Resources for Kids and Teens
Kids Help Phone Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 provides kids and teens access to a professional counsellor by phone to discuss their issue or concern 24 hours … Read More
About Sexual Assault
Sexual assault is NEVER your fault! ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT Sexual assault is any sexual activity that happens without your consent. Sexual assault is also referred to … Read More
Housing Resources
Area Women’s Shelters/Transition Houses * Transition Houses are intended for short term accommodation of women and their children who are seeking safety from intimate partner violence … Read More
Financial Resources
Income Assistance British Columbia Self-Serve Assessment and Application tool to determine your eligibility and apply online for BC Employment and Assistance www2.gov.bc.ca BC Employment and Assistance … Read More
Resources for Indigenous People
KU-UUS Crisis Line Society (24 hour crisis programs in BC) Toll-Free in BC 1-800-588-8717 Adult/Elder 250-723-4050 Child/Youth 250-723-2040 Aboriginal Legal Aid www.aboriginal.legalaid.bc.ca Native Youth Crisis Hotline … Read More
Links to Regional, Parent & Partner Organizations
BC Society of Transition Houses www.bcsth.ca Resource with an up-to-date listing of Transition Housing, Second and Third Stage Houses, Safe Homes, Children Who Witness Abuse Programs, … Read More
Resources for LGBTQ2S+ and non-binary people
Abuse In Same Sex Relationships information brochure, Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) A Self Help Guide to Healing And Understanding for Transgender Sexual Violence … Read More
Legal Resources
Legal Aid BC lss.bc.ca Legal information and representation for those who cannot afford a lawyer Aboriginal Legal Aid BC aboriginal.legalaid.bc.ca Specialized legal services for Aboriginal people … Read More
Resources for New Immigrants & Refugees
Shuswap Immigrant Services Society 250-804-2726 Support for newcomers, promote and celebrate diversity in the Shuswap. Virtual Legal Clinic (Partnership with Rise Women’s Legal Centre and Community … Read More
Resources for Victims of Crime
Community Based Victim Services 250-832-0005 Police Based Victim Services 250-832-4453 Victim Link BC 1-800-563-0808 (call or text 24 hours per day) Free, confidential, multilingual, 24 hour … Read More
If you are a teen in a violent relationship
If things in your relationship don’t feel right to you, talk about it with someone you trust. Decide which friend, teacher, or relative, you can go … Read More
Local Resource List
SAFE Society Programs Transition House (Women’s Emergency Shelter): 250-832-9616PEACE Program for Children & Youth: 250-832-4474 (formerly Children Who Witness Abuse)Stopping the Violence Program: 250-832-9700Community Based Victim … Read More
Cover your tracks…
When you visit a webpage, you leave tracks of where you’ve been. Even after you close your browser, a digital footprint remains. This means that someone … Read More