🔮 Bewitched Ball 🔮 Earlybird Pricing Extended Until October 5th! A Fundraising Gala for The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region ​📅 Saturday, November 1, 2025 🕕 Doors at 6:00 p.m. 📍Federation Hall, University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West (Ring Road - Building 35, R Lot) Waterloo, Ontario Tickets: https://can.givergy.com/sascgala2025/?controller=tickets Single: $150 Table (8 seats): $1120 Tickets include access to: - An evening of fun hosted by award-winning broadcaster, Robin Farrell - Themed Entertainment - Seated Dinner - DJ & Dance - Live and Silent Auction And more!​ We aim to raise $60,000 to support the highest needs of our organization as we adjust to increased levels of services for survivors in Waterloo Region. If you have any questions, let us know. We hope to see you there! #Gala #Fundraiser #WaterlooRegion (fb)

The Leadership Table for Waterloo Region’s Gender-Based Violence Strategy is speaking out on proposed federal cuts to Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE). We are deeply alarmed by the recent Departmental Plan for WAGE, which indicates a potential 80 percent reduction in funding by 2027–28, from approximately $407 million in 2025–26 to just $76 million. This scale of reduction would destabilize services nationwide and undermine the progress of community-driven strategies like ours. Our GBV Strategy exists because no single organization or sector can solve this crisis alone. Federal leadership and investment through WAGE are essential to sustaining collaborative, multi-sector responses like ours. Waterloo Region’s GBV Leadership Table feels strongly that these cuts would jeopardize not only federal commitments to gender equality but also the safety, dignity, and futures of survivors in communities across Canada. To read the full statement, which includes a copy of the letter we've sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Women and Gender Equality, and local Members of Parliament, visit: https://www.sascwr.org/news/waterloo-region-agencies-sound-alarm-on-proposed-federal-cuts-to-women-and-gender-equality-canada Learn more about Waterloo Region's GBV Strategy: https://gbvwr.ca/. Thank you to the members of Waterloo Region’s Gender-Based Violence Leadership Table: Dejana Bjelogrlic, Director, Programs and Services, Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health Fauzia Mazhar, Executive Director, Coalition of Muslim Women - KW Sonia Dennis, Executive Director, Family & Children's Services of the Waterloo Region Foundation Cameron Dearlove, Executive Director, Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services Lindsay Sweeney-Hockin, Executive Director, Sexual Health Options, Resources & Education - SHORE Centre Christine Taylor, Program Manager, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre of Waterloo Region Trisha Robinson, Executive Director, Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre Amanda Wood-Atkinson, Executive Director, Woolwich Counselling Centre Jennifer Breaton, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA KW Kim Decker, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Cambridge Jennifer Hutton, Chief Executive Officer, Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region #SurvivorsFirst #WeBelieveSurvivors #CutsHurtCommunities #WAGE #WaterlooRegion (fb)