Violence Prevention and Crisis Counselling: As a women’s organization, many women who have sought out our services have requested assistance in dealing with the violence that they are experiencing in their lives. For some women, assistance comes in the form of disclosure and support. This may also lead to developing safety plans and perhaps ultimately leaving the abusive relationship. The Centre provides one-on-one assistance to women who are experiencing violence in the home or dealing with a crisis in their lives.

Medical and legal referrals and client accompaniment: The Centre’s staff provides, culturally and linguistically sensitive services in guiding women to obtain medical and legal services. Many times, our staff will accompany these women as they attend these visits. Moreover, our staff will provide on-going support as women face the difficult task of navigating through the legal and court systems.

Support Groups for Women and Spousal Abuse: Support groups offer women a unique opportunity to gain information, share experiences, to build confidence and to develop safety plans when dealing with abuse. The Centre provides women with information about their rights and how they can be supportive to other women who are experiencing spousal abuse.

Partner Assault Response Programme groups: Statistics indicate that most women will experience abuse at the hands of their male partners. Ending violence against women involves working and educating men about the different forms of abuse, the effects of violence on children, the pattern of violent behaviour and developing alternatives to physical, emotion and financial abuse. The Centre runs groups for court-mandated offenders to better understand the violence against women, work on accepting responsibility for their violent behaviour and to develop strategies to deal with anger.