Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough

Purpose

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough, in partnership with two local organizations, to continue to promote social and systemic change towards gender equality. Through this project, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough will contribute to developing a hub of services with the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre and the Peterborough Community Legal Centre, to increase their collective capacity to respond to clients living with complex trauma, as a result of gender-based violence and its intersecting oppression. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a strategic plan for the hub model, the creation of Human Resources strategies for the hub, as well as the development of a collective advocacy strategy to strengthen the support offered to self-identified women living with complex trauma within Peterborough and surrounding communities. The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to develop and implement an organizational succession plan, including professional development and management skills training for leaders.