Mental Health
Award date
December 2020
Amount
$10,225
Organization
Bridges for Women Society
Purpose
To deliver counseling and workforce development opportunities to women in Victoria.
Bridges for Women Society provides trauma-informed counseling and healing-focused pre-employment programs to self-identified women, non-binary people, and two-spirit people who identify with the women’s community. It supports clients to identify and overcome the effects of trauma and work towards personal and professional goals, and offers groups and counseling for individuals living in southern Vancouver Island and online programs to women living on northern Vancouver Island. Established in Victoria in 1988, its vision is that women affected by trauma, violence, abuse or neglect have the choice and opportunity to break free from the cycles of violence, poverty and isolation, and to achieve safety, health, and personal control in their lives.