About 4 — Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society

Kelowna Women’s Shelter provides free food, shelter, counselling, support and preventative education to women and their children who have experienced intimate partner violence.

To learn more, contact Kelowna Women’s Shelter here.
The Child Advocacy Centre is a Kelowna based organization that provides services for children who experience abuse and neglect and those impacted by child abuse.

To learn more, contact the Child Advocacy Centre here.
Each centre has an interdisciplinary healthcare team that provides a range of services in a single site – i.e. a checkup with your family doctor, a visit to a physiotherapist, pharmacist, or public health nurse. The selection of services offered in each Primary Health Care Centre reflects the unique needs of its community.

To learn more, find your local Outreach Urban Health Centre here.
The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society provides for the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being of all peoples through the development of community-based services, while encouraging the community to preserve, share and promote Aboriginal cultural distinctiveness.

To learn more, contact Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society here.

VictimLinkBC provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence, including victims of human trafficking exploited for labour or sexual services.

VictimLinkBC is available toll-free by calling 1-800-563-0808.
Ending Violence Association of BC assists in providing victims with issue-based consultation and analysis, resource development, training, research and education.

To learn more, contact EVA BC here.
The BC Society of Transition Houses offers emergency houses for women, children, and youth experiencing violence, with services accessible throughout BC.
BC Housing has a full list of safe, supportive houses available 24/7 across BC.

To learn more, contact BC Society of Transition Houses here.
Crisis Centre of BC is a non-profit, volunteer organization committed to helping people help themselves and others deal with crisis.

To learn more, contract Crisis Centre of BC here.

The Canadian The Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) exists to ensure substantive equality in the delivery and development of services and programs through public education, research, legislative and administrative reform, regionally, nationally and internationally.

To learn more, contact CAEFS here.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is a national leader in the movement for gender equality in Canada. Through funding, research, advocacy, and knowledge sharing, they work to achieve systemic change.
CWF supports women, girls, and gender-diverse people to move out of violence, out of poverty, and into confidence and leadership.

To learn more, contact CWF here.
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women, girls and gender-diverse people within First Nations, Métis and Inuit Canadian societies.

To learn more, contact NWAC here.

For information and resources on gender-based violence, sexual assault and domestic violence, see here.
Provides general information about family law in British Columbia. They have information for people considering changes in their family relationships such as separation and divorce, and may be of interest to people thinking of marrying or living with someone in a marriage-like relationship.
To learn more, see here.
Legal Aid BC. Provides free legal help to all British Columbians. To learn more, see here.
A Victim Impact Statement is a written description of how a crime has affected the victim. To learn more, see here.
Assistance with Victim Impact Statements is also provided through our Community Based Victim Services.