Leaving domestic violence
is only the beginning.
Somewhere To Go is what comes next. We are not a crisis service. We are recovery centre in Maroochydore for women and children rebuilding after domestic and family violence.
SEPTEMBER SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM - WEEK 2 2026
I'm rebuilding after violence
You don't need a referral or a plan. You don't need to know what you need yet. Come in for a coffee, book a visit, or just ask us a question.
I want to back this work
Donate, sponsor a room, back a program, partner with us or give your time. It all lands in the same place, the room and the women who use it.
When she finally resettles, the crisis doesn't end.
It changes form.
Isolation. Financial pressure. Trauma. Family court. Starting over, usually with children in tow, usually without a community to lean on.
Crisis services get her out, and they do it well. Almost nothing carries her through the years that follow. The system treats "left" as "safe". It isn't.
Sometimes she can technically access something, but there's nobody to watch the kids, nowhere to sit afterwards, no lunch money, no fuel, and nobody to help her work out what comes next. That's the gap we're filling.
ACNC registered
Charity since January 2025
DGR Item 1
Gifts over $2 are tax deductible
Doors open
9 Golf Street, Maroochydore
Programs
Running or rolling out now
THE SOMEWHERE TO GO DIFFERENCE
We don't just give things. We think about what happens after we give them.
A coffee and a seat
Real espresso and a safe place to sit. No appointment, no reason needed, no form at the door.
Childcare while she's here
Nobody misses an appointment or a program because there was nobody to watch the kids.
A proper intake
One on one, in person. Nobody gets handed a pamphlet and sent back out the door.
A warm meal
Because rebuilding a life on an empty stomach is a lot harder than it needs to be.
Hampers built for her kids
Full family groceries packed around what her children will actually eat. Sensory needs, dietary needs, the familiar brands.
Warm referrals
We make the call and hand her over to a name, not a phone number on a printout.
Nappies & baby food
The things that run out first and cost the most when there's nothing left in the account.
The Blessing Room
A free wardrobe where she chooses for herself. The choosing is the point.
Community after programs
Recovery doesn't finish in six weeks. Isolation is where harm compounds, so the door stays open.
OUR PROGRAMS
Recovery is an active process.
Support the whole way through, and every program is free.
Restore Studio
Trauma informed art therapy with Jean Chopping. Two sessions a week, capped at 8, childminding available.
Next Chapter
Four-week financial independence course built with Fenwick Collective. First cohort Term 4, 2026.
BLOOM
Six-week recovery and empowerment program built by Shelley Spencer. Day, evening and young adult groups, capped at 10.
Coffee & Connection
Peer community. Events. Connection is where women heal.
Circle of Security
Eight-week parenting and attachment program with Joanne Macaulay, capped at 12.
Not sure what you need yet?
That's okay. Start with a coffee and we'll work it out together.
REGISTRATIONS OPEN
Bloom starts Term 4.
Six weeks. Women and teens. Recovery and empowerment, co-facilitated by Shelley Spencer. Registrations are open now.
“People think leaving is the finish line. It's the starting line. I know that gap because I lived it, and after I left I found out recovery isn't measured in days or weeks. It takes years.”
Yentl Skewes, Founder and Director
BACK THE WORK
Leaving violence changes where someone lives. Recovery changes how someone lives.
Your support builds a place where women and children rebuilding their lives after domestic and family violence can find safety, connection and a path forward. Right here on the Sunshine Coast.
We are a small local team, so you can see what your money did. No head office in another state taking a cut first.
We are an ACNC registered charity with DGR1 status. Donations are tax deductible.Not sure if what's happening to you counts?
Domestic and family violence is a pattern of behaviour used to control, intimidate, threaten or harm someone in a relationship or family. It can be physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, financial, social and technology facilitated.
It very often leaves no mark at all.
IF YOU NEED HELP RIGHT NOW
000 if you are in immediate danger.
1800RESPECT 1800 737 732, any time, any day.
DVConnect Womensline 1800 811 811, QLD, 24 hours.