Women's Rural Resource Centre Strathroy and Area

24-Hour Help Line
1-800-265-5390
Counsellors are available to
provide you with support, safety
planning, referrals or just
to listen.

About US

Philosophy

Our Rural Roots...

WRRC was founded in 1990 by Donna Rietschlin and Fran Donohue – two local women who were trying to find help for an abused woman who reached out to them. Concerned that the closest services were available in London, they formed a steering committee that undertook a needs assessment and a feasibility study which was completed by 1989. WRRC was incorporated on March 10, 1990.

View our Philosophy, History, Milestones.

Our Programs & Operation

WRRC is governed by an independent board of directors, and is staffed 24 hours a day. WRRC's main location in Strathroy offers residential and non-residential support, and we also have counseling services in outreach sites for abused women and their children. Our programs include:

24-hour Help Line 1-800-265-5390: formerly known as the "Crisis Line" this line is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for women directly affected by abuse, and friends wanting to help somenone who is suffering from abuse

Shelter – also referred to as emergency shelter or crisis shelter or “first stage” housing: open to women 16 yrs old or over from anywhere who needs a safe place to stay with or without her children

Second Stage Housing: a safe place for women and/or their children to live for up to one year after leaving an abusive relationship. Rent is set on a “geared-to-income” basis.

Counselling: individual and group support for women 16 years of age or older who wish for a safe place to talk and learn about their experience of abuse in an intimate relationship. These services are provided in Strathroy as well as outreach sites in West Middlesex County: Ilderton, Lucan, Glencoe, Melbourne, Mt. Brydges, Newbury and Parkhill.

Transition: the transition program offers resources and support to women who are in a transition phase in their life. If you are leaving a relationship and you need help sorting through legal plans, custody documents, or if you need a safety plan the Transition Program can help you.

Children's Counselling – Support for children who may have been affected by abuse, or abusive relationships, or who just need a safe place to talk. Individual and group services are provided in Strathroy as well as Lucan and Glencoe outreach sites.

All services are free and confidential.

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