Social Services - Women's Services
Canadian Federation of University Women
The Salt Spring Island branch of the CFUW is part of an international organization of women who are university graduates or who have an equivalent qualification.more info
Islanders Working Against Violence (IWAV)
IWAV is a non-profit organization providing services throughout the Southern Gulf Islands to women and their children affected by poverty, violence and abuse.more info
Salt Spring Island Transition House
Provides safe, free, and confidential first-stage transitional housing for single self-identified women with or without children seeking safety from violence and abuse, including victims of sexual assault and stalking.more info
Salt Spring Island's Women's Institute
The Institute's aims are to improve conditions of rural life, to promote the theory and practice of agriculture, to promote home economics, public health, child welfare, education, better schools and cultural activities.more info
Stopping the Violence Counselling
This program offers counselling to women on Salt Spring Island who have experienced violence in relationships, sexual abuse or childhood abuse. more info
The Circle Salt Spring Education Society
The mandate of SWOVA is to develop solutions to prevent violence and abuse against women and children through education, community development, and research.more info
Transitions Thrift Store
Voice of Women
Voice of Women is a national women's group founded in 1960 to work towards world peace, women's issues and environmental concerns.more info
Women's Outreach Services
Help in understanding abuse and how it affects women and their children. Information on, and help connecting with services and resources. Working to develop a safety plan. Supporting in the development of a transition plan to become free of abuse, based on individual's goals and the steps they want to take to get there.more info
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