Sexual Health Victoria

What Sexual Health Victoria does

Sexual Health Victoria (SHV) is a Victorian non-profit organisation, founded in 1969 as Family Planning Victoria and rebranded under its current name in February 2022. It operates as Victoria's largest dedicated sexual and reproductive health service and education provider, delivering clinical care, professional training, community education, and policy advocacy across the state. Its clinical operations include general sexual health consultations, contraception, STI testing and treatment, and telehealth services, delivered through a consolidated Box Hill headquarters following the planned May 2026 closure of the Melbourne CBD clinic.

SHV's service portfolio spans three integrated lines: (1) clinical services offered on a bulk-billed basis through Medicare with 8,663 clients and 16,500+ appointments annually; (2) accredited education and training for health professionals, with course fees ranging from $60 to $1,980 and training clinic status under RACGP; and (3) school and community education programs, including translated resources and disability-inclusive sexual health content. The organisation holds multiple accreditations including QIP Rainbow Tick and RACGP alignment, and partners with the Better Health Channel and La Trobe University on research initiatives such as the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships (SSASH). The only documented technology deployment is a third-party AI-powered website search tool (wp-search.ai) for information retrieval across clinical and education content.

The business model combines multiple revenue streams: Medicare bulk-billed clinical fees, professional training course revenue, government contracts for education delivery, donations, and resource sales. As a non-profit, surpluses are reinvested into service delivery and advocacy. Customer concentration is structurally low, distributed across individual clinical clients, schools, health professionals, and government partners, reducing churn exposure from any single anchor account.

Name

Sexual Health Victoria

Legal name

Sexual Health Victoria Inc.

Website

https://shvic.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sexual Health Victoria is a Victorian non-profit providing sexual and reproductive health clinical services, accredited professional training, school education, and advocacy. It serves individual clients, health professionals, schools, and government partners across Victoria, Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reproductive and Sexual Health Services

NAICS

Family Planning Centers (62141), Offices of Physicians (6211), Educational Support Services (61171), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Planning & Contraception (Including Abortion Care) (HLAKAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) Clinics (HLAFAJAA), Sexual & Reproductive Health (STI Care, Vulvovaginal Disorders) (HLAKAJAJ), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) (HLAKAGAI), Sexual Health & Relationship Wellness Education (EDAAAHAM), Healthcare & Medical Licensure Exam Prep (USMLE/COMLEX, NCLEX, Dentistry, Pharmacy, PA) (EDANAIAA)

Keywords

• Sexual health services
• Reproductive health care
• Clinical contraception services
• Sexuality education programs
• Professional medical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Box Hill

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Clinical Services Revenue: Revenue generated from clinical consultations including STI testing, contraception services, cervical screening, pregnancy options, and abortion services. Mix of bulk billing (for Medicare card holders under 22, concession card holders, and First Nations people) and private billing for other clients.
2. Professional Learning and Training: Fees from accredited training courses for health professionals, nurses, midwives, and educators including IUD insertion training, contraceptive implant courses, cervical screening courses, and relationships and sexuality education training. Course fees range from $60 to $1,980 depending on course type and format.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from the public to support SHV's mission in reproductive and sexual health education, advocacy, and clinical care. As a certified non-profit organization.
4. Resource Sales: Sale of educational resources including contraception kits, period kits, poster packs, medical practice packs, and school collateral packs to educators and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sexual Health Victoria operates a Box Hill clinic providing clinical reproductive and sexual health services including STI/BBV testing, contraception (IUDs, Implanon, contraceptive pills), cervical screening with self-collection, medication abortion, and PrEP. The organization also delivers RACGP-accredited professional learning for doctors, nurses, midwives, and nurse practitioners, and runs Relationships and Sexuality Education classroom programs for Victorian schools from Foundation through Year 12.

Product overview

Sexual Health Victoria is a state-wide independent charity providing reproductive and sexual health services through a multi-component model. The core offering centers on clinical services at the Box Hill Clinic (with consolidated CBD services), offering STI/BBV testing, contraception (specializing in LARC methods like IUDs and Implanon), medication abortion, PrEP, and cervical screening. Supporting services include Professional Learning programs for health professionals (doctors, nurses, educators) offering accredited training courses, and Relationships and Sexuality Education programs for schools through the everyBODY Education Program covering Foundation to Year 12. Additional offerings include youth and community worker training, disability education and support, and downloadable health promotion resources. The organization also conducts public health campaigns like the Unusual Discharge STI awareness initiative. An internal AI-powered search tool (wp-search.ai) enhances website navigation but is not a public-facing AI product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Services
• Contraception Services
• Medication Abortion Services
• PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
• Professional Learning for Health Professionals
• Relationships and Sexuality Education for Schools
• Youth and Community Workers Programs
• Disability Education and Support
• Health Promotion Resources

Named customers1 record

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (SRHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSexual Health Victoria is a member of Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (formerly Family Planning Alliance Australia), the nation's peak body in reproductive and sexual health. SRHA promotes advances in public health through policy insight and advocacy and represents leading health and education agencies across Australia.
• Better Health ChannelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Better Health Channel to provide health information resources for people with disability, including educational content and support materials.
• La Trobe UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 8th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH), conducted by La Trobe University and the Australian government with 4,400 teens aged 14-18.
• Australian GovernmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership supporting the National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH) research initiative.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Better Health Channel: Better Health Channel is a Victorian government-funded health information portal that partners with SHV on disability sexual health content — an enabling ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Thorne Harbour Health: Thorne Harbour Health is a Melbourne-based LGBTQIA+ health organization with overlapping services (PrEP, STI testing, inclusive care) and a shared focus on rainbow-tick accredited service delivery, making it a partial-overlap peer.
• GetChecked (NSW Health): GetChecked is an Australian online STI testing service offering self-collection testing — an emerging digital channel that competes for SHV's younger, asymptomatic testing audience.

Broad incumbents

• Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Planned Parenthood is the largest US reproductive and sexual health provider with a directly analogous clinical-plus-education-plus-advocacy model — the closest global incumbent analog of SHV's mission structure.

Direct peers

• Sexual Health Quarters: Sexual Health Quarters is the Western Australian nonprofit delivering the same combination of clinical sexual health services, professional training, and school/community education that SHV provides in Victoria.
• SHINE SA: SHINE SA is the South Australian sexual and reproductive health nonprofit offering clinical care, education, and training — a near-identical operating model to SHV in another state jurisdiction.
• True Relationships and Reproductive Health (formerly Family Planning NSW): True is the NSW state-based nonprofit providing clinical sexual and reproductive health services, training, and education — directly comparable to SHV's model and target populations, just in a different Australian state.
• The Albion Centre: The Albion Centre in Sydney is a specialist sexual health clinic providing HIV/STI testing, treatment, and clinical training — a direct clinical and training peer to SHV's specialist service lines.
• MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia): MSI Australia is a national provider of sexual and reproductive health services including contraception, abortion care, and STI testing — a direct clinical competitor to SHV, particularly for medical abortion and LARC services.

Regional players

• Family Planning Welfare Association of NT (Family Planning NT): Family Planning NT offers the same clinical and educational sexual health services as SHV but operates only in the Northern Territory, making it a regional peer rather than direct Victorian competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCnDDd6K-Gf2eJ-TPfatLi3w
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sexual-health-victoria
• Xx.com/sexualhealthvic
• Facebookfacebook.com/sexhealthvic

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

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