Our Impact
Djirra has touched the lives of thousands of Aboriginal women through legal and non-legal support and cultural programs.
We have also played a crucial role in advocating for the rights of our women and children across the country.
View our Annual Reports to find out more.
Here is a snapshot of our key impacts.
Legal Supports
Across Financial Year 24-25, our legal team:I have been a client of Djirra for five years now since leaving my children's father due to domestic family violence. I feel fortunate and am extremely grateful to have had Djirra by my side during some tough times. I wouldn't be where I am today without their support, assistance, and guidance... The team at Djirra are compassionate, accommodating and friendly. I really appreciate their dedication, understanding, check-ins and support they provided. Thank you to all that have stood by my side and have kept us safe.
Early Intervention & Prevention Programs
In over twenty years, more than 16000 women have participated in Sisters Day Out, Dilly Bag and Young Luv, delivering over 400 workshops across the state of Victoria. Across Financial Year 2024-2025, we held:Dilly Bag is such a safe and welcoming environment. It does help you get a weight lifted off your shoulders coming in. I went with my mum, and it was a big step for mum actually going away, because she has anxiety and doesn’t go lots of places. After a couple of days, she didn’t want to come back home.
Individual Supports
Across Financial Year 24-25, our individual supports team:When you come in, especially if you’re in like a crisis situation, you actually feel like you can just sit and don’t have to go straight into it. When I came in, it was sit down, have a cup of tea – let’s just chill. We don’t have to talk about anything, just sit and wait until I’m in a space where I’m able to… D’you know?
Koori Women’s Place
Since its inception, over 3800 women have participated in our Koori Women’s Place cultural and wellbeing workshops, which are delivered across various platforms to increase reach, such as online and face-to-face at our Abbotsford and Melton sites. Across Financial Year 2024-2025, we deliveredI’ve gone to the KWP workshops, [they’ve] been absolutely fabulous. Because they’re not just teaching us other things that we can do, whether it be art or whether it be craft or whatever it is. It’s about spending the time with our women. And learning about each other and about our culture and you know, being comfortable with who we are. Whereas out in society, not a lot of us are comfortable with who we are because of society expectations.
Cultural Training
Across Financial Year 2024-2025, Djirra held:Workshops for 312 participants
Child Protection is incredibly scary, but for Aboriginal people it is extra loaded. As a practitioner, even if you know it with your head, by the time you finish the Djirra training you know it with your heart as well. It is just cementing what people know intellectually, emotionally – because you feel it. And as non-Aboriginal organisations, we can’t train staff on that. So to have an ACCO supporting this work it is such an incredible gift for us non-Aboriginal people.