The Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre is moving from their downtown location. The new offices, which will open September 3, have been purchased with the help of generous donations and community support and will be located at #201Đ3060 Cedar Hill Road. The offices are also in the same building as the Victoria Women’s Transition House, and both enterprises are considering experimenting with administrative consolidation.
This comes at a time of many changes to the organization of the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre; they’ve also been working on changing their name to the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre to make the services more accessible to the trans* community and other bodies.
Trans* survivors of sexualized violence have historically had problems in accessing services that are constructed for women only and men only. The name change is one of many initiatives taken on by the centre to provide a broader range of services that will help survivors of sexualized violence no matter what body or gender they may be, either perceived or real.
The Vancouver Foundation has awarded the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre with a $120,000 grant over three years to work towards trans*-inclusive services. The centre is also looking to hire a trans* inclusion coordinator to help facilitate the process of evolving the services of the centre.
Go to vwsac.com for more information.