Our History
The Women’s Resource Centre was founded in 1987 as the Rape Crisis Centre, a crisis intervention service for survivors of sexual assault.
In 1992, the organisation’s name was changed to the Women's Resource Centre to reflect an expanded service offering which included a counselling programme, 24-hour crisis hotline and a community education programme.
In 1994, the Court Advocate Programme was established to provide protection through the courts to victims of domestic violence.
The Family Reunification Programme was established in 1998 to provide assistance to parents of children in foster care. This programme has since been replaced with parenting programmes and individual counselling.