ACCESS TO RESOURCES 

Examples of how access to resources affect safety for people of different genders

• Women in Surrey express the need for more women-centered resources such as drop-in centres and Indigenous outreach workers
• Access to Child and Youth Mental Health Services and Indigenous culture saves Two-Spirit Dene youth’s life
• The Youth Space provides a safe and sober environment where Surrey youth can find support services & engage in LGBTQ+ and Indigenous, Narooz, and Diwali events
• Female Youth Gang Intervention Program provides trauma informed and culturally appropriate care for young girls at risk of gang involvement in Surrey
• Surrey’s Let Her Talk provides support for racialized girls and women and space to discuss gender-based violence and healthy relationships
• Funding, resources, culturally appropriate education, and staff needed to combat domestic violence against women within Surrey’s South Asian community
• Roots of Safety Service Planning provides safety planning training for newcomer women in Surrey
• Survey respondents call for culturally appropriate crisis support instead of more policing