This is a FREE workshop for survivors of sexual violence who would like the opportunity for healing by connecting with horses.  Through this workshop, horses will teach you skills that will encourage balance and inspire new life directions. It is an opportunity to remind you how wonderful it can be to connect, trust, be seen, heard and valued. No previous experience with horses is required.  We will not be riding horses.  We will be grooming and walking horses as well as leading them… Read more Healing Horses

Creating poetry has been a tool for many survivors in healing. It can provide a safe space to have a voice, express emotions, capture healing, and release pain. It can also be a tool to tap into valuable skills such as creativity, play and mindfulness.  Reading the poetry others have written can help us feel less alone, provide insight and inspire us. Please join us to share poetry you have written, or read poems by others that have supported you. You can share… Read more CANCELLED – Poet’s Corner

CANCELLED Do you want to connect with support and be supported by other survivors? Please Join Us in our Survivor Supporting Survivor Drop-In where we'll discuss topics that are important in your daily lives. "Let our hearts and hands be stretched out in compassion towards others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path."  Dieter F. Uchtdorf   RSVP by: Monday July 24th to Jackie at jackie@drcc.ca or (905) 444-9672 ext. 22

CANCELLED Overview: Instruction will be offered on Shamatha meditation (Shamatha is a Tibetan word meaning "peacefully abiding"), with the opportunity to practice in a group setting. Participants of all skill levels (beginner to expert) are welcome. Instruction will address the impact of trauma on our internal worlds, and will be presented as a tool to re-connect, ground and begin to make friends with our bodies and ourselves. There will be opportunities to ask questions after instruction and before meditative practice. Following meditation, there… Read more CANCELLED – Mindfulness Meditation Workshop

Do you want to connect with, support and be supported by other survivors? Please join us in our survivor supporting survivor drop in where we'll discuss topics that are important in your daily lives. Please RSVP by Friday September 1st to lynn@drcc.ca or call 905 444-9672 ext 23

RISE UP! Join us in the fight to end violence against women and children! DRCC's 25th Annual Take Back the Night Location:  YWCA, 1 McGrigor Street, Oshawa (between Simcoe St South and Centre St)  

Women over the age of 18 are invited to participate in our Volunteer Crisis Line Training Program. The program runs for 10 consecutive weeks and volunteers who successfully complete the volunteer Crisis Line training program have the opportunity to volunteer their services on our 24/7 Crisis Line, assist with groups, public education and accompaniment. This training is currently underway.  Our next training will be scheduled in the spring.