What We Do

SWOP offers free and confidential services to all people who engage in sex work in NSW, including:

• safer sex supplies; we distribute free safe sex ‘workers packs’ with condoms, gloves, dams and lube, which can also be collected from our office, in addition to a range of supplies for purchase by cash or EFTPOS

• HIV, Hep C, STIs and sexual health information

• SWOPconnect; a peer-based telephone sex work information & support service

• information on laws and legislation including associated fact sheets (all downloadable)

• referrals to free legal advice for sex workers on sex work and non-sex work matters

• health and workplace safety information including downloadable resources, face-to-face information and service referrals

• confidential counselling and support  at our office or by telephone with referrals to other services

• safer injecting equipment on outreach and at our office (including intra muscular injecting equipment)

• employment information and support; including information for new workers and workers wishing to leave sex work or former workers wishing to return; we support all sex workers in all areas of the industry at all times

• printed resources & sex worker magazines at our office

• reference library at our office with access for sex workers

• outreach to sex industry workplaces, in urban, regional and rural areas

• workshops for sex industry workers including safer sex and sexual health, business management, safety, laws and regulations, workshops for new workers and workshops for those looking for a second job or to find a non sex working employment and issues specific to different aspects and types of sex work

• training to other services to create a better understanding of sex worker issues; feel free to contact us if you work for a service that would benefit from workplace training