To start our 16 days of activism against gender based violence. VPE has put together a Self Care Basket for someone to win by liking our post and sharing our page today. We will draw the name at the end of the 16 days. "Self care is how you take your power back"💜
16days#EndGBV#EndVAW
#standtogether.

Today VPE has partner with the Women's Correctional Centre to give each woman a "New Beginnings" care kit. We would like to thank the Canadian Women's Foundation for your support and funding to make this possible.

Today marks the beginning of Sexual Violence Awareness Week.
We would like to recognize the necessity to be able to support anyone who has experienced any form of sexual violence in their personal or professional life regardless of when it happened. We need to take good care of ourselves, but we can also support each other. It may be hard but if you are looking for support after experiencing sexual violence you can reach out to:
Sexual Assault Crisis line -
1-888-726-2743,
Warm Line-1-855-753-2560,
Mental Health Crisis Line- 1-888-737-4668,
Domestic Violence Help Line-1-888-709-7090

VPE would like thank the town of Clarenville and their summer students in helping us paint panic tables and benches at 6 different playgrounds/parks throughout Clarenville and Shoal Harbour to show our support to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We love partnering and supporting diversity within our communities. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

VPE would like thank the town of Bonavista, Baynet and the summer students of Baynet in helping us paint 2 picnic tables at Bonavista Playground and Splash Pad and a bench on the corner of Church Street to show our support to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We love partnering and supporting diversity within our communities. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

VPE has recently, decided young families would be our next venture and since we like to cover all areas in our region with a different project, we contacted the facilitator for the Family Resource Centre in Arnold's Cove, Come By Chance and Southwest Arm to help us. Our latest project is a Safe Child/Book Bag that will be given to children who are leaving the FRC programming and attending school in the fall. These Safe Child/Book Bag are filled with some necessities and comforts for their...

VPE is so happy to announce our partnership with Ability Employment to create a Safe Space for the use of their clients while attending their programs. We would like to thank Canadian Women's Foundation for providing VPE with grant funding that allow VPE to fund this Safe Space for Clients at Ability Employment.
The term safe space generally means "a place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment or any other emotional or physical harm." (Oxford Dictionary).Feb. 7, 2020

VPE has done up some "Heart of Gold"kit bags for our seniors in recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. During this difficult time with Covid 19, VPE recognizes it's not always easy to get out to get necessities. If you know of a senior in need please reach out to us so we can provide one of these kit bags. They are limited. We would like to thank Canadian Women's Foundation in providing us grant funding to make these kit bags possible. 
#WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay

VPE has order some new and empowering books that we will be disturbing throughout the region. This is a opportunity for us to explore with our children how Kindness Wins, that We are all Equal and that We need to Celebrate the Unique Person within us All.

Everyone Matters..

VPE has been working on many projects throughout the year; so far, we have reached out to our seniors, our youth, our schools and some of our vulnerable population. Recently, we decided young families would be our next venture and since we like to cover all areas in our region with a different project, we contacted the facilitator for the Family Resource Centre in Arnolds Cove, Come By Chance and Southwest Arm to help us. Our latest project is a Safe Child/Book Bag that will be given to children who are leaving the FRC programming and attending school in the fall. These Safe Child/ Book Bag are filled with some necessities and comforts for their adventure to school in September.
Best wishes little ones,