Healthy Relationships- What do they look like?

• Have fun together more often than not

• Each enjoy spending time separately, with your own friends, as well as with each other’s friends

• Always feel safe with each other

• Trust each other

• Are faithful to each other

• Support each other’s individual goals

• Respect each other’s opinions even when they are different

• Solve conflicts without putting each other down, cursing or making threats

• Both accept responsibility for your own actions

• Both apologize when you are wrong

• Have equal decision making power about what you do in your relationship

• Are proud to be with each other

• Encourage each other’s interests

• Have some privacy (letters, diaries, phone calls)

• Have close friends & family who like the other person and are happy about your relationship

• Never feel like you are being pressured for sex

• Allow each other space whe

Support is available 24/7 to women 16 and over for information, advice or just a caring voice. Recovering from sexual assault might be the bravest thing you ever do. When you’re ready, we’re here to help.

• We also provide resources for friends and family of survivors

• Confidential support if you have been sexually assaulted recently or in the past

• One to one counselling with a sexual assault counsellor

• Support & accompaniment (when requested, we can go with you to the to the police, court, or hospital)

• Information and referrals to other services

• Access to survivor support groups

• Information about:

  • sexual assault, incest and child sexual abuse

  • legal, medical, police and court procedures