Our Impact
Battered Women’s Support Services provides education, advocacy, and support services to assist all women in its aim to work towards the elimination of gender based violence and to work from a feminist perspective that promotes gender equity.
BWSS responded to over 31,959 requests for services in 2019-2020
In just one year we significantly increased our impact and capacity to support women, girls, and gender-diverse folks. Our community response is as follows:
6,283 calls answered between March 18 and June 30, 2020
28,430 Volunteer hours
3,183 participants took part in our 159 community workshops
24/7 Crisis & Intake Line
We scaled up our crisis line to 24/7 due to a drastic increase in calls.
New Callers
40% of callers are reaching out for the first time, indicating a surge of domestic violence escalation
Volunteer Training
We increased our training sessions from 2 to 3 sessions in 2020.
Online Training
In our largest cohorts yet we trained a total of 143 volunteers online.
Calls to the BWSS Crisis and Intake Line
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50% of calls were from the Vancouver area
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15% of calls were from Canadian Provinces other than BC or ON
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5% of calls were from Ontario
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25% of calls were from the rest of British Columbia
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5% of calls were International
BWSS Provides
24/7 Crisis & Intake Line
Indigenous Women’s Program
My Sister’s Closet
Advancing Women’s Awareness Regarding Employment (AWARE) Program
Counselling and Victim Services
Black Women’s Program
Legal Services, Advocacy, and Law Reform
Professional Presentations and Training
Safety Changes Everything Outreach Team
Latin American Women’s Program
Violence Prevention & Intervention Volunteer Training
Research and Policy Analysis
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
Our Impact
Battered Women’s Support Services provides education, advocacy, and support services to assist all women in its aim to work towards the elimination of gender based violence and to work from a feminist perspective that promotes gender equity.
