• Temporary stay at our shelter for women and their children
• Safety planning
• Immediate telephone support and information through our 24-hour crisis lines
• Assistance with housing, legal (2 hr. free legal aid form available), financial and custody issues
• Accompaniments to police, court, hospital, lawyers and community agencies
• One to one support as well as groups for women and their children
• Advocacy
• Information and referrals to other agencies and services in the community
• Client library and resource materials
• Access to all other programs of Guelph-Wellington Women In Crisis
• Interpreters for various languages
• Practical assistance
• Education and training to community groups, schools, and agencies on all aspects of woman abuse

• Constantly puts you down
• Harasses you
• Makes it hard for you to leave the house
• Does not allow you to have your own friends
• Makes you feel stupid, crazy, worthless
• Threatens violence
• Pushes, slaps or kicks you
• Makes you feel afraid for yourself, your children and/or pets/animals
• Makes you think you are always wrong, whatever you do
• Makes you feel guilty or ashamed of yourself, your behaviour or what is happening between you
• Forces you to participate in sexual acts when you do not want to
• Denies you access to money and/or basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing

Marianne's Place strives to be accessible to all women. We provide service from a Feminist, Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression framework. We welcome women with disabilities, immigrant and refugee women, lesbians and older women. When possible, women and their children are provided with private bedrooms, while it is necessary to share common spaces such as living rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, recreation and play areas. Women and children live communally, sharing in all of the responsibilities of the house including cooking and cleaning.

Services (free)

• The primary services provided are shelter and safety
• Fully accessible shelter
• Safety planning
• Interpreters for various languages
• ASL Interpretation
• Immediate telephone support and information through our 24-hour crisis lines
• Assistance with housing, legal (2 hour free legal aid form available), financial and custody issues
• Accompaniments to police, court, hospital, lawyers and community agencies
• One to one support as well as group support, recreational, social and educational opportunities for women and their children throughout their stay
• Daily children’s programming
• Advocacy with the police, lawyers, courts, social service system, housing, medical, immigration, employment and educational systems
• Information and referrals to other agencies and services in the community
• Library and resource materials
• Access to all other programs of Guelph-Wellington Women In Crisis
• Practical assistance, including dietary and cultural foods.
• Clothing donations
• Education and training to community groups, schools and agencies on all aspects of woman abuse