Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
Registered Name: SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE OF WATERLOO REGION
Business No: 132274093RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
SASC is a community based provider of services and support to survivors of sexual violence and their families.
Our Mission
We listen, facilitate healing, and celebrate resiliency. Using an anti-racist, intersectional feminist approach, we work to transform systems which promote gender-based violence.
About Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region supports, in a non-judgmental way, those who have been sexually assaulted as children or as adults by providing free of charge:
- a 24-hour support line maintained by volunteers trained to respond to the needs of those who have been sexually assaulted and/or those who support them (i.e., friends/relatives)
- counselling and advocacy (individual and group support)
- information and referrals
- accompaniments to court, hospital, police station and other hearings or appointments
- subsidies for childcare and transportation to ensure accessibility to the above services
- emergency practical assistance
Our support is individualized. We provide services that are adaptable and responsive to the special needs of individuals and their families.
Our services are confidential.