GUTHRIE HOUSE VISION
Empowering women to build positive futures
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About Guthrie House
Guthrie House Co-operative Incorporated is a not-for-profit transitional service for women, including women with babies in their full-time care.
We are the only service of its kind that supports women who have a history of alcohol and other drug abuse and current involvement in the criminal legal system.
This can include release from a correctional centre on a community-based sentence such as a Parole Order, Probation Order, Drug Court Order or Intensive Correction Order.
Guthrie Women
Alice’s Story
Changing your life is not an easy thing to undertake and when you add a debilitating substance use disorder coupled by psychological trauma, ill health and a troubled past it make for an even more difficult task to accomplish. Alice is an Aboriginal woman who grew up in a community immersed with a history of dispossession and oppression …
Lisa’s Story
Lisa is an Aboriginal woman who was 37 weeks pregnant with her fifth child when she first contacted Guthrie House. Her four other children had been placed into out of home care three months prior and she was fearful that the same would happen to her newborn. Lisa admitted to needing help with issues around substance abuse and also needed support around extensive domestic violence she had experienced …
What We Do
We provide a 3-month holistic residential program for women involved in the criminal legal system and their accompanying children, to successfully transition to the community.
KEY SERVICES
- Drug and Alcohol Support and Education.
- Assistance in Reaching Goals.
- Learning of New Abilities.
- 24/7 Support and Connection.
Guthrie House acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures and to elders both past, present and emerging.
Guthrie House is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all people including those with diverse sexualities and genders.