Programming 

Support, advocacy, accompaniment, referrals, outreach and advocacy for a variety of services:

• Legal Aid

• Court Navigation - Family Court, Support with legal proceedings

• Housing

• Health Care

• Mental Health and Addictions

• Trauma Therapy

• Income Assistance

• Support Counselling

• Safety Planning

• Community Experts on Domestic Violence / Intimate Partner Violence

• Child Support Worker

• Childcare (provides childcare and support for children and mothers in house)

• Outreach Worker (visits other communities to meet people where they are, accompaniment to court and appointments, presentations in schools, does programming such as healthy relationships & parenting)

• Workshop Referrals (Strait Area Women's Place: budgeting, self-esteem, grief, lunch and learn, women’s wellness clinic)

• Serves International Women (women’s center Canada)

• Community Education

• Leeside is part of Cape Breton Local Immigration Partnership