The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc. (also known as Foundation House) provides services to people of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds in Victoria who have experienced torture or other traumatic events in their country of origin or while fleeing those countries.
Foundation House head office is located at Brunswick, with other offices in Dandenong and Sunshine, and an outpost in Ringwood. Foundation House also provides services in partnership with other agencies in rural and regional centres across Victoria including: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Shepparton, Swan Hill and the Latrobe Valley.
Services provided by Foundation House include counselling and advocacy, mental health consultation and natural therapies. We run community liaison programs, support groups, school and youth based programs. We also run professional development and information services for health, education and other professionals and organisations who work with people from a refugee background.