We offer:
Housing
We build and operate safe, secure social and affordable housing for women and other eligible applicants.
Support programs
Our local support programs can help you stabilise your current situation, access and maintain housing, and make progress on your goals for your future. Find a program
Leadership pathways
Pathways to build your skills, knowledge and confidence, find opportunities to make a difference and connect with a like-minded community. Find pathways
Our impact
6,000+
people supported each year
130,000+
nights of safe, stable and affordable accommodation provided each year
64,000+
hours of support provided each year
Where we are
We deliver housing, services and support programs in 17 communities.
Our advocacy and leadership pathways have a national footprint.
- Northern Territory: Darwin and Palmerston
- New South Wales: Bowral, Lismore, Sydney, Nowra, Wollongong
- Queensland: Toowoomba, Townsville
- South Australia: Adelaide
- Victoria: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne Mooroopna, Wodonga
- Western Australia: Perth
"It’s been quite a hard and long journey … we’ve couch surfed, shared bedrooms and at one stage we even slept in a tent. It took a lot of tears, but we got there – I cried when I got the call … it was a miracle."
YWCA tenant - QLD, Misty in response to her new home
News and media
First Graduates from YWCA Australia’s Amplifying Voices Program To Begin their Advocacy Work
The Amplifying Voices Program was co-designed by six women with lived experience and included input from seven professional advocates and […]
Meet our 2024-25 Board Trainees
As we come to the end of the financial year, we say goodbye to our 2023-24 Board Trainees, Brea Dorsett […]
YWCA Australia Wraps Up Life Changing Encore Program
In line with our revised strategy outlined in YeS 2026, YWCA has made the difficult decision to no longer offer […]