CAMBRIDGE — Women in Cambridge facing an unplanned pregnancy can easily now grab free guide and assist in town.
SHORE Centre will certainly supply its confidential pregnancy selections assist routine on Friday afternoons in its brand-new office at the Cambridge Self Guidance Meals Bank.
This Friday will certainly be the initial day patients can easily access these solutions at the brand-new location, by appointment or walk in.
“Ideally individuals will certainly feel comfortable to pop in if they have actually questions,” said executive director Lyndsey Butcher.
The organization, formerly referred to as Planned Parenthood of Waterloo Region, offers any person facing an unplanned pregnancy along with information, assist and referrals for abortion, parenting and adoption. Free pregnancy tests, condoms and lubricants will certainly additionally be available.
SHORE stands for sexual good health options, sources and education.
Clients have actually been requesting a Cambridge place for years, However it took concerning a year to discover the area and funding.
The Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation given 2 grants, and the Meals bank, centrally located on Ainslie Street, was eager to include the service.
“They were quite welcoming and had area for us,” Butcher said.
Last year nine per cent of the women that came for pregnancy counselling were from Cambridge. Lots of didn’t have actually cars and called for to take a long bus ride, frequently along with little kids in tow.
“It was merely concerning making it much more convenient,” Butcher said. “We attempt to lower as Lots of barriers as we can easily to access support.”
She anticipates the lot of Cambridge clients will certainly rise along with the brand-new location. Before, that assist was being readily available informally by various other community organizations.
“We actually can easily delivering understanding and much much more assist for those women,” Butcher said.
“It’s a quite complex system to navigate…Especially if you’re opting for to have actually an abortion, it’s rather a process.”
SHORE is continuously in touch along with clinics across the province “so we can easily give the most effective referral.”
The grant cash will certainly additionally assist its sexual good health workshops in Cambridge and North Dumfries. Last year, twenty per cent of their workshops were held in Cambridge.
Cambridge appointments and workshops can easily be booked by calling 519-743-9360 or emailing options@shorecentre.ca.
