agency vision, mission and profile

Our vision is a society where individuals and families build healthy, violence-free relationships.

Our mission is to respond to the need for comprehensive solutions to end the cycle of family violence for individuals and families in our community.

Women and their families can access any of the agency's services free of charge. The Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter (CWES) has been part of the community since 1974. CWES started as part of a grassroots movement to assist abused women. Over the years the mandate of CWES has expanded and it is now a full domestic violence service agency with programs that address crisis treatment, intervention and prevention of domestic violence.

Each year, counsellors respond to thousands of crisis and information calls. Typically, each year, more than 400 women and their 450 children seek the safety of the shelter. Hundreds of other women, children and men receive support through other services offered by the agency.

CWES is funded in part by Calgary Rocky View Child & Family Services, The United Way of Calgary and area, F.C.S.S. - The City of Calgary & Province of Alberta, and Alberta Mental Health Board.