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Breaking the Cycle: Supporting Survivors of Family Violence  

Intimate partner violence involving strangulation is rising in Peel Region, and behind these numbers are lives forever changed. 

In 2023, Peel Regional Police laid 617 strangulation-related charges, and in 2024, Peel Regional Police laid 553 strangulation-related charges. Strangulation is one of the strongest predictors of future lethal violence. 

Behind every charge is a woman who may have feared for her life in that moment.

Strangulation is not just violence, it is a warning sign that abuse is escalating into something potentially fatal. 

Even when there are no visible marks, the trauma can be lasting. Survivors may carry fear, anxiety, and physical consequences long after the incident.

These are moments that can change the course of a life. 

This is why urgent intervention, safety, and support are critical. 

 

Leaving is rarely a single decision. Many survivors try to leave multiple times before they are able to break free for good. Each attempt takes courage. Each return reflects fear, barriers, and the reality of what they are facing alone. 

For newcomers, the isolation can be even deeper, with being unfamiliar of the systems, uncertain of their rights, and limited support can make reaching out feel overwhelming. 

But no one should have to navigate this alone. 

With the right support, safe housing, counselling, crisis response, and culturally responsive care, healing becomes possible. Safety becomes possible.

A new beginning becomes possible. 

Break the Cycle. Restore Hope.

Break the Cycle. Restore Hope.

Behind closed doors, family violence often goes unseen. 

What may look like a normal life from the outside can hide fear, control, isolation, and deep emotional pain. Family violence can take many forms, emotional, psychological, financial, physical, or sexual, but the impact is the same: it takes away a person’s sense of safety and self-worth. 

One question is often asked: “Why don’t they just leave?”
But for many survivors, leaving is not simple, it can feel impossible. 

They may be trying to protect their children, survive without financial resources, navigate language barriers, or cope with fear of losing housing, immigration status, or support systems. Some have nowhere to turn. 

In these moments, survival often means staying in the only place they can, even when it is not safe. 

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Your Support Changes Lives

Your generosity helps provide more than services, it provides hope in moments of fear. 

It helps ensure someone has: 

  • A safe place to turn in crisis. 
  • A compassionate counsellor who listens without judgment. 
  • Support to plan for safety and stability. 
  • Help finding housing and rebuilding independence. 
  • Care that respects culture, language, and lived experience. 

 

Every act of support helps someone take a step away from fear and toward safety. 

No one should have to face abuse alone. 

Together, we can help survivors break the cycle, rebuild their lives, and rediscover hope. 

 Donate today and stand with survivors of family violence.

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