GREG WARREN MP

MEMBER FOR CAMPBELLTOWN

FUNDING FOR ESSENTIAL WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICE 

The WILMA Women’s Health Centre has been granted its first funding increase since 1987, with the state government giving the organisation a $250,000 per year boost.

This funding will allow the centre to continue to provide services such as trauma-informed counselling, casework, and integrated health care.

Thanks to the funding, WILMA will be able to have a trained counsellor available at their centre week-round, resulting in almost 500 more sessions of counselling per-year, supporting some of the most at-risk women in the Campbelltown and broader Macarthur community.

Further to this, the increased funding will allow WILMA to take in a further 70 individuals annually. In the last 12-month period, the centre had to refer 200 women to other services due to high demand.

With the population of Campbelltown continuing to grow, and a projected 11.90% population growth in Women alone, it is essential that effective support services are in place.

Member for Campbelltown, Greg Warren said:

“The work done by WILMA with at-risk women is exceptional and I look forward to continuing to work with them into the future.”

“For some women, WILMA is a life-saving service and this funding will allow WILMA to continue to support those women and others like them.”

“Funding a fantastic service like WILMA can only mean good things for the Campbelltown community.”

 Manager of WILMA Women’s Health Centre, Dr Vanessa Olsen said:

 “WILMA Women’s Health Centre has been providing a unique model of trauma-informed, integrated, accessible health care to our community for over 36 years.”

  “With this funding, WILMA will be able to extend services to the entire Macarthur region, offering counselling and casework support in the LGAs of Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee”.

 “It’s been 36 years without an increase in funding for WILMA, this increase is long overdue, and we are so thankful that Labor has prioritised women’s health and safety in this budget.”

Friday September 15

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