Thank you for joining Westcoast Community Resources Society for a screening of The Bystander Moment.

Westcoast Community Resources Society (WCRS) Ucluelet main office is grateful to operate and support the community in the traditional and unceded territory of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation.

We invite everyone to view this film with the awareness that it may cause an intense emotional or psychological reaction and encourage you to reach out to our team by phone at 250-726-2343, email at [email protected] or 24-Hour Support line at 250-726-2020.

We are guided by….

Vision
Everyone on the west coast feels a deep sense of safety and belonging.

Mission
We empower and support healing and wellbeing through safe spaces, education, outreach and counselling.

Values
Intersectional feminist principles: We center people’s overlapping and interacting social identities to create and provide services that recognize and work to counter power imbalances that exist in concurrent experiences of oppression.
Justice, equity, diversity and inclusion: We prioritize creating a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background or identity, are valued and respected. We work to ensure that our services are accessible and tailored to meet the diverse needs of our community, recognizing the complexities of individual experiences and striving to eliminate barriers that prevent equal opportunity and access.
Trauma-informed practices: We recognize that trauma is frequently part of people’s stories and take care that our spaces and services are as safe as possible, and not re-traumatizing.
Person-centredand client-led: We believe that individuals are experts in their own lives and use a strengths-based and person-centredapproach, building on what clients know works best for them and responding to people’s individual needs.
Collaboration and partnerships: We intentionally work with other to respond to support individual and community resilience.

Presently, we have 31 staff that run 16 different programs. We have 10 full-time staff, 9 part-time staff, and 12 casual staff. The Transition House specifically is run by a full-time housing manager, 4 full-time staff, and 9 casual staff; they keep the TH operating 24/7, as well as a 24/7 support line. Our programs include the following:

• Transition Housing
• Second Stage Housing called Welcome Bay
• Children and Youth with Support Needs
• Community Living British Columbia
• Women’s Outreach
• First Nations Women’s Outreach
• Community Outreach
• Substance Use Outreach
• Mental Health Counselling
• Youth and Family Substance Use Counselling
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• PEACE Counselling
• Community Youth Support
• Stopping the Violence Counselling
• Sexual Assault Services
• Social Enterprise: Ukee Re-use It Store

We also have 37 Critical Incident Stress Management volunteers, 8 Sexual Assault Response Team volunteers, and 10 community lunch volunteers. We serve a population of 7,800 people.