About Us

The Loddon Campaspe Centre Against Sexual Assault (LCCASA) was established in 1985 in a small office within the grounds of the Bendigo Hospital, serviced by a handful of dedicated staff. 

Changing attitudes towards sexual assault and family violence saw our funding increase over the years to become the broad and diverse service we are today.
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The concept of sexual assault centres has been around since the 1970's, when the first Rape Crisis Centre opened in Collingwood in 1974. 
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Today there are 15 CASA's across Victoria as well as the Victorian Sexual Assault Crisis Line (1800 806 292).  These services all provide free, confidential 24 hour care to victims/survivors of sexual assault.  To find out more about the history of CASA, click here
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Did you know....

LCCASA is part of the Loddon Campaspe Integrated Family Violence Consortium?  

The consortium was formed in 2005 in partnership with Centre for Non-Violence, Cobaw Community Health, Women's Health Loddon Mallee and Annie North Inc.