OUR CAUSE IS AN EVERYDAY REALITY
Sexual assault and sexual abuse happens every day in every part of our
community.
Our mission at the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre is to support,
empower and advocate for survivors of sexual assault and sexual
violence.
| 10 times a day, every day, our crisis phone rings and a sexual assault
survivor asks for help |
| twice every week the hospital emergency department contacts us to
help a sexual assault survivor |
| 365 days a year we support sexual assault survivors in dealing with
the criminal justice system |
| our highly skilled counselors provide individual and group counseling |
| we provide resources, support and groups for friends and partners of
survivors and parents of teens |
| our prevention program Project Respect conducts school workshops and
community events |
| we are operating at capacity and have an ongoing wait list for group
and individual counselling |
Services provided at the Centre support survivors of sexual violence
in their emotional healing and work toward the prevention of sexual assault
and abuse.
The Women's Sexual Assault Centre in Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada, provides crisis intervention, justice related support services and
counselling programs for those affected by sexual assault of childhood
sexual abuse. The Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre is a registered
Canadian charity #108220054 RR and donations are tax deductible. We
gratefully acknowledge your generous gifts.
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