Women's Centre For Social Justice o/a WomenatthecentrE

Published purpose

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards the elimination of gender-based violence in Canada. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: improving organizational and governance capacity, enhancing communications with members, strengthening partnerships, building membership capacity, and monitoring and evaluating organizational and programmatic impact. The first supplemental funding will be used to strengthen WomenatthecentrE’s (WATC) human resource capacity to effectively respond to the increased demand for member support. In addition, WATC will be able to expand its reach, influence, and effectiveness by enhancing its volunteer base and expanding partnerships among other GBV support organizations to better support women facing and/or fleeing violence. The second supplemental funding will allow WATC to strengthen its organizational capacity through planning and the development and facilitation of trainings using a "train-the-trainer" approach. As a result, WATC and the wider community will be fully equipped to address the long-term impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on survivors across Canada and to provide better care to more survivors. This extended project will focus on the following key activities: 1. Develop a comprehensive volunteer outreach and engagement plan to support organizational sustainability 2. Develop and facilitate legal and interventions trainings to internal WATC staff, students, and volunteers, and 3. Develop a revenue generating training program to build capacity amongst the GBV and corporate sectors to better support survivors.