Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
- Description
- Offers emergency shelter for abused women and their children
- Provides emergency transportation to the shelter
- Offers a 24-hour crisis line
- Provides counselling to women and children
- Facilitates safety planning
- Provides crisis intervention
- Advocates and offers support to victims of sexual assault
- Provides information about legal and housing rights
- Offers community education and awareness
- Laundry facilities
- Prepared dinner meals
- Communal living environment where residents assist with chores
- Outside playground for children
- Comments
- New Starts for Women provides services to all women 16 years of age and older, with or without dependents, who experience or are at risk of experiencing violence and/or abuse. All women and their dependents will be provided with access to emergency shelter services regardless of their ability, age, class, citizenship/immigration/refugee status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political or religious beliefs, ethno-cultural background, First Nation, Metis or Inuit identity, language, mental wellness needs or use of substances. The agency is committed to providing access to its services in a manner that recognizes the human right to equal and non-discriminatory treatment of all. Access to services is consistent with or exceeds the requirements of the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
- Eligibility
- Women 16 years of age and older who have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused and their children
- Application Process
- Call for assistance
- Toll Free
- 1-800-565-5368 - Mon-Sun 24 hours
- Office
- 807-727-2820
- Crisis
- 807-727-3303 - Crisis Text 1-800-565-5368 (Toll Free - 24 hours)
- Fax
- 807-727-2487
- Web Site
- http://www.newstartsforwomen.com/
- support@newstartsforwomen.com
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 169
c/o New Starts for Women Inc
Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0
Canada - Languages
- English
- Executive Director
- Jennifer Chamberlin
Email: director@newstartsforwomen.com - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- No documents required
- Accessibility
- Partially Accessible - Entrance -- Accessible with automatic push button door; Parking -- No designated handicapped parking space; Washroom -- Accessible with side holding bar
- Topic(s)
- Abuse / Assault - Counselling for Abused People
- Abuse / Assault - Crisis Lines for Abused People
- Abuse / Assault - Sexual Assault Support
- Abuse / Assault - Shelter for Abused Women
- Abuse / Assault - Victims of Abuse Support Programs
- Emergency / Crisis - Crisis lines
- Emergency / Crisis - In-Person Crisis Services
- Emergency / Crisis - Shelters from Abuse
- Emergency / Crisis - Victims of Crime Support Programs
- Housing - Transitional Housing
- Social Media
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- February 7, 2023
- Hours of Operation
- Mon0000 to 2400Tue0000 to 2400Wed0000 to 2400Thu0000 to 2400Fri0000 to 2400Sat0000 to 2400Sun0000 to 2400
Mon-Sun 24 hours
Office: Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Balmertown
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Cochenour
- Deer Lake First Nation
- Ear Falls
- Keewaywin First Nation
- Kenora District
- Koocheching First Nation
- Madsen
- McKenzie Island
- North Spirit Lake First Nation
- Perrault Falls
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Red Lake
- Sandy Lake First Nation
- Wabauskang First Nation
