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Domestic Violence NSW represents more than 200 specialist DFV life-saving services across NSW, and our strength lies in our collective voice.
We bring the issues and needs of frontline domestic and family violence services directly to decision-makers at departmental, state and federal levels. By becoming a member, you become part of that conversation and help drive meaningful change. You’ll stand with a movement of services across the state – working side by side to upskill, share knowledge, and influence policy and reforms to create better outcomes for our sector and for victim-survivors.
As a member, you’ll receive:
Professional learning and support
Access monthly sector chats, webinars, and resources designed to inform and strengthen practice.
Access to the Good Practice Guidelines
Including exclusive access to resources and supporting materials.
Opportunities to collaborate
Join Communities of Practice, roundtables, advisory groups, and forums that drive systemic change and shape the future of our sector.
Discounted tickets
Discounted tickets to the biennial DVNSW Conference.
Membership
Types
Membership is available exclusively for not-for-profit, non-government organisations.
If your organisation doesn’t work directly in domestic and family violence but you would like to collaborate with us, please get in touch at memberservices@dvnsw.org.au
Organisational memberships
DVNSW organisational members are not-for-profit, non-government organisations that deliver domestic and family violence (DFV) services. Member organisations provide services that are victim-survivor centered and trauma and domestic violence-informed. Service delivery is grounded in a human rights and social justice framework, culturally appropriate and responsive to the needs of diverse communities.
Overall, the organisation needs to work within an intersectional feminist framework and empower victim-survivors through informed and accountable service provision.
Individual memberships
If an organisation is not a member, then practitioners that deliver DFV services can apply for DVNSW individual membership. To be eligible for this membership type, practitioners must deliver services that are victim-survivor-centered, culturally appropriate and responsive to the needs of people from marginalised communities.
Their practice must be trauma and gender-violence informed, grounded in a human rights and social justice framework and centered on victim-survivor empowerment. It must also be child-aware and parent-sensitive when working with families.
Supporters
Domestic and family violence is an issue that will likely affect most of us in some way, in our lifetime. We welcome people who share our vision and values to join us as Supporters and help us end domestic violence.
Full Members (organisational or individual) deliver specialist DFV services, while Associate Members (organisational or individual) deliver DFV services as a program, or alongside or within other services such as health, legal or family support services. The level of membership offered (Full or Associate) will be determined during the application approval process.
All members are required to adhere to our Member Code of Conduct.