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Explore the costs of family violence, how to recognize it when it’s happening to family and friends, and what you can do to support someone experiencing it.
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do and the services we are able to provide our clients. Read more about our partnership with Riseup Society Alberta in this blog!
Learn more about the key role teachers play in violence prevention and how they can be a force for positive change in their classroom!
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do and the services we are able to provide our clients. Read more about our partnership with Sage Seniors Association in this blog!
Victims and Survivors of Crime week was May 12 to 18 this year. We are honoured to showcase the ways we utilized this week to raise awareness of crime and its impact in our community, specifically when it comes to family violence. Our two Education Specialists, Sarah and Dinah, hosted a number of workshops at schools, with the public, and community partners.
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do and the services we are able to provide our clients. Read more about our partnership with Edmonton John Howard Society in this blog!
Learn more about how to apply for restraining orders, important information you need to know when applying, terminology, contact information, and more.
Learn more about Alberta’s Child, Youth, & Family Enhancement Act, what entails, who it protects, and what it helps outline for Child Protection Services.
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do at The Today Centre and we so grateful for them! Check out Deena Kordt and our partnership with her.
February is Preventative Health Awareness Month, an opportunity to learn more about how education impacts family violence and how it can be a great tool for preventing it.
Looking for more information on the workshops we offer and which one is the right fit for you?
On November 23, The Today Centre hosted our 3rd Annual Help Today, Hope Tomorrow Fundraising Breakfast at Delta Hotels by Marriott Edmonton Centre Suites. The theme for this year’s breakfast was ‘Disrupting the Stigma’, focusing on how we can and why we should, disrupt our perceptions and assumptions about the realities of what it looks like to be a victim-survivor of family violence, especially after leaving the situation.
Looking for resources that can relate your experience with family violence? Looking for videos or podcasts that address family violence or topics related? Or just looking for informational resources that can provide context to the issue of family violence? We’ve got you covered with this comprehensive list of books, podcasts, and videos that address the issue of family violence.
What are EPOs? How do I apply for one? What do they do?
Answering all your questions about EPOs in this month’s blog!
Undaunted.co, a safe space for survivors or victims of family violence (abuse), to document and store evidence if they are not yet ready to report.
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do at The Today Centre and we so grateful for them! Check out Mental Health Copilots and our partnership with them..
The Today Centre works in partnership with a number of different organizations, programs, and businesses across the city. These partnerships are vital to the work that we do at The Today Centre and we so grateful for them! Check out CANDORA and our partnership with them..
Summer is upon us! Check out these summer activities for promoting healthy relationships in your life.
Social Work Month is a time to celebrate the great profession of social work and those in the social services industry.
February is Happy Healthy Relationship Month! Learn how to foster healthy relationships, platonic, familial, romantic, or other, with those in your life!
Find mental health supports and learn a bit about the intersection between family violence and mental health.
The holidays can often be a difficult time for many experiencing family violence. There’s lots of time spent with an abuser, many services for help are closed, and many individuals may choose to wait until after the holidays to seek help or leave a dangerous situation in fear of “ruining the holidays” for young ones. At The Today Centre we mourn with those who spend the holidays afraid, anxious, and uncertain.
This past Tuesday, November 29 was GivingTuesday! Learn more about the impact your giving has on The Today Centre.
ALL of us have a role to play in helping prevent family violence in our communities, regardless if we directly know someone experiencing family violence. Each of us has a responsibility to educate ourselves and support others.
What does it mean to be a present, positive role model? Learn how fatherly figures and yourself, can be a positive role model to the next generation and learn the impacts of positive role modelling on family violence prevention.
What is an informal support? What does it mean to have ‘informal supports’ in your life? How valuable are informal supports to those experiencing family violence?
Learn more about informal supports and how to be one in today’s blog post!
Being an ally against family violence means listening with respect and intention, being present for those who need a safe space. An ally provides useful information and allows a person seeking help to make their own choices that feel right for their situation.
From all of us at The Today Centre, we wish you moments of peace amid the difficulties, and connections with family and friends even if they can’t be in person.
A recap and glimpse into our 2nd Annual ‘Illuminating Hope’ Garden Cocktail Party hosted on June 7, 2024 at the lodge at Snow Valley!