Frequently Asked Questions

• What will I need to take with me to the refuge?
• What support will I receive?
• Can any of my family members visit me?
• What conditions will I have to live in?
• Will the refuge be able to cater for my cultural and religious needs?
• Will I be safe?
• Is 24 hour support provided?
• I am different from other women that need refuge space
• What support will be provided to my children?
• Will I be able to take my belongings?
• How long will I have to stay in the refuge for?
• What type of move-on accommodation can I expect to get?
• Can I bring my pets with me, and if not who will look after them?
• Will I have to sleep on the couch?
• I can't afford to come into a refuge and pay my other bills
• I will lose all that I have if I come into a refuge
• If I do not have significant injuries, will they believe me?
• If I am not being abused by a spouse, the refuge will not accept me as escaping domestic abuse?
• Unless I am referred into the refuge by an official they will not take me in?
• Once I am in I will have my life pulled apart by officials
• Will my information be kept confidential?
• If someone from the same community as me works in the refuge, will my safety be compromised?
• Disabled people will not be taken into a refuge?
• I will only be offered communal living arrangements if I take-up a refuge space?