People contact Peninsula Lighthouse because they, or someone they care about, is experiencing or at risk of experiencing harm from family and domestic violence or abuse. They seek help.
Our role is to listen and guide you through this storm by providing caring and high-quality services, so you understand the choices in front of you from this moment on.
Anyone can access help from Peninsula Lighthouse.
It takes courage to reach out—whether for yourself or for someone you care about. You’ve done well by taking this first step with Peninsula Lighthouse.
Peninsula Lighthouse receives direct enquiries, as well as referrals from 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), our local police and other community organisations. You may have been encouraged to contact us by a family member, friend, neighbour or colleague—or simply found us searching online for help.
Whether you need guidance through the storm of abuse and violence, or you want to be equipped to recognise and respond appropriately to relational harm or abuse in our community, you’re in the right place.
Peninsula Lighthouse, founded in 2018, is a public benevolent institution that advocates for social and public welfare in the context of family and domestic violence on the Central Coast of NSW.
The organisation is a Registered Charity (ACNC) and is an eligible deductible gift recipient (DGR) allowing tax-deductibility of financial donations or bequests (ATO).
Visit The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) to view our registration profile as a Registered Charity in NSW.
Family and domestic violence is a serious health and welfare problem in NSW. And we understand what you’re living through.
Our responders are motivated to help you because of their own lived and learned experience of family and domestic violence and abuse. They have experienced or witnessed it. Helped others through it, including family members, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Survived it. Grown from it. Reflected upon it.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 1 in 4 women (27%), and 1 in 8 men (12%) in Australia experienced violence by an intimate partner or family member since the age of 15 years. According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, based on incidents recorded by NSW Police, domestic violence related assaults have increased from 32,179 to 38,108 incidents per year between April 2020 and March 2025. Concerningly, 1 in 10 are young people; 3 in 5 are women, and 3 in 4 offenders are men.
We believe your experience is real and distressing. We also accept that it is probable that many offenders were also once victims of violence. Sadly, our community on the Central Coast reports alarmingly high incidences of family and domestic abuse. We hope for better outcomes for everyone in our community.
To be a beacon of hope and restoration after abuse.
To transform lives from surviving to thriving.
Our vision is for a safe, compassionate community where everyone is valued and violence has no place.
Our mission is to help people transform their lives from surviving abuse to thriving in their local community.
To provide education, counselling and support from prevention through to recovery from family and domestic violence.
Services are aligned with client and community needs:
| Safety First | Help for now, surviving with immediate support and safety tailored to each client’s needs. |
| My Season of Change | Stop living in a cycle of abuse and start your season of recovery, by building on each client’s assessed needs and goals. |
| Brighter Days | Support to stay focussed on goals and growth for a better future and ‘living in the pink’ every day. |
| Shine the Light | A program for community advocacy to prevent and reduce family and domestic violence in our community. This includes fundraising events, education workshops and prevention initiatives. |
Help-seeking creates change. We are stronger together.