Welcome

The Shield of Athena Family Services is a non-profit community based organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and children victims of conjugal and family violence, particularly those coming from ethnic and Anglophone communities. The Shield offers services in a wide variety of languages and uses an approach which is both culturally and linguistically attuned to the needs of the ethnic communities. With one office in Laval and the other in Montreal, it is involved in three core activities:

• Specialized, multilingual, services for victims available at the Montreal and Laval offices

• The Shelter (Athena’s House) provides a multilingual, safe and empowering environment for women and their children victims of family violence

• Multilingual services for communities which informs communities in their language of origin on various topics related to family and conjugal violence

 

Services for victims

The Shield of Athena employs trained social workers, caseworkers, educators and cultural interpreters who offer multidisciplinary, multilingual services to women and children who are victims of conjugal or family violence. Services include:

  • confidential consultations
  • crisis intervention
  • counselling
  • information
  • referral
  • group support

Services are offered at our Montreal and Laval offices, at our shelter: Athena’s House and, in certain cases, at the clients’ homes. Most services are offered free of charge.

>> Individual services
>> Group services