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STRONGER TOGETHER: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT

Gender-Based Violence Affects Us All. So Does the Solution.

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Stronger Together: Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Support program provides confidential, trauma-informed services, financial literacy resources and training to prevent gender-based violence and support those affected by it. We help survivors heal, strengthen frontline response, and equip communities to lead lasting change across the GTA. All services available online and in-person.

Program Highlights

• Confidential one-on-one counselling (interpreter available)
• Culturally sensitive mental health support
• Prevention training for organizations
• Group workshops for clients, staff, and teams
• Guidance to build resilience and heal from trauma
• Referrals to employment, settlement, legal, and community-based services
• Resources to strengthen financial literacy skills
• Additional benefits available for service provider organizations

How We Support Organizations

• Guidance for supporting employees who disclose violence at home or in the workplace
• Personal and professional development for staff and group-cohorts
• Custom psychosocial trainings
• Training content and delivery format are informed by a structured needs assessment model
• Practical, ready-to-use tools: downloadable info sheets, resource templates, and quick guides
• Referral pathways for continued support such as confidential counselling, system navigation, safety planning, and more

Sample Workshop Topics

• Gender-Based Violence 101 (introductory and advanced available)
• Responding to Disclosures
• Healthy Relationships: Recognizing Red and Green Flags
• Coercive Control: Tactics, Impacts, and Supports
• Forms of Abuse & the Cycle of Violence
• Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
• Trauma Bonding: Understanding and Breaking the Cycle
• Parenting with Empathy
• Psychological Safety in the Workplace
• Trauma-Informed Leadership: Creating Safe Spaces
• Conflict Resolution: Managing Emotions in the Workplace
• Boundaries Without Guilt
• Workplace Abuse & Harassment: Prevention and Response
• Peer Support Group with Shared Lived Experience

We offer a range of workshop opportunities. Workshops are available by invitation and tailored to team needs or program goals. Contact us to explore a custom option for your organization.

• Open to individuals of all genders including racialized, immigrant, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
• Organizations and businesses across the Greater Toronto Area, including Halton, York, Durham, and Peel regions.

Contact us:

For any questions about the program, contact us today at Strongertogether@achev.ca and our team will be in touch with you.

This program is funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, in partnership with SAFE (Survivor Advocates for Empowerment) and Pride at Work Canada, and is evaluated by Cathexis Consulting.