this would create further barriers to them receiving support”. Family Violence Case Manager, Gateway Health

OOHC Case Manager, Creating Links

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Sustainable Investment in the NSWNGOWomen’s Health Program