Our impact

Visualizing our impact

This infographic tells the stories of 3 women, how the Centre supported them, and how your donation dollars make that possible. SWC Infographic – Our impact

Our performance

The Centre served 3921 women in 2015-16

2,254 contacts by email, phone and walk-in
70 workshops attended by 579 women (2577 hours of service)
303 women used counselling, mentoring and tutoring service (630 hours of service)
47 workshops attended by 650 marginalized or at-risk young women aged 13-19 years (975 hours of service)
15 workshops attended by 135 women with disabilities (306 hours of service)

In 2015-16, 938 women reported many outcomes as a result of using our Education and Support services, including:

51% addressed emotional health concerns
26% developed life skills to move forward
13% increased economic security
10% took steps to prevent violence in their lives

For further information, please review our SWC Annual Report 2016-17

Our service users

About the diverse women using the Centre:

76% of participants are between ages 30 & 60
23% speak or read at least one other language besides English
65% of participants have at least one child
42% of women are using TTC to attend programs at the Centre
63% of participants have a household income of less than $25,000
53% of women are not currently employed
31% of those women are currently receiving social assistance/EI/ODSP

Information requested by women in our Information and Referral Program:

46% Employment and education
17% Emotional and physical health
10% Practical Supports, legal housing
12% Women’s safety
7% Services for specific groups
3% Volunteer opportunities
6% Other issues (e.g. children, settlement, seniors, support for men)

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