Catholic Family Services of Durham is a non-profit agency that provides an accredited family counselling service to anyone in Durham Region.
We exist to provide help, hope and healing to individuals, couples and families, regardless of beliefs, through evidence-based clinical therapy, psycho-educational counselling and support.
Community-based advocacy services
Victim Services of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry & Akwesasne
At the Victim Services of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry & Akwesasne, our program objectives are:
• To provide early assistance and support, information and referrals to individuals affected
by crime and tragic circumstances, both in-person or remotely;
• To reduce the likelihood of further harm by helping a client identify and address safety
issues; and
• To help clients identify their needs and concerns and develop strategies to address them.
Kingston Interval House
Kingston Interval House (KIH) provides essential, responsive, and empowering services to women, children and youth who have experienced the impact of violence against women. KIH seeks to interrupt the cycle of domestic abuse and gender-based violence through the delivery of its core services, which include:
Emergency shelter services
Transitional programs
Community-based outreach and support services
Second-stage housing
Community engagement and capacity building
Parry Sound Victim Services
District of Parry Sound Victim Services is a 24/7 Crisis Response and Referral agency, specializing in Victim Crisis. District of Parry Sound Victim Services is a non-profit organization working in a close partnership with Police, Fire, Emergency Services and other social service agencies to meet the short term needs of people who have fallen victim to crime, and tragic circumstances by providing emotional support, practical assistance, and referrals to community resources. Victim Services strives to help victims of crime and sudden tragedies to restore and enhance their quality of life while working to further prevent re-victimization.
Haldimand & Norfolk Women’s Services
Haldimand & Norfolk Women’s Services, (HNWS) is dedicated to a non-oppressive social, political and economic environment for women, their children and their communities
Maison Interlude House
Maison Interlude House is a Francophone organization offering a range of services, in French and in English, in the counties of Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry to help support women, their children and youth, in building a future without violence.
Leeds and Grenville Interval House
Leeds & Grenville Interval House provides shelter, support, and counselling services to abused women and their children, so that they may live free of abuse.
Birchway Niagara
Birchway Niagara provides safe shelter and outreach supports for individuals experiencing gender-based violence. We will be a shoulder to lean on, a voice to advocate for, a space to feel safe in, an ally to trust, a guide to navigate, and a counsellor to heal for everyone affected by abuse of all forms.
WomenatthecentrE
WomenatthecentrE is a non-profit organization that works to eradicate gender-based violence (GBV) through personal, political and social advocacy. As the only organization created by survivors, for survivors, we use our shared experiences to help create change at all levels.
Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre
Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre is a non-profit, community-based feminist organization providing frontline advocacy, support and information to local and regional self-identified women experiencing violence, poverty, human rights concerns or problems with legal (family, criminal) or administrative systems.
We provide system navigation, referral, legal rights, information and documentation support for women experiencing gender based violence and coercive control, with a particular focus on family law situations. We work with other agencies such as women’s shelters, VWAP, legal clinics, etc. and Luke’s Place Virtual Legal Clinic to ensure women experiencing violence can access legal advice, safety planning, risk assessment and connect with appropriate supporting services. We coordinate a community based High Risk GBV protocol.
Our work is framed with an Anti Racist, Anti Oppressive approach and is trauma informed. We are committed to principles of reconciliation and building respectful relationships with Indigenous people and leadership. Our public legal education and systemic advocacy focuses on access to justice and the prevention of gender based violence; and provides individual women and gender diverse people with the information and access they need to make informed and strategic choices.