Helpful Links/ 24-Hour Help Lines

Bad Date Line:
   Tracks serial, sexual predators through this helpline for people within the sex trade, to track the offences of a certian person while allowing the caller to remain anonymous.
     Phone: 1-888-818-4808

Child and Adolescent Crisis Service (Niagara):
   A mobile crisis intervention team serving children, adolescents under 18 years of age, and families in the Niagara Region. The crisis services include immediate telephone counselling and, if necessary, on-site crisis intervention in the home, school, hospital or other community location, family support, referrals to resources, advocacy community information, access to psychiatric consultation and crisis bed access.
     Phone: 1-800-263-4944

Distress Center:
   A 24-hour, anonymous helpline that assists people with emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
     Phone (St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Area): (905)688-3711
     Phone (Port Colborne, Wainfleet and Area): (905)734-1212
     Phone (Fort Erie and Area): (905) 382-0689
     Phone ((Grimsby, West Lincoln, and Area): (905)563-6674

Loving Outreach:
   A support group for those who have lost a loved one through suicide.
     Phone: 905.934.2176

Sexual Assault/ Domestic Violence Treatment Program:
    A team of nurses and physicians are on call 24 hours, 7 days a week through emergency services so that victims of a domestic violence and sexual assault can receive specialized medical and emotional care. Many of the Centres also provide care to people who have been physically assaulted by their spouse or partner.
     Phone: 905-684-7271 ext 5300

Women's Place: South Niagara Inc:
   Womens's Place of South Niagara Inc. strives to empower abused women and their children by providing safe shelter and intervention services.
     Phone (Niagara Falls): 905-356-5800
     Phone ((Welland): 905-788-0113

Women's Place: St. Catharines and Niagara North:
   Women's Place St. Catharines & North Niagara is dedicated to the creation of safety, shelter and support of abused women and their children and to community understanding of the issues of violence against women.
     Crisis Phone: 905-684-8331