How your booking helps families find safety and freedom from violence

When your group chooses The Collaroy Centre for a camp, conference or community retreat, you’re doing more than creating memories. You’re standing with families escaping the most terrifying situations imaginable and helping them take their first steps toward safety.

The Collaroy Centre is a mission-driven venue, wholly owned by The Salvation Army. Every dollar raised through bookings goes straight back into the Salvos’ life-saving programs, including their nationwide family and domestic violence support services.

Let’s take a closer look at how that support works and why it’s needed now more than ever.

The hidden crisis of domestic and family violence

Domestic and family violence is one of the leading causes of homelessness in Australia — and one of the most underreported.

On average, one woman is killed by a current or former partner every 10 days. Thousands more live in daily fear — including children who witness and experience the trauma firsthand.

Violence can be physical, emotional, financial, or psychological. It doesn’t always leave visible scars. And leaving is often the most dangerous moment.

How the Salvos respond

The Salvation Army offers one of the most comprehensive family and domestic violence support networks in the country. Their services include:

• Crisis accommodation: Safe, secret locations for women and children fleeing violence
  
• Specialist caseworkers: Trained professionals offering trauma-informed care, safety planning and long-term support
  
• Legal and financial advocacy: Helping victims navigate the justice system and rebuild financial independence
  
• Therapeutic programs: Including counselling for survivors and early intervention programs for children
  
• Ongoing housing and recovery support: Because leaving violence is just the beginning of the healing journey

These services are grounded in compassion, confidentiality and empowerment — helping survivors feel heard, supported, and safe.

How your booking helps

Every event held at The Collaroy Centre contributes directly to these essential services.

Because the Centre operates as a for-purpose venue, revenue from your stay doesn’t go to profits or shareholders — it goes back into the community.

That means your group’s next visit could help fund:

• Emergency shelter for a mother and her children
  
• School supplies for a child starting fresh in a new home
  
• Counselling sessions that help break the cycle of trauma
  
• Practical essentials like food, clothing, and transport
  
• Outreach services that connect women with the help they need

It’s a powerful way to turn everyday events into something much bigger.

Lives changed. Futures reclaimed.

Here’s what your booking helps make possible:

• A woman in her 60s, fleeing decades of abuse, finds shelter and begins to rebuild her life with the help of a caseworker.
  
• A young mother and her baby, escaping a controlling relationship, receive counselling and a safe place to stay until they find a new home.
  
• A teenage girl, traumatised by what she’s witnessed, receives psychological support and stability through her local Salvos service.

These are the quiet victories you help create – just by choosing The Collaroy Centre.

A safe space, extending beyond our walls

At The Collaroy Centre, we pride ourselves on being “the perfect place to connect, grow, and celebrate.” But we’re also proud to be part of something even bigger, a movement to make every person feel safe, valued, and free from harm.

When you choose to run your next event here, you’re not just supporting your group’s goals. You’re taking a stand against violence. You’re choosing to be part of a solution.

That’s something worth booking in for. Learn more about The Salvation Army’s family and domestic violence services at salvationarmy.org.au/domestic-violence