About BWSS
Battered Women’s Support Services provides education, advocacy support services to assist all women in its aim to work towards the elimination of violence and to work from a feminist perspective that promotes equality for all women.
Our Impact
BWSS responded to over 11,000 requests for services in 2016
We are passionate about ending violence against women and girls in our lifetime.
638 new women accessed our services
6,871 calls to our crisis line
2,816 counselling sessions
244 new intakes for counselling
194 new women joined support groups
450 individual safety plans created
31 women were accompanied to court
%
1.09% of new intakes were senior women
%
Immigrant, Refugee, Permanent Resident, or Precarious Status
%
1.1% of new intakes were youth
%
27% Indigenous, Aboriginal, or Metis Women
BWSS Provides
Crisis Line
Indigenous Women’s Program
My Sister’s Closet
Advancing Women’s Awareness Regarding Employment (AWARE) Program
Counselling
Black Women’s Program
Legal Advocacy and Law Reform
Strategic Interventions Training
Victim Services
Latin American Women’s Program
Violence Prevention & Intervention Volunteer Training
You can help us continue to offer these life-saving services
We respond to over 10,000 requests for service annually. 100% of your donation will go toward ending violence against women and girls
