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UNITED
NATIONS REFUSES 2 SEE WOMEN EQUAL 2 MEN.... in the year 2014- Why are we still
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The
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JUST IN MARCH 2- YET ANOTHER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY- RAPE CULTURE RAMPANT???? UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA.....
LIKE PETER MACKAY SAYS... CANADA'S TROOPS DID NOT FIGHT 4 THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ONLY 2 COME HOME AND SEE THOSE RIGHTS ERODED HERE!!!!!
JUST IN MARCH 2- YET ANOTHER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY- RAPE CULTURE RAMPANT???? UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA.....
LIKE PETER MACKAY SAYS... CANADA'S TROOPS DID NOT FIGHT 4 THE RIGHTS OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ONLY 2 COME HOME AND SEE THOSE RIGHTS ERODED HERE!!!!!
Ottawa student denounces ‘rape culture’ in wake of Facebook hate
Anne-Marie Roy, president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, speaks at a May Day rally in Ottawa on May 1, 2013. (BEW POWLESS via CP)
TORONTO — A student union leader at the University of Ottawa says an online conversation among five fellow students in which she was the target of sexually graphic banter shows that “rape culture” is all too prevalent on Canadian campuses.
Anne-Marie Roy, 24, is going public despite being threatened with legal action by four of the male students, who say the Facebook conversation was private.
Nonetheless, Roy — who received a copy of the conversation via an anonymous email — said she felt compelled to speak out, especially since the five individuals were in positions of leadership on campus.
“They should be held accountable for those actions. Actions have consequences and I think that this is certainly something that can’t go unnoticed,” said Roy, who heads the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa.
“Rape culture is very present on our campuses…I think that it’s very shameful to see that there are student leaders who are perpetuating that within their own circles.”
The incident was first reported in the Fulcrum, the university’s English language student newspaper.
Roy said she was sent screenshots of the Facebook conversation on Feb. 10, while student elections were being held on campus.
The online conversation — a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press — included references to sexual activities some of the five individuals wrote they would like to engage in with Roy, including oral and anal sex, as well as suggestions that she suffered from sexually transmitted diseases.
“Someone punish her with their shaft,” wrote one of the individuals at one point. “I do believe that with my reputation I would destroy her,” wrote another.
After confronting a member of the conversation in person, Roy said she received an emailed apology from all five men which emphasized that their comments were never actual threats against her.
“While it doesn’t change the inadmissible nature of our comments, we wish to assure you we meant you no harm,” the apology, written in French, read.
“We realize the content of our conversation between friends promotes values that have no place in our society and our campus, on top of being unacceptably coarse.”
But Roy felt the apology wasn’t enough.
“I was very torn up by the conversation,” she said. “I also think there needs to be a level of responsibility taken for the words that were said in that conversation.”
Roy decided she would bring it up at a Feb. 23 meeting of the student federation’s Board of Administration, which oversees the affairs of the student union.
Her plan was to distribute copies of the conversation to the board’s members while asking the board to move a motion to “condemn” those who engaged in the discussion, two of whom were board members. The other three were involved with organizing campus events.
After learning of Roy’s plan, four of the five individuals sent her a letter warning her that the conversation was a private one and that sharing it with others would amount to a violation of their rights.
After consulting with a lawyer, Roy chose to go ahead with sharing the conversation with the board, but received a cease and desist letter during the board meeting.
The letter — which identifies the four participants as Michel Fournier-Simard, Alexandre Giroux, Alexandre Larochelle and Robert-Marc Tremblay — threatened legal action against Roy if she did not “destroy” her copy of the online conversation and stop sharing it with others.
The letter also alleged that Roy, through an intermediary, had initially considered not sharing the conversation if the four participants would promise not to run for student leadership positions in the future. Roy told The Canadian Press that she never considered that.
After learning of the letter, the board decided to shelve the motion introduced at the meeting, but Roy said she wasn’t ready to drop the matter.
“It was kind of like getting a double whammy, you get put in a very difficult situation and to have these men try to take all power away from me by telling me that I need to be censored and that I can’t take action,” she said.
“This is also incredibly frustrating and I think speaks to the fact that rape culture does not get challenged enough.”
The one participant in the conversation who is not threatening legal action said the entire incident has been a huge learning experience.
“There was some conversation with some pretty violent, like, some pretty demeaning words,” said Pat Marquis. “I didn’t say much in that conversation, but I didn’t stop it either.”
Marquis was a vice-president in the student union until he resigned this weekend, reportedly after receiving hate mail and threats related to the conversation. He said he planned to meet with Roy to “discuss ways to move forward.”
“There’s a lot of boys’ talk and locker room talk that can seem pretty normal at the time, but then when you actually look back at it, it can be offensive,” he said.
“I would never say that kind of thing out in the public but when it was a private conversation I guess it slipped my mind that that’s really not acceptable.”
Another member of the five, who did not want to be named, said the conversation was private and obtained illegally. He said the participants didn’t believe they promoted rape culture, but “didn’t stop it,” and now wanted to “promote the end of rape culture together.”
Meanwhile, a lawyer for Larochelle said his client was to meet with Roy on the weekend to defuse the situation.
He also provided The Canadian Press with a copy of a letter he sent to the author of a blog which has discussed the matter openly.
“Nothing in my client’s statements are misogynistic, ”slut-shaming“, or refer to ”rape,“ wrote Michael D. Swindley in that letter.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the University of Ottawa said it was “appalled” by the online conversation which it said demonstrated attitudes about women and sexual aggression that had “no place on campus, or anywhere else.” It said it was working with Roy to develop “an appropriate response.”
The entire incident has at least one observer saying it’s clear universities need to have a more open discussion about how students talk about each other, even in private.
“I do think it’s a form of cyberbullying even though she wasn’t a direct recipient of those messages on Facebook,” said Wanda Cassidy, associate professor at Simon Fraser University who researches cyberbullying in schools and universities.
“There needs to be a lot more conversation around those kinds of behaviour and comments that are made demeaning towards women.”
The footprint that such comments can leave on the Internet should also make individuals think twice before sending demeaning or hurtful messages, she said.
“Whereas 20 years ago those guys might have been out sitting around having a beer and talking in that way, it is quite different when you’re putting in print, because it’s there as a record.”
Roy’s experience comes about four months after outraged complaints surfaced over student chants at universities in Halifax and British Columbia.
The president of the Saint Mary’s University students’ association stepped down in September after a frosh-week chant glorifying the sexual assault of underage girls was captured on a video that made national headlines.
And the University of B.C.’s Sauder School of Business cut support for annual first-year orientation activities after a similar chant was sung on one or more buses during events sponsored by the Commerce Undergraduate Society.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1190780-ottawa-student-denounces-rape-culture-in-wake-of-facebook-hate
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Here
in the UK, I recall Rita from my several visits to NS over the years. What a
sad loss and what a voice! So uplifting!
Those
of us oldies who fought the good fight year in and year out.... love our Rita
MacNeil.... she was right there with us.... and when our Gloria and Marlo came
2 town... 2 honour the fierce Canadian women standing up 4 basic equality ...
we all rejoiced.
My
kids were little years later when took them 2 see Rital MacNeil live..... at
the ballpark.... all of them running around in droves as kids....do..... then on came Rita.... and the children
stopped.... listened... and quietly progressed 2 the front of folks..... my
sons so in awe (still are).... 'IS SHE AN ANGEL MOM?..... and thinking whilst
the big folks around me smiled with pure pleasure.... said, 'WELL, YES DARLIN
SHE IS."...... all they saw was the floating voice of pure heaven - there wasn't an animal or a kid that didn't
adore Rita MacNeil.... and on this day... it just don't get better than that
folks... here's her working man....
RITA
MACNEIL- WORKING MAN
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MARCH
8, 2014- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.... celebrating Rita MacNeil
CONCERT
Symphony
event honours MacNeil
Flying
on Your Own: A Tribute to Rita MacNeil, presented by Symphony Nova Scotia,
will feature Men of the Deeps, Lucy MacNeil of the Barra MacNeils, and Katriona
MacNeil, niece of the late singer-songwriter.
The
concert is slated for March 8, 7:30 p.m., at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium,
Halifax.
It
is the anniversary of MacNeil’s final public performance and is als o
International Women’s Day, which is fitting for the performer who was devoted
to the women’s rights movement, says a news release.
MacNeil’s
longtime collaborator Scott Macmillan will lead the orchestra and guest
performers in some of MacNeil’s most beloved s ongs.
“Rita
MacNeil has given us all such an enormous gift of her music," says
Macmillan, in the release.
“I
myself have had a long and precious friendship with R ita since 1982. I was a
band member in her early years and continued a close relationship with her,
including condu cting her live symphonic recording, A Night at the Orpheum.
This will truly be an evening to remember, in celebration of Rita MacNeil, her
life, and her fabulous gift of songs."
Men
o f the Deeps, formed in 1966, is composed of retired coal miners from Cape
Breton. The choir collaborated with MacNeil on the Juno Awards, appearances on
MacNeil’s variety show Rita and Friends and in MacNeil’s televis ed Christmas
shows.
Lucy
MacNeil and Katriona MacNeil performed at the singer’s memorial last year.
Tickets
range from $30 to $57 (HST included). Call 494-3820 or visit www.symphonynovascotia.
ca.
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CANADA- COUSIN MARY- FLUDD- WOMEN EQUAL
IN CANADA FROM 70s
Fludd
was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, best known for their 1973 hit
"Cousin Mary".
Cousin
Mary lyrics
Cousin
Mary was a lady who could really hold her own
She went fighting for her country
She went fighting for her home
Then there's the time she lost her husband
He was fighting for the right
She'll be leaving in the morning
Won't you please say goodnight
(Harmonica pattern)
All the money in the world
Couldn't tie old Mary down
You can believe her when she tells you
She's had her turn around
There could be knights and kings in amour
Horses waiting just to fight
She'll be leaving in the morning
Won't you please say goodnight
She'll be leaving in the morning
Won't you please say goodnight
Oh lovely lady
Oh lovely lady always out there (pause)
She'll be leaving in the morning
Won't you please take good care
(Harmonica)
Oh lovely lady
Oh lovely lady
Always out there (pause)
She'll be leaving in the morning
Won't you please take good care
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One
Billion Rising Halifax 2013- ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY- We got ur backs girls....
women.... ladies...gals.... we got ur backs
This
event at Saint Mary's University was organized in part, to bring awareness to
this years production of the acclaimed play The Vagina Monologues. One Billion
Rising is also a celebration of progress in the work to end domestic violence.
We
rise too, as a reminder that the discussion and activism need to continue.
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Kings County marking International Women's Day
Nine local businesses will help Chrysalis House mark International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8.
Chrysalis House executive director Rhonda Fraser says with this “partnership with business partners in the community, white carnations will be handed out to encourage us to remember and recognize all the women who have influenced us individually and as a community to inspire positive change.”
The United Nations theme for International Women’s Day 2014 is ‘Inspiring Change’.
On an average day, Chrysalis House Association works with women and children who are striving to leave experiences of violence and abuse behind.
“International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to focus on positive reasons to work together to recognize the contributions of women to our community,” Fraser said. “We would like to thank our confirmed partners to date for participating in the second annual IWD recognition campaign.”
They are: Lew Murphy’s, Jungle Jims, Kings Physiotherapy, the Designer Café, Reid’s Jewellers, Guy’s Frenchy’s in Coldbrook, Absolutely Fabulous, Careforce
and Bruce Wile Optician Ltd.
Fraser suggests, “we encourage you to take a moment this March 8 to do something special for the women who have inspired you.”
Any business or workplace which would like to be included in the IWD flower campaign for 2015, can email chrysalis@ns.sympatico.co with contact information.
International Women’s Day has been celebrated on March 8 since 1913. It is an official holiday in many countries where the tradition is to celebrate the contributions women make to society, their community and their families. Men honour the women in their lives with flowers and small gifts.
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UN children's expert praises Canada's focus on fighting forced marriage of girls
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press December 29, 2013 1:40 PM
OTTAWA - A top United Nations official is praising the Harper government's foreign policy initiative to end forced marriage of young girls, even if Canada won't fund projects that would allow victims access to an abortion.
The Conservative government's practice of not allowing aid dollars to go towards organizations that offer abortions to victimized girls or war-rape victims has sparked heated criticism in some quarters.
But a seasoned expert on international child protection said that doesn't diminish Canada's emerging international leadership on the issue because there are other ways for the government to make a difference in helping young girls.
"We're trying to leave that off the table … we're talking about everything but that, frankly," Susan Bissell, associate director of the child protection branch of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said in an interview from New York.
She called abortion funding "an obstacle to negotiate around" and said she is urging Canada to be the international standard bearer for a worthy cause that needs a champion.
Bissell was in Ottawa earlier this month and met with policy makers in the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. She said she was struck by their deep understanding of the complexities of a problem that has health, justice and education components.
"Canada is the first government that I've talked to that sees those connections," Bissell said.
She believes the recent merger of the old Canadian International Development Agency into Foreign Affairs will help strengthen Canada's approach to the problem.
"Some have been despondent about the collapsing of CIDA into the ministry, but I actually see an incredible opportunity to link the dots."
Ultimately, Bissell said she wants Canada to make a multi-million-dollar contribution to the fight against the exploitation of girls.
Bissell said that when Baird announced that Canada wanted to focus on the problem during a speech at the UN in September, her email in-box was flooded with positive messages.
The UN estimates there are 400 million women who were married as children in Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Child brides are subjected to a variety of abuses, but when they become pregnant as teenagers they and their babies face life-threatening health risks. The UN cites complications from childbirth as the leading cause of death in girls aged 15 to 19 in poor countries.
In a year-end interview, Baird defended the government's stance on not funding abortion projects.
"The reality is what this initiative is about is stopping this from happening in the first place. It's like fire prevention," Baird said.
"In your fire prevention budget, you don't hire firefighters. You do prevention work."
The minister had few specifics on what Canada would be doing to combat the child-bride problem, but said money for programs and advocacy would be likely features.
"We're just really starting from the ground on this," Baird said.
"There's room for government action but it will require societal change from the ground up. We're just at a very, the early stages of this."
Bissell, a Canadian who has worked abroad for a quarter century, said she wants the government to think big and build on the momentum that Baird has begun: "Not little baby projects, but big things that are going transform communities and societies from the inside out."
She said UNICEF is well-positioned in several affected countries, and has learned a lot of lessons in the three decades it has fought to end the forced genital mutilation of young girls in some cultures.
"It's not going to happen just with external political pressure," she said.
"For us this is perceived as this horrific practice, when it's this social norm. Families and communities do this because keeping their girls costs money and if everybody is marrying their girls at 13 then you have to do it too because yours will be the unmarried one at 18."
Baird said the focus is part of a natural follow-up from Harper's signature G8 initiative on child and maternal health. (The prime minister also made clear that of the $3 billion Canada was spending, none would go towards abortions).
"It's a development challenge in addition to a human rights challenge," said Baird.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/childrens+expert+praises+Canadas+focus+fighting+forced/9332075/story.html
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Alice Housing
Located in Halifax, Alice Housing is second-stage non-profit housing for women with or without children offers a safe non-judgmental environment for women leaving abusive relationships.Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Second Stage Housing - Refuges de deuxième étape
Phone: (902) 466-8459
Fax: (902) 466-9808
Email: livesafe@alicehousing.ca
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Alternatives Institute
At Alternatives we believe the people who share their lives with us may be the ones in our families and communities with the most knowledge about complications of love and hurt, and, the most skill at responding. We define “family” and “community” with great care around diversity. We work collaboratively with others in our communities committed to (1) addressing replications of violence within our social responses to violence, and(2) developing helpful practices together with individuals, families and communities.
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Annapolis County Family Resource Centre - Family Matters
Family Matters is located in Lawrencetown and caters to children 0-6 years old and their families in Annapolis County.Location: Annapolis, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
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Phone: (902) 584-2210
Email: familymatters@ns.sympatico.ca
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Annapolis County RCMP - Bridgetown Office
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Phone: (902) 863-6500
Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association
Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association is located in the Kirk Building, 219 Main Street, Suite 204 (above Tim Hortons). You can drop in to have a cup of coffee, browse our library, or sit in our comfy couches. We also offer a range of services and programs to women, adolescent girls, and their families. Check out our calendar link for current eventsFeel free to phone us at (902)-863-6221 or email us.
Our SANE Program serves Pictou county and the entire Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority.
The SANE Program is funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Health, and coordinated by the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre in partnership with Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority (GASHA) and St. Francis Xavier University (STFX). A SANE is a Registered Nurse who has advanced training and education in forensic examinations of sexual assault victims. Through this program, on-call SANE nurses provide immediate care and conduct forensic examinations of victims of sexual violence.
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Autumn House
Autumn House offers services to women in Amherst and Cumberland counties who have been abused by an intimate partner (husband, boyfriend, common law spouse or same sex partner).Location: Cumberland, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 667-1344
Email: autumnhouse@ns.aliantzinc.ca
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Avalon Centre
Avalon Centre provides a contiuum of specialized sexual assault services. It provides counselling, supportive information and referral, legal and court support and education to those who have suffered any sexual assaults. The primary emphasis is on immediate care/support, education, counselling and leadership/advocacy services for women.Phone: (902) 422-4240
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Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre
Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre is located in the heart of Metro Halifax in the centre of the region's largest housing community.We aim to offer a safe, welcoming, respectful and supportive environment for participants, children, community members and volunteers. Our programs include social, interactive, educational and empowering opportunities for parents, caregivers and community members supporting participants strengths and skills.
We offer a variety of programs, resources and services to parents, caregivers and grandparents as well as community members.
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Phone: (902) 454-9444
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Bryony House
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Phone: (902) 422-7650
Email: info@bryonyhouse.ca
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Callwood House
Located in Sydney, Callwood House provides second-stage housing for women leaving abusive relationships.Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
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Phone: (902) 562-4190
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Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/canso-eng.htm
Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition (Family Place)
Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition (Family Place), Sydney, is the host support group for the local transition house.Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 562-5616
Email: jlatulippe-rochon@familyplace.ca
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (East)
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 842-1001
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (North)
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 794-1254
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Police Forces
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 563-5100
Cape Breton Transition House
The Cape Breton Transition House offers shelter and services in Sydney, Cape Breton and Victoria counties.Distress Lines
Local: (902) 539-2945
Toll Free: 1-800-563-2945
Outreach: (902) 562-3045
Child Care Counsellor: (902) 562-1336
Education/Fundraising: (902) 562-4190
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Phone: (902) 539-2945
Toll Free: 1-800-563-2945
Email: cbtranshouse@ns.aliantzinc.ca%E2%80%A8
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/CBTHA
Central Nova Women’s Resource Centre
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Phone: (902) 895-4295
Fax: (902) 895-9095
Chapel Island Office (Potlotek) RCMP
Location: Richmond, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 535-2120
Chester RCMP
Location: Chester, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 275-3583
Cheticamp RCMP
Location: Inverness, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 224-2050
Chrysalis House
Chrysalis House is a non-profit grassroots organization that provides shelter, support, counselling, advocacy, and outreach for abused women and their children in West Hants, Kings, and Annapolis counties.Distress Lines
Local: (902) 679-1922
Toll Free: 1-800-264-8682
Administration: (902) 679-6544
Child Care Counsellor: (902) 679-1155
Outreach: (902) 679-1155
Location: Kentville, Town of (View on map)
Service: Sexual Assault Services - Services aux victimes d'agression sexuelle
Phone: (902) 679-1922
Toll Free: 1-800-264-8682
Email: chrysalis@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/chrysalis/
Citizenship and Immigration Officer | Conseillere en citoyennete et immigration
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Colchester County RCMP
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 893-6820
Colchester Sexual Assault Centre
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Phone: (902) 897-4366
Cornerstone Family Centre (Salvation Army) Dartmouth
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 463-4696
Cumberland County RCMP
Location: Cumberland, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 667-3859
Dartmouth Family Resource Centre
Dartmouth Family Centre is a non-profit organization located in the area of Dartmouth North. The Centre offers programs and services to support families with children prenatal to age six. Our main activities include prenatal and post-natal support, child development programs, programs for parents and children together, and parenting support. Programs and supports for families take place at the Centre, at outreach locations, and in their homes.Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: 902 464 8234
Fax: 902 464 8232
Website: http://www.dartmouthfamilycentre.ca/
Department of Justice Victim Services Head Office
Victim Services WebsiteVictim Services Crisis Services
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Victim Services - Services aux victimes
Phone: (902) 424-3309
Toll Free: 1-888-470-0773
Fax: (902) 424-2056
Website: http://gov.ns.ca/just/victim_Services/default.asp
Department of Justice Victim Services Office - Kentville
Serving Annapolis, Kings, Hants, Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby countiesLocation: Kentville, Town of (View on map)
Service: Victim Services - Services aux victimes
Phone: (902) 679-6201
Toll Free: 1-800-565-1805
Department of Justice Victim Services Office - New Glasgow
Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)Service: Victim Services - Services aux victimes
Phone: (902) 755-7110
Toll Free: 1-800-565-7912
Department of Justice Victim Services Office - Sydney
Serving Cape Breton, Richmond, Inverness and Victoria counties.Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 563-3655
Toll Free: 1-800-565-0071
Department of Justice Victim’s Service Office - Dartmouth
Serving: Halifax, Dartmouth & Halifax CountyLocation: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Victim Services - Services aux victimes
Phone: (902) 424-3307
Digby County Family Resource Centre
The Digby County Family Resource Centre offers support programs and acts in an advocacy role when required in cases of domestic violence.Location: Digby, Town of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 245-6464
Digby RCMP
Location: Digby, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 245-2579
Eastern Shore Family Resource Association
Eastern Shore Family Resource Association, Porter's Lake, will act as a referral to other agencies and it has a family life educator on staff who provides one-on-one counselling.Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 827-1461
Toll Free: 1-866-847-1461
Email: esfamilyresource@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Website: http://www.esfamily.org/
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Amherst
Location: Amherst, Town of (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: 1-877-223-0888
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Antigonish
Service Area:Antigonish, Goshen, Liscomb, Monastery, Mulgrave, Sherbrooke, St. Mary's, Canso, Goldboro, Guysborough, Larrys River, Little Dover
Location: Antigonish, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Toll Free: 1-877-223-0888
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/employmentnovascotia
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Digby
Service Area: Annapolis Royal, Digby, RoyalLocation: Digby, Town of (View on map)
Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Toll Free: 1-877-223-0888
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/employmentnovascotia
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Inverness
Location: Inverness, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: (902) 541-5635
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Kentville
Location: Kentville, Town of (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Toll Free: 1-877-223-0888
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/employmentnovascotia/
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - New Glasgow
Service Area: New Glasgow, Pictou, River John, Stellarton, Trenton, WestvilleLocation: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)
Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Toll Free: 1-877-223-0888
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/employmentnovascotia/
Employment Nova Scotia Centre - Port Hawkesbury
French counter service available.Service Area: Arichat, D'Escousse, Judique, L'Ardoise, Louisdale, Petit de Grat, Port Hastings, Port Hawkesbury, Port Hood, St Peter's, Whycocomagh
Location: Port Hawkesbury, Town of (View on map)
Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: (902) 563-3522
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/employmentnovascotia/
Enfield RCMP
Location: East Hants, Municipality of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 883-7077
Eskasoni RCMP
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 379-2822
Every Woman’s Centre
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 567-1212
Fax: (902) 567-1911
Email: woman.centre@ns.sympatico.ca
Family Resource Centre of West Hants
Family Resource Centre of West Hants funds a domestic violence position at Chrysalis House for a person to work with children who have witnessed violence, through federal government funding.Location: Windsor, Town of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 798-5961
Email: frcofwesthants@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.geocities.com/frcofwesthants
Family SOS
Family SOS, Halifax, has the capacity to work with families in crises and they do parent education. They will also facilitate supervised visitation.Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 455-5515
Email: familysos@hfx.eastlink.ca
Website: http://www.familysos.ca/
Greenwood Family First Resource Centre
Greenwood First Family Resource Centre works in partnership with local resources including Chrysalis House, Legal Aid, counselling and crisis intervention.Executive Director: (902) 765-5900
Location: Kings, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 765-5611
Email: home@greenwoodmfrc.ca
Website: http://www.greenwoodmfrc.ca/
Guysborough County Kids First
The Guysborough County Kids First runs a parent education program.Location: Guysborough, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 533-3881
Toll Free: 1-888-533-3881
Email: guysborough@kids1st.ca
Guysborough RCMP
Location: Guysborough, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 533-3801
Halifax District RCMP
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 244-7208
Toll Free: 1-800-803-7267
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/halifax_co-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - Cole Harbour
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 244-7208
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/colehbr-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - Lower Sackville
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 244-7208
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/sackville-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - Musquodobiot Harbour
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 424-7208
Fax: (902) 889-3133
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/musquodoboit-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - North Central
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 889-3300
Halifax District RCMP - Sheet Harbour
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 885-2510
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/sheethbr-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - Stanfield International Airport
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 883-7077
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/intairport-aeroport-eng.htm
Halifax District RCMP - Tantallon
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 244-7208
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/halifax/tantallon-eng.htm
Halifax Military Family Resource Centre
Halifax Military Family Resource Centre offers prevention, support and intervention programs.Executive Director: (902) 427-7775
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 427-7788
Email: info@halifaxmfrc.ca
Website: http://www.halifaxmfrc.ca/
Halifax Refugee Clinic
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Support Services for Immigrants and Migrants - Services de soutien aux immigrants et aux migrants
Phone: (902) 422-6736
Fax: (902) 422-7529
Email: halifaxrefugeeclinic@gmail.com
Website: http://halifaxrefugeeclinic.org/
Halifax Regional Police
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 490-5020
Website: http://halifax.ca/Police/
Harbour House
Located in Bridgewater, Harbour House offers shelter and services in Lunenburg and Queens counties.Distress Lines
Local: (902) 543-3999
Toll Free: 1-888-543-3999
Administration: (902) 543-3665
Outreach: (902) 543-9970
Child Care Counsellor: (902) 543-9970
Location: Bridgewater, Town of (View on map)
Service: Sexual Assault Services - Services aux victimes d'agression sexuelle
Phone: (902) 543-3665
Email: ed@harbourhousebw.com
Website: http://www.nsnet.org/harbour/
HRM Youth and Duty Counsel Nova Scotia Legal Aid
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-420-7800
Fax: 902-428-5736
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: 902-423-3607
Toll Free: 1-866-431-6472
Website: http://www.isisns.ca/
Indian Brooke RCMP
Location: East Hants, Municipality of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 758-3388
Ingonish Beach RCMP
Location: Victoria, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 285-2021
Website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/detach/c_breton/ingonish1-eng.htm
Inverness County RCMP
Location: Port Hawkesbury, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 625-2220
Inverness RCMP
Location: Inverness, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 258-2213
Juniper House
Juniper House is operated by the South West Nova Transition House Association and offers services in Yarmouth, Digby and Shelburne counties.Administration (902) 742-4473
Outreach (902) 742-0231
Fax (902) 742-4473
Distress Lines:
Local (902) 742-8689
Toll Free 1-800-266-4087
Juniper Digby Outreach (902) 245-4789
Juniper Digby Fax (902) 245-2261
Email juniperhouse@eastlink.ca
Location: Yarmouth, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Transition Houses - Maisons de transition
Phone: (902) 742-4473
Fax: (902) 742-4473
Email: juniperhouse@eastlink.ca
Website: http://www.juniperhouse.ca/
Juniper House - Digby Outreach
The Outreach Office of Juniper House offers services to women in the Digby area.Location: Digby, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Phone: (902) 245-4789
Email: juniperdigby@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Juniper%20House
Kentville Police Service
Location: Kentville, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 678-3378
Website: http://www.kentvillepolice.ca/
Kids First
Kids First, Antigonish, offers a parent education program and is part of the Antigonish and area family violence prevention committee.Location: Antigonish, Town of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 863-3848
Email: mward@kids1st.ca
Website: http://www.kids1st.ca/
Kings County RCMP
Location: Kings, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 679-5555
Kingston RCMP
Location: Kings, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 765-3317
Labour Standards Division - Department of Labour and Advanced Education (for temporary workers)
Secure Enquiry FormInquiries about employment rights
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: 902-424-4311
Toll Free: 1-888-315-0110
Fax: 902-424-0648
Email: labrstd@gov.ns.ca
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/lae/labourstandards/
Labour Standards Division - Department of Labour and Advanced Education (Sydney office)
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: (902) 563-2181
Website: http://www.gov.ns.ca/lae/labourstandards/
LEA Place
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 885-2668
Fax: (902) 885-2629
Email: leaplace@dunmac.com
Leeside Transition House
Leeside Transition House provides services to Richmond County, Inverness County and the Town of Port Hawkesbury.Location: Port Hawkesbury, Town of (View on map)
Service: Sexual Assault Services - Services aux victimes d'agression sexuelle
Phone: (902) 665-1990
Email: leesidedir@eastlink.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Lesside
Legal Aid Services (Dalhousie)
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-423-8051
Website: http://law.dal.ca/Institutes/Dalhousie%20Legal%20Aid%20Service/
Lunenburg RCMP
Location: Lunenburg, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 634-8674
MacAdam House
MacAdam House is located in Glace Bay and provides access to second-stage housing for women leaving abusive relationships.Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Second Stage Housing - Refuges de deuxième étape
Phone: (902) 562-4190
Email: th.educ@aliantzinc.ca
Maggie’s Place
Maggie's Place, Amherst, offers healthy relationship classes. It has referred clients to Autumn House and will provide a space to be used for supervised visitation.Location: Cumberland, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 667-7250
Email: maggies@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.maggiesplace.ca/
Memory Lane Family Place
The Memory Lane Family Place is located at 22 Memory Lane in Lower Sackville and has been delivering programs and services since early 1994.All projects and programs are sponsored by the Sackville Family Day Care Association, a non-profit charitable organization, established in 1980. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Projects are administered from the Family Place, under the direction of highly trained and qualified staff.
Parent advisory committees support program management. Participant involvement and community partnerships are core elements in service delivery. The centre works from a capacity building perspective, where children and families are embraced in a supportive environment.
Projects offered from the MLFP include the Family Home Day Care Program – the Family Support Project – the provincially-licensed Memory Lane Family Place Preschool – and the Community Action Program for Children.
All programs are free of charge, with the exception of the subsidized Family Home Day Care and the Preschool Programs.
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 864 6363
Website: http://www.memorylanefamilyplace.com/
Meteghan RCMP
Location: Clare, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 645-2326
Millbrook Family Healing Centre
Crisis Lines: Local 863-8483Toll Free: 1-800-565-4741
Program Director: Freda Simon
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: 902-893-8483
Toll Free: 1-800-565-4741
Fax: 902-893-2987
Email: simonmf@gov.ns.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Mi'kmaw%20FHC
Millbrook RCMP
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 893-6819
Mi’kmaw Family Healing Centre
Mi'kmaw Family Healing Centres deliver direct child welfare legislative and Family Violence Millbrook Family Healing Centre and Waycobah Family Healing Centre provide protection, treatment and prevention services to all 13 Mi'kmaw First Nation Bands of Nova Scotia.Crisis Lines:
Local (902) 863-8483
Toll Free: 1-800-565-4741
Fax: (902) 893-2987
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 893-8483
Toll Free: 1-800-565-4741
Fax: (902) 893-2987
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Mi%27kmaw%20FHC
Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 895-6385
Toll Free: 1 877 892-2424
Fax: (902) 893-1520
Email: brandon@cmmns.com
Website: http://www.cmmns.com/Legal.php
Naomi Society
INTRODUCTION:In August 1983, The Naomi Society became incorporated as a not for profit charitable organization and in May 1984 services for women and children who were victims of family violence was established.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Naomi Society is a broad based community organization that preserves and promotes the safety, dignity and human rights through direct services to women and their children who are victims of family violence. The society advocates for and provides community action programs for all individuals who are affected by family violence. This is done with an approach that is sensitive to social, economic and cultural diversity.
AREA SERVED:
The municipalities of Antigonish Town, County and Guysborough County. A geographic area of approximately 1500 square kilometres. A population of approximately 34,458 people.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Comprised of 12 Volunteers from the local community but only requires 6 to function as a board
Executive Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President
AGENCY STAFF:
Executive Director, Full Time
Counsellor/Outreach Worker, Part Time
Counsellor, Part Time accounting support worker, Part Time facilitor when funded.
VOLUNTEER:
Board member, Fundraising, Clerical, Childcare (during support groups)
“We are always open to recruiting new Volunteers”
Applications are available at the Naomi Society Office
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
- Services are available for women who are living with family violence or for those who have left an abusive relationship. Referrals are not required. Appointments are not always necessary.
- Information on available options and services, counselling, medical, shelter, legal and financial counselling for women, children and adolescents
- Parenting support for women parenting children who have witnessed/experienced violence in the home.
- Activity based counselling for children
- Support groups for women and children who have witnessed/experienced violence in the family.
- Referrals to other social, legal, medical and housing services.
- Advocacy and /or accompaniment to other agencies.
- Confidential support.
- Overnight emergency shelter.
Six month to one year stay for women and their children who have left an abusive relationship and are in need of safe and affordable housing. Applications are available at the Naomi Society.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Public education through presentations to schools, university, hospital, other social agencies, church and /or community service groups.
- Training provided including offering student placements
- Member of Antigonish and Area Inter Agency Committee on Family Violence
- Participation on a variety of committees within the community
- Member of the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
Office Hours 8:30 – 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (office closed weekends & holidays)
After hours call Tearmann Transition House 1-888-831-0330
Location: Antigonish, Town of (View on map)
Service: Second Stage Housing - Refuges de deuxième étape
Phone: (902) 863-3807
Fax: (902) 863-6008
Email: naomisociety@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/
New Direction
New Direction in Amherst, offers group support for abusive men who choose to change their behaviours.Location: Amherst, Town of (View on map)
Service: Men's Intervention Programming - Programmes d'intervention auprès des hommes
Phone: (902) 667-1344
Email: autumnhouse@ns.aliantzinc.ca
New Glasgow Police Service
(902) 755-8353 & (902) 752-1941Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)
Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 755-8353
Website: http://www.newglasgow.ca/departments/2010-police-department
New Leaf
New Leaf, New Glasgow, offers group counselling for men on the issue of domestic violence.Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)
Service: Men's Intervention Programming - Programmes d'intervention auprès des hommes
Phone: (902) 396-2440
Email: newleaf@ns.aliantzinc.ca
New Start
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Men's Intervention Programming - Programmes d'intervention auprès des hommes
Phone: (902) 423-4675
Email: newstart@eastlink.ca
Website: http://www.newstartcounselling.ca/
Newcomer Navigation Initiative
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Employment Services - Services d'emploi
Phone: (902) 407-7549
Fax: (902) 426-6530
Website: http://www.nsarda.ca/
North End Parent Resource Centre
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 492-0133
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Adult Criminal
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-420-6583
Toll Free: 1-877-777-6583
Fax: 902-420-1260
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Amherst
Location: Amherst, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 667-7544
Website: http://nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Annapolis Royal
The Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission delivers legal aid via a network of 16 community-based law offices as well as 3 sub-offices. The offices are staffed by salaried lawyers and, in certain situations, supplemented by lawyers in private practice on a fee-for-service basis.Location: Annapolis Royal, Town of (View on map)
Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 532-2311
Toll Free: 1-866 532-2311
Fax: (902) 532-7488
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Antigonish
Location: Antigonish, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 863-335
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Bridgewater
Location: Bridgewater, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 543-4658
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Dartmouth
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 420-8815
Toll Free: 1-877-420-8818
Fax: (902) 420-6562
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Halifax (Adult Criminal)
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 420-6583
Toll Free: 1-877-777-6583
Fax: (902) 420-1260
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Halifax County
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-420-3450
Toll Free: 1-866-420-3450
Fax: 902- 420-2873
Email: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Kentville
Location: Kentville, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-679-6110
Toll Free: 1-866-679-6110
Fax: 902-679-6177
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Liverpool
Location: Queens, Municipality of the Region of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 354- 3215
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - New Glasgow
Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-755-7020
Toll Free: 1-877-755-7020
Fax: 902-752-8733
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Port Hawkesbury
Location: Port Hawkesbury, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-625-4047
Toll Free: 1-888-817-0116
Fax: 902-625-5216
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Supreme Court Family Division Duty Counsel - Halifax
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-424-5616
Fax: 902-424-0562
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Sydney
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-563-2295
Toll Free: 1-877-563-2295
Fax: 902-539-0489
Website: http://nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Sydney Duty Council
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-539-7026
Fax: 902-539-3058
Website: http://www.nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Truro
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-893-5920
Toll Free: 1-877-777-5920
Fax: 902-893-6112
Website: http://nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Windsor
Location: Windsor, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 798-8397
Toll Free: 1-866-798-8397
Fax: (902) 798-8345
Nova Scotia Legal Aid - Yarmouth
Location: Yarmouth, Town of (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-742-7827
Toll Free: 1-866-742-3300
Fax: 902-742-0676
Nova Scotia Legal Aid -Supreme Court Family Division Duty Counsel - Sydney
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: 902-563-2200
Fax: 902-563-2224
Website: http://nslegalaid.ca/
Nova Scotia Office of Immigration
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Support Services for Immigrants and Migrants - Services de soutien aux immigrants et aux migrants
Phone: 902.424.5230
Toll Free: 1.877.292.9597
Email: nsnp@gov.ns.ca
Website: http://novascotiaimmigration.ca/immigrants/
Oxford RCMP
Location: Oxford, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 447-2525
Parrsboro RCMP
Location: Parrsboro, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 254-2424
Pictou County RCMP
Location: Pictou, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 485-4333
Pictou County Women’s Centre
At this resource centre they have available: Support counseling-one on one and referrals to other agencies as well as support and information for Lesbians. Advocacy- a member of the centre will act as a support person by accompanying women to social services, legal services etc.Information-you will find include a lending library, pamphlets and brochures, information about other agencies and services as well as social assistance information. They provide community education, by presentations to schools and groups on women's issues, putting on workshops and programs. They also have volunteer and student placement opportunities. The programs and support groups run on a yearly basis and some of them are "Girls First", "Youth Access" and "Teen Empowerment". Call to see what is coming up, you will need to put your name on a list for the next session.
(taken from http://www.pcha.nshealth.ca/mentalhealthservices/communityresources/service_pcwomenscentre.htm)
Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)
Service: Sexual Assault Services - Services aux victimes d'agression sexuelle
Phone: (902) 755-4647
Fax: (902) 752-2233
Website: http://www.womenscentre.ca/
Pugwash RCMP
Location: Cumberland, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 243-2181
Queens County RCMP
Location: Queens, Municipality of the Region of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 354-5721
Richmond County RCMP
Location: Richmond, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 535-2002
Salvation Army Community and Family Centre - New Glasgow
Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 752-3299
Salvation Army Community Church - Amherst
Location: Amherst, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 667-1574
Salvation Army Community Church - Bridgetown
Location: Bridgetown, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 665-4011
Salvation Army Community Church - Bridgewater
Location: Bridgewater, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 543-0356
Salvation Army Community Church - Dartmouth
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 463-4696
Salvation Army Community Church - Glace Bay
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 849-1041
Salvation Army Community Church - Halifax
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 463-4696
Salvation Army Community Church - Halifax - Barrington St.
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Phone: (902) 422-3621
Salvation Army Community Church - Halifax - Gesner St.
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 443-3844
Salvation Army Community Church - Halifax - Gottingen St.
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 422-1598
Salvation Army Community Church - Kentville
Location: Kentville, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 678-2039
Salvation Army Community Church - Liverpool
Location: Queens, Municipality of the Region of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 354-3265
Salvation Army Community Church - Sackville
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 865-8010
Salvation Army Community Church - Springhill
Location: Springhill, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 597-3954
Salvation Army Community Church - Sydney
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 562-1717
Salvation Army Community Church - Truro
Location: Truro, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 893-3042
Salvation Army Community Church - Westville
Location: Pictou, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 396-4851
Salvation Army Community Church - Yarmouth
Location: Yarmouth, Town of (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 742-4548
Salvation Army Community Church and Family Services - North Sydney
Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 794-7900
Second Chance
Second Chance Society, In Sydney, is a Men's therapeutic/ educational Domestic Violence Counselling Program, clients must be a minimum of 19 years of age to enter into the program.Location: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Men's Intervention Programming - Programmes d'intervention auprès des hommes
Phone: (902) 567-0979
Email: programsecondchance@hotmail.com
Second Story Women’s Centre
Phone:(902) 543-1315
(902) 640-3044
Location: Lunenburg, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 543-1315
Email: info@secstory.com
Website: http://www.secstory.com/
Service Canada - Outreach Services scheduled site - Clare
Scheduled Outreach Sites provide services tailored to the needs of the community (mainly information and transaction support). These locations may also be within urban areas to serve targeted groups. Service Canada staff will travel to pre-determined locations on a regular basis (i.e. one day per week).Location: Clare, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: (855) 881-9874
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1589s&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Amherst
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Amherst, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6232
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1541&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Antigonish
Hours of Service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Antigonish, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6233
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1545&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Bedford
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: 1-800-622-6234
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1594&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Bridgewater
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Bridgewater, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6235
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1503&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Dartmouth
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6232
Service Canada Centre - Digby
Location: Digby, Town of (View on map)Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: 1-800-622-6237
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1575&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Glace Bay
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6238
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1523&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Guysborough
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Guysborough, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6239
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1556&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Inverness
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Inverness, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6241
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1524&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - North Sydney
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Cape Breton Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: 1-800-622-6244
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1546&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Port Hawkesbury
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Port Hawkesbury, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6245
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1520&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Shelburne
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Shelburne, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6246
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1576&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Truro
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Truro, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: 1-800-622-6248
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1571&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Windsor
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Wolfville, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: 1-800-622-6249
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1538&ln=eng
Service Canada Centre - Yarmouth
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pmLocation: Yarmouth, Town of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Phone: 1-800-622-6250
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1589&ln=eng
Service Canada Community Office - Cheticamp
Hours of service: Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pmLocation: Richmond, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Federal Services - Services fédéraux
Toll Free: (855) 881-9874
Website: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=1559c2&ln=eng
Shelburne RCMP
Location: Shelburne, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 875-2490
Sherbrooke RCMP
Location: Guysborough, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 522-2200
Single Parent Centre
Parenting support, family support and councelling and children's programs, among others, are offered.Adoption Services (902) 422-7964
Single Parent Centre (902) 479-3031
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 479-3031
Email: http://www.homeoftheguardianangel.ca/
Springhill Police Service
Location: Springhill, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 597-3779
Website: http://town.springhill.ns.ca/police-services.html
Stellarton Police Service
Location: Stellarton, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 752-6160
Stellarton RCMP
Location: Stellarton, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 485-4333
Stewiacke RCMP
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 639-2366
Supreme Court Family Division - Duty Counsel
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Legal Aid - Aide juridique
Phone: (902) 424-5616
Fax: (902) 424-0562
Tatamagouche RCMP
Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 657-2040
Tearmann House
Tearmann House offers shelter and services to abused women and their children. We serve Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough counties.Administration (902) 928-0260
Business (Shelter) (902) 752-1633
Outreach (902) 752-2591
Child Care Counsellor (902) 755-6390
Crisis Line (902) 752-0132
Crisis Line 1-888-831-0330
Location: New Glasgow, Town of (View on map)
Service: Sexual Assault Services - Services aux victimes d'agression sexuelle
Phone: (902) 928-0260
Fax: (902) 928-0168
Email: tearmann@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Tearmann%20House
The Bridges Institute
Bridges offers anger management and domestic abuse counseling. Bridges is committed to helping people move away from abuse and toward respectful and caring relationshipsLocation: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Men's Intervention Programming - Programmes d'intervention auprès des hommes
Phone: (902) 897-6665
Email: bridges@bridgesinstitute.org
The Salvation Army - Atlantic Refugee & Immigrant Service
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Salvation Army - Armée du Salut
Phone: (902) 477-5393
Email: mkettle.ariss@gmail.com
The Women’s Place - Cornwallis
Location: Annapolis, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: 902-638-8566
Toll Free: 1-877-392-8800
Email: womensplace1@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Website: http://www.womensplaceresourcecenter.com/
The Women’s Place - Lawrencetown
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 584-7195
Fax: (902) 584-3701
Email: womens.place@ns.sympatico.ca
Third Place
Services are provided in Truro, Colchester County and parts of Hants County.Location: Colchester, Muncipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Services for victims of human trafficking - Services aux victimes de la traite des personnes
Email: victimsassociation@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Third%20Place
Tri-County Women’s Centre - Digby office
The main fax number for the Women's Centre is 742-6068Our toll free number is 1-877-742-0085
Location: Digby, Municipality of the District of (View on map)
Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: 902-245-6866
Toll Free: 1-877-742-0085
Fax: 742-6068
Email: jenny@tricountywomenscentre.org
Tri-County Women’s Centre - Shelburne office
Location: Shelburne, Town of (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 875-4777
Toll Free: 1-877-742-0085
Fax: 742-6068
Email: patricia@tricountywomenscentre.org
Tri-County Women’s Centre - Yarmouth
Location: Yarmouth, Town of (View on map)Service: Resource Centres - Centres de ressources
Phone: (902) 742-0085
Fax: (902) 742-6068
Email: tricountywomen@msn.com
Truro Police Service
Location: Truro, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 895-5351
Website: http://www.truro.ca/police-services.html
Waycobah Family Healing Centre
Waycobah Family Healing Centre is located in Waycobah First Nation and services Cape Breton Island.Location: Inverness, Municipality of the County of (View on map)
Service: Family Resource Centres - Centres de ressources familiales
Phone: (902) 756-3440
Toll Free: 1-800-565-3440
Website: http://www.thans.ca/Content/Mi%27kmaw%20FHC
Westville Police Department
Location: Pictou, Municipality of the County of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 396-2777
Windsor District RCMP, Rural Office
Location: Windsor, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 798-2207
Windsor District RCMP, Town Office
Location: Windsor, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 798-8366
Wolfville RCMP
Location: Wolfville, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 542-3817
Yarmouth RCMP
Location: Yarmouth, Municipality of the District of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 742-9106
Yarmouth Town RCMP
Location: Yarmouth, Town of (View on map)Service: Law Enforcement - Application de la loi
Phone: (902) 742-8777
http://nsdomesticviolence.ca/help-in-my-community
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CHILD ABUSE REGISTER- NOVA SCOTIA CANADA
Child Abuse Register
The Child Abuse Register contains the names of persons who have been found by the court to have abused children. It is used to screen prospective foster and adoptive parents, and prospective employees or volunteers who are or would be working with children.
The register is also used by child protection workers to help determine whether or not a child is in need of protective services.
Child Abuse Register checks can be requested only by an individual for his or her own name. The search results will be provided to the individual in the form of a letter which can then be shared with any organization.
Search results are for Nova Scotia only.
Next steps
To request a search of the Child Abuse Register, please fill out the following form. The PDF form can be filled out on your computer and then printed, or printed first and then filled out manually. In both cases, the form must be mailed to the address on the form.
Please ensure that a photocopy of your Canadian identification is attached to the request.
Child Abuse Register Request for Search form (PDF)
If you are unable to download and print these forms please call (902) 424-6798 to have a copy mailed to you.
We will send a confirmation document to the mailing address provided on the form. You may share this document with volunteer organizations and/or employers.
Please allow ten business days for the processing of your forms.
If you represent an agency, organization or employer that has been provided a document stating that a person is not currently on the Child Abuse Register, please note that status is only current as of the date that the document was issued. Also, please note that the document will feature an embossed stamp of authenticity.
If you have questions or concerns about this process, please call us at (902) 424-6798.
http://novascotia.ca/coms/families/abuse/ChildAbuseRegister.html
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Open Arms takes on the soup kitchen
By Wendy Elliott
welliott@kingscountynews.ca
KingsCountyNews.ca
Open Arms in Kentville has taken on another program. The group is now running the Treasure House Soup Kitchen twice a week.
John and Eve Steenbeck, who operated the soup kitchen for about 30 years, retired in June.
Street pastor and director John Andrew calls their service to the community “remarkable.”
Volunteers are always welcome in the kitchen, he says. Local farms are being solicited for produce contributions.
“I’m not afraid to ask,” Andrew chuckles.
The soup kitchen averages between 50 and 70 hungry individuals.
Recently, two newly-retired people volunteered to help and Andrew said a busy medical intern in Kentville volunteers for two hours a week.
The soup kitchen is open two days a week, beginning at 11:30 a.m. On Tuesdays, it is located at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 43 Belcher Street, and on Thursdays, it takes place at the Kentville Recreation Centre, 354 Main Street.
The Open Arms drop-in centre runs out of the rear of the Cornwallis Inn in downtown Kentville. Andrew says they would like to serve the homeless and those in crisis from a permanent facility.
Generally, he said, they have several hundred visitors a month. Some are transient, while others suffer from addictions or mental illness.
“There is lots of poverty and need,” he says. “For every person in crisis, there’s 40 others who need a friend and a cup of coffee. There’s no way to quantify it.”
Andrew notes that his aim is to help individuals feel better about themselves.
“When they start to feel good enough, they are ready to get a job,” he said.
Recently, he said, a homeless man living in the woods simply required shaving cream and a razor to begin feeling normal.
Open Arms is open six mornings each week when food is available and on three evenings. Volunteers at the centre, which number close to 200, stay current on what affordable housing is available. They also run a weekly a drop-in program in Berwick and a transition house in Kentville. Open Arms also operates a furniture bank.
A number of local churches contribute weekly volunteer teams. Four or five contribute Saturday suppers for about 30 people on a monthly basis.
A fundraising golf tournament for Open Arms is planned for Oct. 12 at the Island Green Golf Club near Kentville. Andrew is also organizing another Coldest Night of the Year Walk in 2014.
Sidebar:
Inn From the Cold
Open Arms will co-ordinate an emergency shelter between Windsor and Middleton during the colder months.
Six churches in Central Kings County support Inn from the Cold on a rotating basis. Each church covers one night per week providing overnight shelter and breakfast for their guests. Guests are brought to the church offering shelter that night by a police escort, after each individual has been screened. Over 80 per cent of them are male.
Open Arms began offering street chaplaincy and emergency housing in 2004. Inn From the Cold and the drop-in centre began operating about eight years ago.
Organizations: Open Arms, Treasure House Soup Kitchen, Catholic Church Kentville Recreation Centre Cornwallis Inn Island Green Golf Club
Geographic location: Kentville, 43 Belcher Street, 354 Main Street Berwick Windsor Middleton Central Kings
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Coldest Night of the Year - Annapolis Valley 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 3:30pm in UTC-04
Kentville Volunteer Fire Department in Kentville, Nova Scotia
151 people are going
To learn more, to participate and to keep up to date on this year's CNOY:
https://www.facebook.com/events/162627737278160/
Have you registered to WALK yet? Did you know that if you register early and raise $300 online before midnight on Dec. 31, you'll win an awesome CNOY scarf to match your toque? 15 walkers have already earned theirs!
Seven of our folks are on that list of top 15 walkers in Canada!
http://coldestnightoftheyear.org/scoreboard/locations
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Upper Room Food Bank
669 Main St, Kings, NS
Get directions
902-765-0303
http://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Nova-Scotia/Kings/Upper-Room-Food-Bank/6897777.html
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12 Baskets Food Bank
9326 Hwy 10, NS B0S 1P0
Get directions
902-825-3966
http://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Nova-Scotia/12-Baskets-Food-Bank/1627664.html
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Fundy Interchurch Food Bank
48 River St, Kentville, NS B4N 1G9
Get directions
902-679-3664
http://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Nova-Scotia/Kentville/Fundy-Interchurch-Food-Bank/6894028.html
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Fundy Interchurch
Food Bank
*Updated Website coming soon*
Food Bank located behind St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
50 Belcher Street, Kentville, N.S.
(902) 679-3664
http://www.fundyfoodbank.ca/
The Fundy Interchurch Food Bank, a member of the Kentville, New Minas and Area Council of Churches is a volunteer organization that is committed to providing emergency food relief to individuals and families in an area generally comprising part of Greenwich, Port Williams, New Minas, Kentville, Coldbrook and surrounding areas.
We continue to see significant increases each year in the amount of clients served. Over 2010, there were 2735 family/individual visits. This is over 50 clients a week!
As a Christian community we strive live our faith as a supportive church community. Our purpose is to serve those who are in need and our volunteers work to keep our shelves full and our doors open. We are thankful for the community support and donations for without them we could not feed the hungry in our community.
Our leadership is comprised of representatives from most of the local churches in the areas of Alton, Aldershot, Coldbrook, Kentville and New Minas. There are Directors who meet regularly to manage the running of the Food Bank and a contingent of dedicated volunteers who receive food, stock shelves, pack food, complete intake assessments, and manage the office as well as inventory supplies.
Thank you to all of you who help with organizing food drives for us!
Hours of Operation:
Thursdays
10:30-2:00pm
· How to donate food or funds
· How to be a regular donor
· Host a Food Drive
· Want to Volunteer?
· Best foods to donate
Our New Building
We received enough funding to building a stand alone facility that provides much needed food storage and helps our volunteers to work and serve in a healthy and up to date environment. Thank You to all the many volunteers and community partners who have contributed to make this a reality.
· How to donate food or funds
We receive food donations on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9-12pm. For pick up of donations, call 679-3664. Checks or cash can be donated to any church in our area, who forward the donation on to us or sent to our mailing address is Fundy Interchurch Food Bank PO Box 933 Kentville, N.S. B4N 3H8. We are able to issue tax receipts. Our Charity number is: 888734860RR0001
· How to be a regular donor
We can set up a regular giving gift through our banks. This is just like a regular transfer of funds from your account to ours. This way we can better budget through our lean times and do better food planning.
· Host a Food Drive
It is easy to do. Contact our office, let us know the time and date of your drive, your intended target area and population. Promote the event through notices, media or posters.
· Want to Volunteer?
Our director volunteers come from local church representatives and members at large. Our on-site volunteers are committed to one shift a week, once per month. We also need volunteers who are willing to do regular food pick-ups and special deliveries as required. We also need volunteers for special events.
· Best Foods to Donate
We receive fresh produce and pantry storage items. We have a constant requirement for bread, pasta, rice, milk products, eggs, frozen meat, canned vegetables, canned soups, and personal toiletry items like tooth paste, shampoo etc. If you are donating to a food drive, not directly to our food bank, non-perishable items are best.
Ideas for a Shopping List:
Canned Vegetables
Flour & Sugar
Pasta (Dried, Canned, Noodles, Rice)
Canned Meat & Fish
Peanut Butter
Baked Beans
Canned Fruit
Canned or Powdered Milk
Soups & Stews
Breakfast Cereal
· Link to Feed Nova Scotia
http://www.feednovascotia.ca
· Food Banks of Canada http://foodbankscanada.ca/main.cfm
· Food Bank Code of Ethics http://www.cafb-acba.ca/documents/Code_of_Ethics_rev.pdf
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http://www.fundyfoodbank.ca/
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Wolfville Area Inter-Church Council
Wolfville Area Food Bank
http://www.waicc.org/food-bank
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Berwick Food Bank
Address:
162 Commercial St
Berwick, Nova Scotia, B0P 1E0 Get Direction
Phone:
902-538-1996
http://www.phonepages.ca/NS/Berwick/Berwick-Food-Bank-b15249777
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THIS SITE NEEDS 2 BE ORGANIZED BETTER AND REFLECT THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FOOD BANKS IN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS CANADA.....suggestion imho
Find a Food Bank
The Food Banks Canada network is made up of ten Members (Provincial Associations) and their approximately 450 affiliated food banks (Affiliate Members). Please call your local food bank before visiting.
Shepody Food Bank
8 Forestdale Rd
PO Box 2155
Riverside-Albert, NB E4H 3Y7
T: (506) 386-7824
Email: rkeirste@nbnet.nb.ca
Show on Map
FEED Nova Scotia
213 Bedford Highway
Halifax, NS B3M 2J9
T: 902-457-1900
Email: clientservices@feednovascotia.ca
Show on Map
Dorchester Food Bank
11 School St
Dorchester, NB E4K 2Z6
T: (506) 379-6232
Show on Map
http://foodbankscanada.ca/Utility-Pages/Search-Results.aspx?searchtext=food+bank&searchmode=anyword
Canadian Association of Food Banks — With more food banks in Canada than there are Burger Kings, you shouldn’t be surprised that there is a national coalition for the many thousands of organizations that gather food for redistribution to people in need. The CAFB/ACBA coordinates donations of food and transportation and acts as the national voice of food banks in Canada. They have two staff, and a nice site.
http://foodbankscanada.ca/Utility-Pages/Find-a-Food-Bank.aspx
YOUTH ARE HOMELESS 2
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HOMELESS HARLEY LAWRENCE OF NOVA SCOTIA- MURDERED DOWN ON MAIN- We must do better Nova Scotia- Canada- we just must- tears and prayers -a little good news
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/10/homeless-harley-lawrence-of-nova-scotia.html-------------------------------------
Mark Wills- Don't Laugh At Me
Ships That Don't Come In
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UNITED KINGDOM....
UK- VIDEO
How Centrepoint helped a young homeless woman who fled family breakdown – video
Tash was one of the 'hidden homeless' – without a home of her own, but not sleeping rough. She tells how after her relationship with her mother and sisters broke down, she slept on friends' sofas for months, terrified of ending up on the street. Feeling alienated, she found solace at her local church. When she contacted the homeless charity Centrepoint, they gave her a room of her own, security and the means to find a new direction and a brighter future
http://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2013/dec/20/centrepoint-young-homeless-woman-video
UK- VIDEO
How Centrepoint helped a young homeless man who fled domestic violence
16 Dec 2013
Christmas can be the hardest time of year for homeless young people - no home, no money, no support and often no family to turn to. This film tells the story of one young man forced out of home by a family breakdown. He stayed on friends' floors and sofas until the charity Centrepoint helped him rebuild his life. As well as providing housing and health services, Centrepoint helps homeless young people back into education, training and employment
http://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2013/dec/16/centrepoint-young-homeless-domestic-violence-video
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Despair on the frontline of Britain's homelessness crisis
Advisers at the homeless charity Shelter are taking 500 calls a day from distraught people
Amelia Gentleman
The Guardian, Monday 23 December 2013 15.15 GMT
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Staff at Shelter's helpline Sheffield: 'Sometimes people don’t realise the seriousness of the situation they are in.' Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
Advisers at Shelter's national helpline are doing everything they can to make the call-centre office feel like a cheerful environment. Tinsel with Christmas baubles has been hung from the ceiling, tiny silver Christmas trees and felt reindeer have been stuck on the tops of computer screens, cotton-wool icicles are hanging from the windows, and colleagues have brought in mince pies and chocolates to share.
You quickly understand why maintaining a good mood in the office is important if you spend time listening in to the calls that come in, at a rate of around 500 a day, from people facing imminent homelessness or already sleeping rough and seeking advice about how to find somewhere new to live.
The anxiety and emotion that pours into the headsets of crisis advice workers in this crowded fifth-floor Sheffield call centre offers a snapshot of the UK's worsening homelessness crisis. Advisers at Shelter's helpline are processing more calls than ever. Last year there was a 15% increase in the volume of calls – a reflection, staff think, of the degree to which people are struggling with rising house prices, soaring rents, cuts to housing benefit and the long shadow of the recession. A day spent at the centre provides a clear picture of the kinds of housing problems people face, as pressure on council house stock intensifies and radical changes to benefit entitlements are introduced.
An employment adviser calls on behalf of a 23-year-old client whom he is trying to help find work – a process that is complicated by the fact that the man, and his young girlfriend, have nowhere to live and are sleeping on the streets. The girlfriend is 18 weeks pregnant and, for reasons that are unclear, her father has thrown her out. Sharon Reeves, one of the helpline advisers, calmly explains the best course of action. "If she is pregnant, they would be in priority need. It sounds like the council has just fobbed them off. They should have provided them with a bed and breakfast to stay in. They should really go back to the council and challenge it," she tells the man.
"He's been three times already. I told him not to leave this time until he gets a B&B or a hostel. Anything is better than being on the streets," the employment adviser replies, audibly distressed by the situation faced by the couple. Reeves is touched that the employment adviser has been dismayed enough by his client's situation to want to try to help. "Some people are still shocked, but it doesn't surprise me – I hear it a lot," she says. She has been working in the call centre for five months and is already familiar with similar situations. "All the calls are awful when you first start. Now it already feels commonplace."
She appreciates that council staff in housing departments are under increased pressure. "It's not easy for the council; they haven't got any housing stock, but they just need to find them a B&B for the meantime," she says. She moves quickly to her next call, which comes from a man who has recently come out of prison and is alternating between sleeping on the floor of his sister's home and sleeping on the streets.
Another adviser takes a call from a young woman from London explaining that she has been forced to flee her home because of domestic violence, that she moved temporarily to a women's refuge, which didn't work out. She subsequently moved with her nine-year-old daughter to sleeping on the sofa of her mum's house, but has been kicked out. When she visited the council, the housing officer suggested that she return to her marital home as some time had elapsed (five months) since her husband was violent towards her. "The woman was really horrible to me. She looked at me like dirt," she says.
"She shouldn't have said that. It's unlawful," the Shelter adviser explains. "If you have been the victim of domestic violence, you shouldn't be asked to go back there."
"I don't care where I go. They can put me in a dirty, disgusting room somewhere." The adviser promises to get her some legal aid-funded advice.
The phone calls come through relentlessly, and advisers have barely a minute to write notes on each call before they have to move on to the next one. A woman with a 20-month-old son rings in, her voice wobbling with the strain as she tries to explain her situation over the noise of a baby intermittently crying and gurgling. She has been asked to leave the flat she is renting by 4 January; she thinks the landlord's decision is probably connected to the fact that her child's father has neglected to pay the rent since he walked out on them. The landlord is so annoyed at the arrears that she has refused to deal with a boiler problem, and they have had no hot water for three weeks. An adviser gives clear advice on what her rights are, and explains where she can go to get more support.
Another woman in a similar situation calls to say that bailiffs are due because her ex-partner stopped paying the mortgage when he left her and their eight-year-old son three months ago. "I don't want to be evicted until we find somewhere else to live," she says, anxiety cracking her voice. "If I don't resolve this issue, my daughter and I are going to be homeless."
Helpline adviser Nadeem Khan counsels a woman, who is holding a noisy baby close to the phone, on how to extract herself from a joint tenancy with her husband, who has also walked out on her and who, it has subsequently emerged, had in any case not been paying the rent previously, so has left her saddled with huge rent arrears, which she is not able to pay, and which may trigger her eviction.
Official homelessness figures released in early December showed that 2,100 homeless families in England were living in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation – the highest number in a decade. The total number of families living in all forms of temporary accommodation rose by 5% on the previous year. There was a sharp increase in the number of people formally accepted as homeless in London.
A quarter of calls come from London, a reflection of the extreme prices in the capital. "If you are an ordinary person in London, you don't even need to have a particular problem to find housing difficult – you just have to be looking for somewhere to live," says Liz Clare, team leader at the helpline.
The Shelter housing advice helpline is staffed 365 days a year. "Sadly the continued pressure of soaring living costs, combined with cuts to the housing safety net, means that many will face an ongoing struggle to stay in their homes," says Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive. Another adviser, Anna Newton, says after four years working here, she can judge the level of distress instantly by the caller's voice. "More often than not people are very upset; we hear from a lot of single mothers who have got into financial difficulties and are being evicted for rent arrears. Sometimes people don't realise the seriousness of the situation they are in, they think there must be some safety net, and sometimes there just isn't any," she says. "The calls are often very harrowing."
This year she has found it more challenging to direct people towards experts outside the charity, partly because of legal aid reductions. "Legal aid is much more limited – there is no longer legal aid for benefit claims. We signpost the Citizens Advice, but they are oversubscribed too," she says.
A woman calls on behalf of a friend who is HIV-positive and homeless, to establish whether his medical condition is likely to make him eligible for extra support. The adviser explains that the man must be prepared to make a persuasive and powerful case to the council housing officers. "He needs to show the council that his condition makes him more vulnerable if he becomes street homeless. He needs to say: 'I am HIV positive and I am very unwell and I have nowhere to live.' He needs to make that very clear to the council. They should give him emergency housing, but many councils these days throw a lot of difficulties in the way," the adviser says.
Shelter helpline staff in Sheffield 'More often than not people are very upset … The calls are often very harrowing.' Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
A man from Spain, who has been working in Britain for two years, calls to say that he needs to find somewhere to live because his wife and two young children are coming to join him next week, and although he has money to pay rent, no estate agent or landlord will deal with him because he has been working on zero-hours contracts and is not viewed as a dependable tenant. The council has told him there is nothing it can do to help him.
Someone else rings because a landlord promised to deal with mould on the bedroom walls and holes in the kitchen floor before they moved in, but the landlord has only put a slap of paint on top of the mould, and now the rent has been paid, but the flat is uninhabitable.
Changes to housing benefit payments appear to be part of the reason why one woman and her five children are facing eviction. She cannot understand why she is in arrears as she was under the impression that her rent was being paid in full by the housing benefit department, and no one has been able to tell her how much her arrears amount to. She has started paying the money back at £130 a month, but this appears not to have been enough to stall the eviction process.
"If I lose the house, social services say the children are going to be taken into care. I have rung the agents numerous times. I've asked them to send a statement of what is outstanding," she says. "My rent goes straight to the agency so I didn't know what was being paid. I didn't know they weren't paying the rest until I had the possession order. I would have paid what I have to pay if I'd known I had to pay anything."
The Shelter adviser is sympathetic. "It may not have been clear to you exactly what you have to pay. There may have been a deduction in the rate and you may not have been aware of that," he says.
Liz Clare says the work is becoming increasingly difficult. "It is clear from working the helplines that pretty much anyone can have a housing problem. You can go from being comfortably housed to being on the brink of eviction, just by losing a job or getting ill," she says. "There is a shortage of housing and it is very, very expensive. People's salaries are not going up. People are really, really struggling. It has become more difficult to get help because of changes to legal aid. People are often very tearful – it can be very upsetting to hear the emotion coming down the line. Often just having someone on the phone being nice to them can set them off."
The work can be distressing for advisers. "You have calls from people on the brink of eviction, who really want to turn their circumstances around, but who don't have the resources. For single people who have fallen on hard times, there is not much help. There isn't any duty from the local council to house them. It is hard in London even to get space in a hostel. You may have to say to them 'Unfortunately tonight you don't have any option but to stay outside.' That can be very upsetting. People often don't understand that it is the only option."
A woman calls to try to understand whether she can help an acquaintance from South America, who has lived here for 10 years, and who has become homeless with her nine-year-old child. The two women attend the same church and the caller wonders if she can let her stay in her family home, or whether that is likely to worsen her longer-term chances of being housed by the local council.
"She is living in wildly unsuitable accommodation. They are staying in a one-bedroom flat, with a woman who has mental health issues, a long way from the girl's school. The lady they are staying with desperately wants them to leave. It is a ridiculously unsuitable place for them."
It is a complicated situation, which requires the adviser, Nadeem Khan, to consult colleagues at length, but his advice is clear – that the caller can give her a room, and that the woman is entitled to better help from the council. Her thanks is heartfelt at the end of the call. "That has probably been one of the most useful phone calls I have ever had," she says.
Contact Shelter's free housing advice helpline on 0808 800 4444 (calls are free from UK landlines and main mobile networks), or go to shelter.org.uk
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/23/homelessness-crisis-shelter-charity-helpline
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'Greedy' charity shops under fire for prices beyond means of poor
Bargains are becoming a thing of the past as stores attract label hunters with deep pockets
A happy shopper with her Victoria Beckham charity-shop bargain. Photograph: Rex Features/London News Pictures
June Houghton, 83, from Rhyl in north Wales, pointed to a necklace in the window of an Oxfam shop in the Buckinghamshire town of Beaconsfield. "That's £150!" she said in disbelief. "I don't care if it's real gold, you don't sell that in a charity shop for £150! This may be a very affluent area, but there are pensioners and young people here too. I'm against charity shops now. I don't shop in them any more."
Her husband, Roy Turner, 86, agreed. "The prices here are double to three times those of any charity shop in north Wales."
In some cities and more affluent towns, scenes such as this are becoming increasingly common, as charity wardrobe chic pushes prices up and moves charity shops out of the reach of poorer people, a reversal of the original goal of creating a win-win situation. Traditionally, charity shops make money from stuff people don't want, the money goes to a good cause and buyers get a bargain for something they need – or value.
Sarah Raphael, deputy editor of i-D magazine, said: "The whole fun of charity-shop shopping is that it's a hunt; when you find that Yves Saint Laurent jacket from the 1970s beneath a jigsaw, it's that much more satisfying."
Now, however, the rules are changing – and the charity-shop industry, in parts, is beginning to look greedy. More than 10,000 charity shops now vie for business on our high streets. In the past six months their number has risen by more than 10%.
The shops, which have long enjoyed 80% mandatory relief on business rates, received a high-profile boost recently when a number of celebrities donated designer items. Donors on the A-list include Victoria and David Beckham, who gave boxes of their clothes and shoes to the British Red Cross in Chelsea, raising thousands of pounds for the charity. In spite of this, after earlier bumper profits, some charities are now experiencing a downturn.
Giants such as Oxfam have seen their profits plunge. In the past year, Oxfam's income fell by £17.6m. The charity, which has a network of nearly 700 shops, puts this down to the high street facing another year of economic downturn. But in spite of that, prices in shops in affluent areas can be surprisingly high.
Ian Matthews, Oxfam's head of retail, said: "The public kindly donates stock to Oxfam and we believe the best way to thank our donors is to get the best price we can, which in turn raises as much money as possible for Oxfam's work. All our shop managers have the flexibility to set their own prices, using their judgment and some guidance, to decide what prices and products will best suit customers in their location."
In the fashionable seaside town of Deal, Kent, there are now eight charity shops on the high street. Locals say they are packed, but people are not necessarily spending. Retired teacher Jane Neal, 63, said: "It used to be you could pick up amazing things, but now I think the people who work in the shops check on the computer and see an item's value immediately. The culture has changed."
Even in London, where vintage obsessives have long been prepared to rifle through the racks to find a fairly priced gem, customers complain that they are being priced out – and not just for designer labels. Modupe Tijani, 59, a carer from London, said she often sees clothing from Primark being sold at higher prices than it cost brand new. "It's not supposed to be like this," she said.
Mustafa Sami, 61, from London, who lost his job 18 months ago, agreed: "If you want a nice jacket, it costs a lot now."
One explanation for the rise in prices is that there is an increase in the number of dealers making excessive profits out of charity shops. One manager of a charity shop said: "We are trying to do what is best for everyone. We don't get it right every time, but we get it far more right than wrong. It has to be fair for the customer, for the donor and for the charity."
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/29/charity-shops-pricing-items-bargains
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It isn't just their prices which are ridiculous - and I live in Cardiff where Oxfam seems to have a policy of charging a much higher price for second hand Welsh language books believing they must be 'rare' somehow or other, I have shown the manager of Oxfam Books in Cardiff that the actual selling price of one book they had on sale - thee exact same edition which was being sold by the publisher - was three times lower than what they were asking for it, that's right three times lower than their price. That book will never sell and will end up as nothing more than pulp sold eventually for less than a penny to the companies that buy up the books they don't sell. I have spoken to friends who volunteer in Charity shops and they complain about how much 'good stuff' is actually thrown away as it doesn't fit the image the shops want to portray. The selling price for some goods is higher than commercial retailers selling the same good, how can that make sense and why, as when it doesn't sell it just gets thrown away by the charity shop.
I suppose though that we have to pay for the sky high wages of the senior managers of Companies like Oxfam. The argument that I should pay way over the odds for something because it is for 'charity' falls down when you learn just how much companies like Oxfam pay their senior staff, they are on wages that make my meager wage from a part time job (the only one I could get after my previous job evaporated in the recession) look like chicken feed, as my yearly wage is less than their monthly wage - when I buy a good in a charity shop it is as much about the redistribution of wealth from me (and the volunteers working for free) to the senior managers of the company - Oxfam's chief executive gets £119,560 a year, and there are other very well paid members of staff in the company as well.
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Charity shops are there to raise money for charities, not to provide cheap goods for sale.
Also it's incredibly difficult sometimes for them to price items accurately, short of checking and researching every item online before it goes out. I don't know about some organisations, but the one I volunteer for have no guides to help staff price items that come in and it's left to the common sense (or not) of the untrained people on the shop floor.
That said, Oxfam have been bloody expensive for years and years.
Also my local BHF store often charge more for every DVD they sell than new ones would have cost. Then again the Salvo Army are usually really low priced.
I'm not really sure of the point of this article, other than to turn people against charity shops.
Good going guardian!
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