Services
The Women's Centre offers a variety of services including:
We strive to be as accessible, reaching women and girls throughout the Tri-Counties by offering programs and services, satellite offices, a toll free number and a primary location in Yarmouth. By providing the tools to intervene in crisis situations that women and girls face, we are able to relieve poverty and other barriers in their lives: we are here to offer women and girls our assistance as they move forward in achieving their educational, work, and life goals.
- Individual supportive counseling and advocacy
- Programming based on the needs and wants of women
- Accompaniment to appointments (lawyer, doctor, court, Community Services, etc)
- Providing assistance filling out applications, resumes, or government forms
- Free pregnancy testing, condoms and inclusive, non-judgmental sexual health & reproductive health information
- Working on Community Development issues such as housing, food security, women's health, sexual violence, women's and youth access to community based health services, as well as youth and illicit drugs
- Specialized Trauma Counselling Services for survivors and victims of sexualized violence.
We strive to be as accessible, reaching women and girls throughout the Tri-Counties by offering programs and services, satellite offices, a toll free number and a primary location in Yarmouth. By providing the tools to intervene in crisis situations that women and girls face, we are able to relieve poverty and other barriers in their lives: we are here to offer women and girls our assistance as they move forward in achieving their educational, work, and life goals.
Women's Centre News & Upcoming Events
For community events and programs, visit our Community Bulletin Board
Trauma-Informed Justice for Victims and Survivors of Sexualized Violence Workshops
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Supporting Survivors of Violence Workshops
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Focus Group Conversations
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Community Walkabout
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Fall Newsletter
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Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Expansion
March 1, 2017
SANE Program Highlights:
- In April, 2017, NSHA will hire a Provincial SANE Coordinator to ensure standardization and consistency of SANE services, including: leadership for the coordinated expansion of SANE services across the province, ongoing program quality assurance, support for the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), SANE training, professional practice development in forensic nursing, SART/SANE program evaluation, and expertise to prepare for court testimony.
- SANE services will be established across Western Nova Scotia using a progressive approach. During the first phase, we will be recruiting and hiring nurses from the Counties: Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby. We expect that the first SANE training will occur in April/May. Once the first SANE Team is established in the Tri-counties, we will continue the hiring/training process in the Valley region, followed by the South Shore.
- Job postings for SANE, in both official languages, will be on Career Beacon and the TCWC website.
SANE@tricountywomenscentre.org
902-742-0085
TCWC Spring Newsletter
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Thank you, Shoppers Drug Mart!
Since 2002, each Shoppers Drug Mart location has participated annually in a community health celebration called Growing Women's Health (formerly Tree of Life). This year the Digby store team has chosen The Tri County Women's Centre- Digby Outreach Office as its 2017 Growing Women's Health beneficiary. This organization depends on the support of all of us to continue to serve our community and improve the quality of community based women's health. Shoppers Drug Mart believes that when Canadian women are healthy and well, Canada is healthy and well.
In the past, funds from this program were used to develop and offer programming specifically for women to assist with their health and well being, including a healthy cooking program for women on low income budgets in Digby. Along with raising money in the store, people are able to donate on-line by visiting the Growing Women's Health website.
The Women's Centre would like to thank the Shoppers Drug Mart in Digby for their ongoing support!
In the past, funds from this program were used to develop and offer programming specifically for women to assist with their health and well being, including a healthy cooking program for women on low income budgets in Digby. Along with raising money in the store, people are able to donate on-line by visiting the Growing Women's Health website.
The Women's Centre would like to thank the Shoppers Drug Mart in Digby for their ongoing support!
