Insurance Gala Ball 2025

Toora Women is a feminist, secular, not-for-profit organisation that has been delivering some of the largest gender-specific services to women, non-binary and feminine-identifying people and their children in the ACT and surrounds since 1982. Their purpose is to support, connect and advocate for women in the ACT and surrounding regions who are impacted by domestic violence, homelessness, the criminal justice system, and substance dependency to create better life outcomes and community change. Toora supports more than 500 women and their accompanying children each year. However, demand for our services has and continues to escalate each year.

Women experiencing homelessness in the ACT need more than just housing. They need support with financial issues, interpersonal relationships, health concerns and more. Many of Toora’s clients who are impacted by homelessness are also affected by other factors, including domestic violence, substance dependency and poor mental health. At Toora, we work holistically with women and see the intersections between all these things – in addition, they provide Alcohol and Other Drug treatment programs, and programs to support women who are impacted by the criminal justice system.

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Toora’s aim to support women, non-binary and other feminine-identifying people through these life-altering events and provide them with the tools to break cycles and create better life outcomes. We personalise our service delivery to each client’s needs, optimising access to AOD treatment services, housing, counselling, domestic and family violence support, family and children support and other tailored case interventions. 

In the last financial year, we supported over 545 women with 170 accompanying children through our services, including accommodation, casework support, counselling and alcohol and other drug treatment. Additionally,  we provided a total of 50,231 nights of accommodation for women and their accompanying children.