ABOUT US

Comox Valley Transition Society was founded in 1987 by a group of caring members of our community who were concerned that women in abusive relationships had nowhere to go. From that time until 1992, we operated as a safe home network, where local families voluntarily took women escaping violence and their children into their own homes.

In 1992, we turned vision into reality when we purchased and opened Lilli House, a large, comfortable home with 11 beds in 6 bedrooms situated in a quiet residential neighbourhood that provided a safe, confidential space for women fleeing violence and their children. That same year we started the 24-hour Crisis Line and received funding to begin our Stopping The Violence and PEACE (formerly Children Who Witness Abuse) Counselling Programs, which we’ve been offering ever since. In 1999, we began providing detox services and in 2015, we opened Amethyst House – a 12-bed social detox and supportive recovery home for women overcoming substance use issues, providing yet another level of support for women in our community.

For more than 30 years, our services have grown and continued to fill an important need in the Comox Valley:

• we offer Outreach Services for women, children and families who are unsheltered or struggling through poverty;
• we partner with the RCMP to provide Victim Services to those individuals who are victims of crime;
• working with the Comox Valley Coalition To End Homelessness, we operate and manage the CONNECT Warming Centre; and
• we offer several supportive and educational groups for girls, men, and grandparents raising grandchildren.