SA Vinnies CEO David Wark on new Women's crisis centre in Adelaide

In Australia, an average of one woman is killed every week at the hands of a current or former partner. In the Adelaide metro area alone, South Australian police receive around 400 call each week on domestic violence matters, with 10% of these considered high risk. SA Vinnies CEO David Wark tells Jodie & Soda they are opening a Women's Crisis Centre to complement our existing men's shelter and support women with short term, emergency accommodation.Authorities often have no choice but to temporarily house women in motel style accommodation, where many make the decision to return to a dangerous and abusive relationship.Wark hopes the news facility will provide a safe place for women in Adelaide and hopefully will change the behaviour on many returning to unsafe homes. “The statistic is 8 times a woman will leave and go back before they make the hard call I’m out permanently”Located in the Northern Suburbs the centre is a 20 room facility anticipated to accept guests from October 2017 and will be staffed 24 hours, every day of the year. For more information visit https://www.vinnies.org.au