Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC)

Published purpose

This 58-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through 1) creating a long-term Strategic Plan; 2) creating a current and implementable Advocacy Plan; 3) increase organizational financial health and stability through administrative support and in-house grant-writing capacity, informed by gender-based violence expertise; and, 4) increase structural stability to OCRCC’s anti-oppression, anti-racist and Gender-based Analysis work.5) implementing Trans, Genderqueer, Non-binary, Two Spirit and Intersex inclusion at sexual assault centres (resources for rebranding, logos, Centre training/meetings); 6) providing frontline staff with technological tools and support to deliver services in COVID-19 environment. This Project will see a provincial reach to Ontario sexual assault centres. Supplemental funding in 2023 will be used to 1) build capacity for member centre leaders through peer-to-peer support opportunities; 2) develop capacity building opportunities for staff and board of the coalition and member organizations on the history and context of the gender-based violence movement; 3) review human resources processes and policies to better reflect organizational values of equity, diversity and inclusion; and 4) create a sexual assault centre finance community to support sector sustainability.