The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is designed to prevent – as well as treat – behavioural and emotional problems in children and teenagers. Since 2009, YWCA Parent Link Corridor has been providing free parenting seminars, groups and one-on-one parenting counselling at the YWCA downtown location and at partner sites around the city. We [...]
Volunteers are the lifeblood of any non-profit organization, and the YWCA of Calgary is no exception. We would not be able to keep our doors open to vulnerable women without our dedicated and committed volunteers. We asked our volunteers why they give their time to the YWCA: 1. “To play bingo with the children, hold [...]
Angela was a client of YWCA Mary Dover House transitional housing multiple times from 2004-2012. She suffered many traumas in childhood and managed her pain through the use of drugs and alcohol. Many of her stays at YWCA Mary Dover House transitional housing ended in evictions, but she was always able to return, receive support, [...]
On May 1, 2014, the YWCA kept our temporary winter shelter open for one more night to host our fundraising event YWCA KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS®. The event took participants through the experience of spending the night at our YWCA Winter Emergency Response (WER) program, offered during the coldest months of the year [...]
The YWCA of Calgary offers counselling services for parents and children to help deal with family violence and set a path to healing, learning and thriving in a safe community. Read a success story from a client who accessed our counselling services in 2013: After leaving my abusive husband, it became clear over the weeks [...]
On May 1st, YWCA KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS® participant Pat Walsh will line up outside the YWCA to guarantee a place to sleep in our former gymnasium, which has been converted to an emergency shelter. For many women in Calgary, this process is a familiar one as the YWCA Winter Emergency Response program [...]
This morning the YWCA of Calgary issued a request for an Expression of Interest (EOI), seeking submissions from property developers to partner in the planning and development of a new YWCA facility in Calgary’s city centre. The YWCA is seeking potential land development partners to bring forward creative ideas to best leverage the YWCA’s property, [...]
Calgary, AB – April 7, 2014 - YWCA of Calgary seeks partner for downtown development opportunity The YWCA of Calgary this morning issued a request for an Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking submissions from property developers to partner in the planning and development of a new YWCA facility in Calgary’s city centre. The YWCA is [...]
Imagine trying to find a safe place to sleep during the cold nights in Calgary when the temperature dips down so low you feel the chill spreading through your bones. Your gloves are full of holes. The people who pass by ignore you. All you want is a warm place to sleep so you do [...]
Last week a radio station in Calgary burned $5,000 in a publicity stunt. The radio station asked Calgarians in a poll if they should incinerate $5,000 or give it away to the winner of a draw. According to the station, 54 per cent of tens of thousands of listeners voted to burn the cash. Last [...]
