St Kilda Gatehouse

What St Kilda Gatehouse does

St Kilda Gatehouse is an Australian registered charity (ABN 76557051941, ACNC-registered) founded in 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria, operating from three premises in St Kilda and Dandenong. Its mission is to support women involved in street-based sex work due to hardship (addiction, homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, mental illness) and young women and girls aged 12-25 at risk of or affected by sexual exploitation in the South Eastern Metro region. The organization delivers services through a community development model using trauma-informed, strengths-based, relational practices and explicitly rejects a 'rescuing' model in favor of empowerment through voluntary engagement.

The operational portfolio comprises four program lines: (1) the St Kilda Drop-In Centre at 36 Greeves Street, providing crisis care, emergency aid, food/clothing/toiletries, harm-minimisation supplies, advocacy, and referrals (averaging 426 visits per month); (2) the Young Women's Program in Dandenong, delivering 1:1 outreach, peer social inclusion, school-based group work, and therapeutic support; (3) the Greeves St. social enterprise umbrella, which includes a relocated Chapel Street Op Shop, a 6-10 week Craft Project (with a 70% artist revenue-share model and sewing machine graduation), and the Greeves St. Voices education program; and (4) ARISE, a fee-for-service professional development program (with Deakin University and Whitelion) offering online training modules at $270-$490+GST and proprietary 'Insight Cards' therapeutic tool ($60+postage) for practitioners working on Child Sexual Exploitation. The organization employs a CEO (Nickie Gyomber), a governance-focused Board led by Chair Dianne Azoor Hughes, and operates with diversified funding from Victorian and local government grants, philanthropic trusts (Bank of Melbourne Foundation, Andrews Foundation), corporate partners (PWC), churches, workplace giving (Good2Give), individual donors (via Raisely), and self-generated social enterprise income. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

St Kilda Gatehouse

Legal name

St Kilda Gatehouse

Website

https://stkildagatehouse.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St Kilda Gatehouse is a Melbourne-based Australian charity, founded in 1992, that supports women in street-based sex work and young women at risk of sexual exploitation through a Drop-In Centre, Young Women's Program, social enterprise Op Shop, and ARISE practitioner training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Community support services
• Social welfare charity
• Sexual exploitation prevention
• Harm reduction programs
• Professional development training

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Kilda

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Grants: Funding from local and state government sources including Victorian Government and City of Port Phillip to support operational programs.
2. Philanthropic Donations: Funding from trusts, foundations, corporate partners, churches, and individual donors. Monthly donor program provides operational stability.
3. Workplace Giving: Registered charity on Good2Give Workplace Giving Platform enabling employees to make pre-tax donations direct from their pay with potential employer matching.
4. Social Enterprise (Greeves St. Op Shop): Retail operations selling pre-loved clothing and handmade boutique products. Sale proceeds support St Kilda Gatehouse programs. Also available through online shop.
5. Professional Development Training (ARISE): Fee-for-service professional development programs focused on understanding, preventing and intervening in Child Sexual Exploitation. Modules delivered online with pricing ranging from $270-$490+GST.
6. Community Fundraising: Individual fundraising events organized by supporters, corporate sponsorships, and event-based fundraising campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St Kilda Gatehouse is a not-for-profit charity that delivers trauma-informed, community-development support services for women involved in street-based sex work and for young women aged 12-25 at risk of or affected by sexual exploitation. Its core offerings include a Drop-In Centre (crisis care, food, clothing, referrals), the Young Women's Program (early-intervention outreach and therapeutic support), and three social enterprises under the Greeves St. umbrella (Op Shop, Craft Project, Voices). It also runs ARISE, a fee-for-service professional development program on child sexual exploitation.

Product overview

St Kilda Gatehouse is a community organization providing a portfolio of programs and social enterprises for women involved in street-based sex work and young women affected by sexual exploitation. The core service delivery consists of the Drop-In Centre (crisis support and referrals), the Young Women's Program (early intervention outreach), and Greeves St. (a social enterprise umbrella encompassing the Op Shop, Craft Project, and Voices education program). ARISE provides professional development and training with therapeutic tools like Project Insight. These programs operate within a community development model using relational, strengths-based approaches to create spaces of belonging, safety, and empowerment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Greeves St. Op Shop: Retail op shop selling pre-loved quality donations and boutique products made on site. Located at 169 Chapel Street, St Kilda.
• Greeves St. Craft Project
• Greeves St. Voices
• ARISE (Australian Research and Innovation for Safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation)

Products and services

• Drop-In Centre (St Kilda) Community drop-in space providing crisis care, emergency aid (food, clothing, toiletries), harm-minimisation supplies (condoms, syringes, methadone program), informal counselling, advocacy, and referrals to housing, legal, and health services for women involved in street-based sex work.
• Young Women's Program (YWP) Early-intervention outreach program for young women and girls aged 12-25 at risk of or affected by sexual exploitation in South Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne, offering 1:1 outreach, group work, peer social inclusion, secondary consultation, and school-based groupwork.
• Greeves St. Op Shop Retail op shop selling pre-loved clothing, accessories, books, homewares, and hand-made boutique items, functioning as a fundraising mechanism and a pathway for women with lived experience of street work into employment and volunteering.
• Greeves St. Craft Project Six-week skills program for women involved in or exited from street sex work to gain sewing and craft skills while producing saleable boutique items; graduates receive a sewing machine, certificate, and earn 70% of each sale.
• Greeves St. Voices Interactive education and advocacy program offering workshops (such as 'Five Women' introductions and craft workshops) for schools, workplaces, and community organisations to learn about street-based sex work and sexual exploitation.
• ARISE Professional Development Fee-for-service online professional development program (Australian Research and Innovation for Safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation) delivering two facilitator-led modules on understanding, preventing, and intervening in child sexual exploitation, with combined package, student, and group discounts.
• Project Insight (Insight Cards) Proprietary visual therapeutic resource of 40 story-stem cards depicting risk and protective factors associated with Child Sexual Exploitation, used in group or individual settings with a supporting workbook; available for purchase after attending Combined Modules 1 + 2 training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average 426 visits per month to Drop-In Centre
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Victorian GovernmentcoreOthersGovernment funding partner supporting operational programs and services.
• City of Port PhillipcoreOthersLocal government partner providing support for community programs in St Kilda area.
• City of Greater DandenongcoreOthersLocal government partner supporting the Young Women's Program location in Dandenong.
• Deakin UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partner supporting ARISE initiative. Research collaboration with School of Health and Social Development.
• WhitelioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner for ARISE (Australian Research and Innovation for Safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation) project.
• Streetsmart AustraliasupportingOthersHomelessness support organization providing additional resources and funding.
• Good2GivecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerWorkplace giving platform partner enabling employees to make pre-tax donations direct from pay with potential employer matching.
• Oz HarvestsupportingOthersFood rescue organization providing food supplies for programs.
• FoodbanksupportingOthersFood relief organization supporting food security programs.
• Churches of Christ Victoria & TasmaniasupportingOthersFaith-based organization providing spiritual and community support.
• Share the DignitysupportingOthersCharity providing menstrual health products and support for women in need.
• Fitted for WorksupportingOthersOrganization helping women enter or return to the workforce with professional clothing and support.
• Dress for SuccesssupportingOthersOrganization empowering women towards economic independence through professional clothing and career development.
• Igniting ChangesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial change organization supporting innovative approaches to social issues.
• PinchapoosupportingOthersCharity sourcing and distributing personal care products to people in need.
• SoupeessupportingOthersOrganization providing support through food and community programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• YWCA Australia: National women's empowerment nonprofit delivering services including domestic violence response, safety, and homelessness support; shares the gender-equity focus with St Kilda Gatehouse but operates at broader organizational scale.
• Melbourne City Mission: Major Melbourne nonprofit providing a wide portfolio of community services to vulnerable people including housing, disability, and youth programs; comparable operating geography and breadth though at larger scale and with broader mandates.
• The Salvation Army Australia: Large faith-based organization delivering social services including support for vulnerable women, homelessness, and crisis care; overlapping capabilities with St Kilda Gatehouse's work with women in street-based sex work and victims of trauma, but as part of a far broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Whitelion: Australian nonprofit supporting at-risk young people through mentoring and diversion programs; existing co-partner on ARISE and a direct peer for St Kilda Gatehouse's Young Women's Program serving 12-25-year-olds affected by exploitation and trauma.
• Project Respect: Melbourne-based nonprofit supporting women impacted by the sex industry and trafficking through outreach, case management, and pathways out; the closest direct programmatic peer to St Kilda Gatehouse's Drop-In Centre and Young Women's Program cohort.
• Bravehearts: Australian child sexual exploitation prevention and education organization; directly comparable to St Kilda Gatehouse's ARISE training and Project Insight work on CSE awareness, prevention, and professional development.
• Launch Housing: Melbourne-based housing and homelessness services organization serving vulnerable populations; comparable operating geography, frontline service model, and referral ecosystem to St Kilda Gatehouse.
• ECPAT Australia: Australian member of the ECPAT network focused on ending the sexual exploitation of children; overlaps with St Kilda Gatehouse on child protection from sexual exploitation, advocacy, and research, including co-partner on ARISE.
• Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association: National peak body for sex worker organizations, advocating for sex worker rights and providing peer-based support; comparable to St Kilda Gatehouse's street-based outreach mission to the sex-worker community, though operating from a peer-led rather than service-led model.

Regional players

• The Hutt St Centre: Adelaide-based charity supporting people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage through a relational, community-development model; comparable values and program design to St Kilda Gatehouse, but operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StKildaGatehouse
• Instagraminstagram.com/stkildagatehouse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-kilda-gatehouse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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