12 Cumberland Street, Yarmouth, NS
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.
- Support and navigation 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.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program now available at Yarmouth Regional, Roseway, South Shore Regional, valley Regional and Fisherman's memorial hospitals
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