Westcoast Community Resources Society

A non-profit organization which believes that every person in the community should have access to resources to enhance and improve their well-being.

We empower and support all members of our communities to move beyond systemic barriers, violence and abuse through the provision of safe shelter, education, and counselling services.

Our Programing includes:

• Community Outreach
• Women’s Outreach and Support Services
• Substance Use Support and Counselling for Adults, Youth and Family
• Community Youth Workers
• PEACE Counselling
• Stop the Violence Counselling
• Transition House and Second Stage Housing

Our Values

Intersectional feminist principles

We center people’s overlapping and interacting social identities to create and provide services that recognize and work to counter power imbalances that exist in concurrent experiences of oppression.

Trauma- informed practices

We recognize that trauma is frequently part of people’s stories and take care that our spaces and services are as safe as possible, and not re-traumatizing.

Client-led

We believe that individuals are experts in their own lives and use a strengths-based approach, building on what clients know works best for them.

Responding to people’s basic needs

We believe that every person deserves to have their basic needs met. A person’s basic needs are food, shelter, clothing, medical care, mental health care, and safety from violence.

Collaboration and partnerships

We work collaboratively with other organizations to respond to the needs of individuals in our communities.

Supporting individual and community resilience

We believe that healing thrives in and creates honest, compassionate, respectful, inclusive, and caring communities.