Rexdale Women's Centre
Parenting: Family Supportive Counselling and Parenting Groups
Record #: CWL0308 | Last Modified: 01 Apr 2020 | Last Full Update: 04 Mar 2020 |
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Description & Services | |
Description | Support for Women and Families provide two different programs: Parenting and Family Supportive Counselling: for newcomers, immigrant and refugee parents and grandparents who need support to raise healthy children Nobody's Perfect Parenting Groups: •connects, shares and builds skills with peers •serve newcomer parents and grandparents who lack the social networks and supports •offers parenting groups effective discipline methods, information on Canadian institutions and service |
Hours | Mon, Thu, Fri 9am-5pm * Tue, Wed 9m-8pm * Sat 9am-12noon |
Areas Served | Greater Toronto Area |
Eligibility | Services available to: newcomer, immigrant, refugee, Canadian women and their family/ dependants |
Fees | None |
Languages | English ; French - Upon request ; Arabic ; Bengali ; Bosnian ; Chinese (Mandarin) ; Croatian ; Dari ; Farsi (Persian) ; Gujurati ; Hindi ; Italian - Upon request ; Punjabi ; Serbian ; Somali ; Spanish ; Tamil ; Twi ; Urdu ; West Indian dialect ; Assyrian |
Contact Information | |
Address & Map | |
Site Location | Located in Thistletown Community Centre |
Intersection | Islington Ave and Albion Rd |
Accessibility | Fully Accessible |
Office Phone | 416-745-0062 |
Fax | 416-745-3995 |
admin@rexdalewomen.org | |
Website | www.rexdalewomen.org/index.html |
Primary Contact | Chirstabell Selvalingham, Counsellor; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 285; Email: cselvalingham@rexdalewomen.org |
Alternate Contact | Lucrecia Lewis, Tahira Dar and Hana El-Fike, Counsellors; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 260; 298,; Email: llewis@rexdalewomen.org |
Primary Executive | Fatima Filippi, Executive Director; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 265 |
Other Details | |
Established | 1978 |
Funding | City / Town - City of Toronto ; Provincial - Province of Ontario ; Federal - Citizenship and Immigration Canada ; Donations ; United Way ; Brighter Futures |
Service Level | (50) Non Profit |
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Subjects | Community centres ; Counselling ; Immigrants ; Parenting support ; Refugees ; Social action ; Support groups ; Women |