*1 out of 7 Canadian Women are living poverty –these women are most likely to be women of colour, immigrant and refugee women/women without status, Aboriginal women, young moms, senior women, women with disabilities, and trans people. (older figure, this number may be higher now!)

*Poverty limits women’s independence and can make it difficult for them to leave an abusive partner, upon whom they may be economically dependent

*The Welfare system operates on a model of monitoring your ever...
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We would like to offer a big thank you to the Community Justice Fund for their recent donation to the North Hastings Community Trust. We understand the number of applications received this year was higher than in previous years so we are grateful to still be included. Interesting statistic; 26% of the client who receive funding from the Trust are victims of crime, this includes victims of domestic violence, other types of assault and theft. The funds granted here will be used to help such cli...
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