Local Youth Resources
Kids Help Phone provides 24 hour free, anonymous, and confidential
counseling services to youth (1-800-668-6868)
Mary Manning Centre child abuse prevention & counseling centre
Pandora Youth Apartments transition housing for youth
Threshold Housing transition housing for youth
Victoria Youth Empowerment Program
drop-in centre to access counselling, supports and referrals
Youth Core a youth engagement program focused on building a wide range
of community capacity and youth leadership opportunities
Youth Space a safe space for youth to talk and share
Local Resources
Action Committee for People with Disabilities provides advocacy for people with disabilities, helping them with income assistance applications/appeals
AIDS Vancouver Island provides services for people living with HIV, AIDS, HCV, people who use drugs, trans* people, gay men, bisexual men, queer men and men who have sex with men
Bridges for Women provides programs, services, and supports for women impacted by trauma, violence, abuse or neglect
Cool Aid Society works to end homelessness and support people in need with integrated health services, including mental health and addiction services
GT Hiring Solutions provides client-focused employment programs and services
Men’s Trauma provides psychological and practical support to males sixteen years and older who suffer from the effects of trauma
Our Place Society provides transitional housing, a food program, and a wide variety of programs and services for people in need
Pacifica Housing helps people find housing in the private market
Rock Bay Landing provides emergency shelter and transitional housing for families
Sandy Merriman House provides emergency shelter for women in downtown Victoria
Street Survival Guide a one-stop resource for those experiencing (or at risk of) homelessness in Victoria
Vancouver Island Crisis Line 24 hour crisis line and resource service
Victoria Native Friendship Centre provides supports and services for urban Aboriginal people
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre supports women and all trans* survivors of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse, through advocacy, counselling, and empowerment
Victoria Women’s Transition House provides safe shelter, respectful counselling, support and advocacy to women
Canadian & International Resources for Sex Workers
BC Coalition of Experiential Communities
Big Susie’s – Hamilton, ON
Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Chez Stella – Montreal, QB
Desiree Alliance – American Sex Work Alliance
FIRST: Decriminalize Sex Work Now!
Maggie’s Toronto Sex Worker Action Project
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
NSWP – Global Network of Sex Work Projects]
Pace Society – Prostitution Alternatives Counselling & Education – Vancouver, BC
POWER – Prostitutes of Ottawa/Gatineau Work, Educate and Resist
Shift – Calgary, AB
Wish Drop-In Centre Society – Vancouver, BC
