Hampers for Hope

At Embrave our Community Support and Outreach team provides supports and services to survivors of gender-based violence and their children in the community. The goal of this program is to keep people out in their community, either in their homes or other safe and sustainable options, as opposed to having to come into our shelter.

Our clients are experiencing gender-based violence, which often includes financial violence. Abusers control the finances, leaving survivors financially dependent on their abusers both before and after they leave the violent situation. As a result, many of our clients are struggling to afford living independently. The impact of this is that they often have to come back into our shelter, or seek support from other homelessness supports.

A large portion of survivors accessing our supports in shelter or out in the community are on Ontario Works social assistance, which provides less than 30% of Peel’s current Living Wage. This project allows us to support our clients by providing food and hygiene baskets for them and their children.

Clients also have access to a series of workshops on financial management and literacy delivered in partnership with RBC.

Find out more about the program by calling our CSO team at 905-676-0257.

This project has been funded through Peel Region.