Violence Against Women Intervention & Support Services (VAWISS)

Y Womens Emergency Shelter

250-374-6162 or text 250-682-7931

We know that when women feel supported, when they feel their voices have been heard, when their experience has been believed, and when their community demonstrates that they care, they are able to move beyond surviving to thriving.

Peace Program

250-376-7800

Children and youth with experiences of violence in the home need a dedicated program to address these violent experiences. Their feelings need to be validated and recognized as important.

The PEACE Program is a free service that provides that support to children and youth who have experienced violence through expressive therapies.

Stopping The Violence Outreach Services

250-320-3110

Outreach services for women is so much more than a mobile response to violence. Outreach is a safe spot to land: between waitlists for longer term support services, while negotiating the often frightening and painstaking processes of our legal system, and while strategizing about ‘how to leave’ in a way that keeps everyone safe and fed and housed.

Quotes From Past Shelter Residents

“I'm sharing this with you because I want you to know that the work you all do matters. You all truly make a difference. I have endless love and gratitude in my heart for all of the staff there and the shelter itself.”

– Anonymous

“I cannot even imagine what would have happened to me if I didn't have the shelter to come to. There is no way I would be doing what I'm doing and be the mom that I am if it wasn't for all of the ladies there helping me and supporting me through the darkest most difficult time of my life.”

– Nicole