START – Support Team for Abuse Response Today
START is a service hub, available for drop-ins on Mondays, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, for women who have concerns about the safety of their relationship or who would like to find ways to move forward in their lives. We help women quickly gather reliable information from local agencies and support networks at one central location (216 Simcoe Street, Peterborough).
Once equipped with the right resources and support, women can make better-informed decisions based on their personal situations.
START also helps ease the chaos women and children experience in the aftermath of a separation by connecting mothers with income supports, housing information and counselling services right away.
Please note: START is closed on all holiday Mondays.
Our free confidential services include:
- Safety Planning
- Transition and Outreach, and Family Court Support
- Nursing assessment
- Counselling
- Admission to Crossroads Shelter or HERS
- Information about making a police report
- Children’s Aid information
- Applying for social assistance
- And much more
Women have access to any and all services, based on their individual needs.
We can refer women to a wide range of community services and agencies, such as:
- City of Peterborough, Social Services
- Community Counselling & Resource Centre
- Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society
- Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
- Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle
- Ontario Provincial Police
- Ontario Works
- Peterborough Domestic Abuse Network (PDAN)
- Peterborough Public Health
- Peterborough Police Service
- Peterborough Police Victim Services Unit
- Peterborough Northumberland Victim Services
- PRHC Women’s Health Care Centre – Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Program
- Victim Witness Assistance Program
More Information about START
Please contact our administrative office at 705-743-3526 or info@ywcapeterborough.org.