YW Calgary
About
For over 115 years, YW Calgary has stood beside women and their families, adapting to meet evolving needs and creating safe, respectful spaces to heal, grow, and thrive.
With 27 programs and services, we support women through every moment of their journey, offering 24/7 crisis care, trauma-informed support, mental health resources, financial empowerment, and education on healthy relationships.
YW Calgary strives to respond, prevent and empower while rooting our approach in dignity, choice and strength. Women lead their own paths, and we walk with them, empowering brighter futures every step of the way.
Leave your legacy of hope. A gift in your will helps ensure that women and families continue to access the resources they need to thrive. Only together can we empower change. Learn more at YW Calgary’s official site Gifts in Wills – YW Calgary
Our Impact
YW Calgary: Creating Pathways to Possibility for Women and their Families
YW Calgary is dedicated to supporting women and their families in Calgary and surrounding areas by meeting their immediate needs and empowering them to build safer, healthier, and more resilient lives. We believe that when women thrive, families flourish and communities become stronger.
In 2024, our impact grew significantly:
- We supported nearly 10,000 people, a 25% increase from the previous year. With each person directly supported, at least two more individuals benefited, meaning over 29,000 lives were positively impacted through YW’s work.
- We provided safety and services to over 3,500 people experiencing or at risk of domestic violence
- We offered mental health intervention services and expanded our prevention programming, reaching over 2,500 people through healthy relationships education for youth and adults.
Our participants told us how their lives changed:
- 90% feel safe in their relationships
- 92% feel hopeful about the future
- 89% have people they can depend on during tough times
- 78% have found new sustainable and stable housing
YW Calgary continues to innovate and expand our reach, helping women and families move from crisis to confidence. Together, we’re building a future filled with possibilities.
How your gift will be used
Your gift is more than a donation, it is the beginning of real, lasting change for women facing domestic violence, homelessness and mental health challenges. Your future gift will enable continued growth and evolution of our programs and services, ensuring the doors to our trauma-informed spaces remain open and preventative programming continue to expand to support families, so they never reach a point of crisis. Your generous gift will allow YW Calgary to plan for the future, respond to community needs, amplify our impact, strengthen our voice, and extend our reach.
Legal Name
Calgary Young Women's Christian Association
Charity Number
108227927 RR0001
