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SWOP SWOP NSW exists to provide NSW s*x workers with the same access to health, safety, human rights and workplace protections as other Australian workers.

SWOP provides a private and confidential service open to all people who engage in s*x work, including everyone providing s*x for cash, favours, drugs, clothing, a place to stay, alcohol or anything else, either often, or on occasion. We have multicultural and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander projects, and support s*x workers from a range of backgrounds. SWOP also provides training to service providers, including s*xual health services, WorkCover, needle syringe programs and NSW police in order to improve s*x workers access to these services and create better understanding of s*x worker issues. Outreach is conducted both day and night to s*x industry workplaces, including massage and full-service brothels, B&D houses, strip clubs, private workers, safe houses and street s*x work locations. Visit Us
You can call SWOP or drop in to the office for a confidential chat with a s*x worker peer who knows the industry and issues. Phone: (02) 9184 9466

Web: swop.org.au
Email: [email protected]

Address: 7/110 Botany Road Alexandria NSW 2015

Postal: PO Box 1354,
Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012

Hours: Mon / Tues / Thurs / Fri
10am to 6pm

Wed
2pm to 6pm

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Nominations for our Governance Committee are coming up in November. There are many roles within our Governance Committee...
16/10/2026

Nominations for our Governance Committee are coming up in November.

There are many roles within our Governance Committee. If you’re a SWOP NSW member, you can nominate yourself to take one of them on.

If you’re interested in being a part of our Governance Committee, become a member now, before our Annual General Meeting comes up.

Membership is free for SWers and you can sign up via the link in our bio.

REMEMBER! If you want to become a member, you need to do it by November 11 in order to vote in our Annual General Meeting or have the chance to be on our Governance Committee. Head to our link in bio to become a member in time.

Governance Committee nominations open November 20 and close November 30.

Trans Collective! The first in our quarterly meet up for trans and gender diverse SWers to come together and create!This...
14/10/2026

Trans Collective! The first in our quarterly meet up for trans and gender diverse SWers to come together and create!

This is a workshop for trans and gender diverse s*x workers, to bring together our community and provide space for our art and our voices to be amplified... in zine form!

We will make art and set out a design for a trans s*x worker zine series that we will contribute to regularly.

S*x Workers Only. Registration required. Follow the link in our bio to register.

With our Annual General Meeting coming up in December we thought we’d give you a roundup of what it means to be a SWOP N...
14/10/2026

With our Annual General Meeting coming up in December we thought we’d give you a roundup of what it means to be a SWOP NSW Member.

Membership allows you to connect to community and have a voice within it. As a SWOP NSW member, you can vote in our Annual General Meeting and also join the Governance Committee (more on that soon).

If you want to have your say (and vote at our meeting), you need to become a member by November 11.

If you want to go a step further and have an ongoing say in how SWOP NSW is run, you can become a member AND nominate yourself for a governance role. Nominations open November 20. Watch this space for the different roles we have within our Governance Committee.

REMEMBER! If you want to become a member, you need to do it by November 11 in order to vote in our Annual General Meeting or have the chance to be on our Governance Committee.

Head to our link in bio to become a member in time. Membership is FREE for SWers!

Are you feeling the effects of isolation and loneliness in your life or at work? What would it be like to talk about it ...
12/10/2026

Are you feeling the effects of isolation and loneliness in your life or at work? What would it be like to talk about it with a group of people who could be experiencing something similar?

**This Wednesday**

Come and spend a couple of hours with SWOP counsellors Rachael and Suzanne to talk about togetherness, isolation, loneliness and connection.

When we feel disconnected, it isn't always due to something coming from the inside. Sometimes there are conditions in our lives that we can create strategies for.

Let's find some together.

We’ll spend our time journalling, having a yarn (chats, not stitch), doing activities and sharing ideas.

October is Mental Health Month. In NSW, this year’s theme is “A little connection goes a long way.” But connection can b...
12/10/2026

October is Mental Health Month. In NSW, this year’s theme is “A little connection goes a long way.” But connection can be complicated in our working world. Which is a little bit ironic come to think of it, given our work is all about making connection!

But isolation doesn’t always look like an absence of connection or sitting at home alone. You can be working, talking, working, working it, texting, seeing people all the time and still feel disconnected. And sometimes the answer isn’t simply to get out more.

So, for Mental Health Month, we’re going to be talking about the things that can construct isolation around us, and what might actually help.

SWOP NSW counsellors Rachael and Suzanne will be holding a workshop on Isolation + Loneliness this Wednesday 14 October.
It will include discussion, journalling, activities, information and skill sharing, in a group - together, not alone!

Current and former s*x workers only. Registration required (link in bio).

Our SMART Recovery meeting is on today from 3pm-4.30pm. Making changes around drugs and alcohol can be tricky to do on y...
12/10/2026

Our SMART Recovery meeting is on today from 3pm-4.30pm. Making changes around drugs and alcohol can be tricky to do on your own. So, we run a SMART Recovery meeting each month for SWers, run by peers. If you have any habits you'd like to change your relationship to, come along. We set our own goals and move at your own pace. We just provide support for you on the journey. You can register via the link in bio.

Even the crew at SWOP HQ need to sit down, share ideas and collaborate across the table once in a while. Which is why we...
06/10/2026

Even the crew at SWOP HQ need to sit down, share ideas and collaborate across the table once in a while. Which is why we're closed every second Wednesday from 10am-2pm. You can still reach us via email or phone, or pop in later in the day. We also have a HE/THEY pop in on Thursday - see our previous posts for details :)

Our Annual General Meeting is coming up in December.If you’d like to vote at it, or nominate to be part of the SWOP NSW ...
02/10/2026

Our Annual General Meeting is coming up in December.

If you’d like to vote at it, or nominate to be part of the SWOP NSW Governance Committee, make sure you get your membership application in ASAP.

Membership approval takes at least one month, so now is the time to apply if you want to have a say.

SWOP NSW membership is free for s*x workers and also gives you access to our Members Only website, including The Professional back issues and Ugly Mugs.

Find out more or sign up via the link in bio.

Next Thursday is our October He/They social. This month we are making collages!! We will supply collage materials! Yay c...
01/10/2026

Next Thursday is our October He/They social.

This month we are making collages!! We will supply collage materials! Yay craft!

Meet some mates, make some craft, grab some supplies.

You can join in person or online - register via the link in our bio.

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Surry Hills, NSW

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 2pm - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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