One Tree Community Services (One Tree) provides family and domestic violence support services in Western Australia (WA) and the Northern Territory (NT).
In WA’s Goldfields-Esperance region, we offer crisis accommodation and support services in Laverton and Leonora. Similarly in the NT, we support women and children escaping domestic violence in Wadeye, a remote Aboriginal community.
One Tree practices a both ways approach. We deeply value the expertise of Traditional Owners and look to local people to guide our service delivery.
One Tree Laverton Crisis Intervention Service
Wongatha Country
At our Laverton safe house, we provide respite to women and children experiencing family and domestic violence. This service has been in operation since April 2015 and is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Our team also provides community engagement and outreach services in the surrounding area. These services are focussed on early intervention and prevention, as well as follow-up support to those who have escaped violence.
One Tree works with the Department of Communities, Pakaanu Aboriginal Corporation and the Shire of Laverton, as well as a range of service providers and community members to support women and children in this region.
As of January 2025, the Laverton Safe House has supported more than 6,300 women and children escaping violence.
Contact us
Phone: (08) 9031 1899 Mobile: 0487 999 468 Email: lavertoncis@onetree.org.au
One Tree Leonora Safe House
Wongatha Country
In January 2025, One Tree was awarded the contract to deliver a new safe house in Leonora. Located 125km from Laverton, this new service will build on our capacity to provide support in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
The Leonora service will operate on a similar model to the Laverton Safe House. Emergency accommodation will be available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Our team will run educational programs on a range of topics, including power and control dynamics, gender inequality and healing and confidence building. We will also provide community outreach, offering early intervention as well as follow-up support services.
Building works for the safe house are currently underway. We will engage with the community to ensure the design and set-up of the service is culturally safe. Local people will also operate the service. Our Registered Training Organisation will assist with upskilling and training community members, as needed.
We will deliver an interim service model until we are fully operational. It is anticipated that the safe house will open in August 2025.
Contact us
Email: leonorasafehouse@onetree.org.au
Wadeye Safe House
Kardu Diminin Country
In Wadeye, we provide emergency accommodation and support for women and children escaping domestic violence. It is also a 24-hour service, operating 365 days a year.
Since opening in 2011, the Wadeye safe house has steadily grown. In the beginning, we were able to accommodate eight women and children per month. Now, we can provide for more than 90 women and children from 22 clan groups.
One Tree aims to empower women to break the cycle of violence and leave harmful situations. Our team supports women to become economically and socially independent.
The Wadeye safe house provides:
- crisis accommodation;
- case management;
- referral services;
- safety planning using a therapeutic tool designed specifically to work with Indigenous people; and
- community awareness raising.
Contact us
Phone: (08) 8978 1020 Email: wadeyesafehouse@onetree.org.au
