2014 Grant Winner
The inaugural winner of the Women & Change $50,000 Grant was The Women’s Centre in Townsville. Townsville experiences one of the highest levels of sexual assault anywhere in Queensland and the Women’s Centre team instigated a first of its kind approach to support victims through every stage of the process and minimise the trauma of dealing with multiple agencies including police, hospitals, allied health and lawyers. The Centre now provides a 24 hr free and confidential support service for victims of sexual assault. And the team includes workers from the Specialist Sexual Assault Support Service, Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sexual Crimes Unit, Nurse examiners from the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit, and Allied Health staff from The Townsville Hospital.