BCSTH Bursary Fund

With your generous support,
her future starts now.

BCSTH Bursary Fund

With your generous support,
her future starts now.

She's made the most courageous choice of her life—leaving an abusive relationship.

Transition Houses provide a safe place to land as she decides what’s next.

But to remain secure, she needs a job that covers the rent, childcare, and transportation, plus a safe affordable home to raise her children.

With BC’s housing crisis, that challenge is worse than ever.

That's where you come in!

When you donate to the BCSTH Bursary Fund, you give women the kind of practical support that makes the difference between long-term safety and returning to an abuser.

Your gift will:

Have an immediate impact.
Be flexible enough to meet her educational and employment needs.
Provide dignity, choice, and control.

Help her remain secure.

We are making an impact.

“I needed a vehicle to balance kids, school and work, but couldn’t afford both car insurance and tuition. The Bursary came at the perfect time.”

Recipient used Bursary to pay for tuition.

"Not just a financial push, this award was the mental encouragement I needed that said, ‘Yes, you are capable; look how many people are standing behind you!'"

Recipient used Bursary to pay for flight training and earn private pilot’s license.

“As a single mom starting to rebuild her life, having lost my savings in my divorce/family trial, the Bursary gave me financial leeway.”

Recipient used Bursary for childcare, business start-up, website costs for career as therapeutic musician.

“Not having to worry about childcare was incredible. It took a major stress off my back, allowing me to focus on my studies and being a great mom.”

Recipient used Bursary to pay for tuition, books, and childcare.

“I am now working in an office, which gives me the financial freedom to leave a situation if it goes badly.”

Recipient used Bursary to take a bookkeeping course.

"My life was torn to shreds and my confidence was basically non-existent. But the Bursary helped me see that my future was worth investing in.”

Recipient used Bursary to pay for graduate school tuition.

Since 2019, people like you have championed over 172 women to:

Start a small-business.

Pursue further education and enhance job-related skills.

Pay for critical essentials like transportation, childcare, or textbooks.

Build the financial means to secure safe long-term housing.

Handle emergencies before they turn into crises.

Donors to the BCSTH Bursary Fund are changing lives and breaking cycles of violence.

$ 460548

in funding distributed since 2019.

172 women

championed to rebuild life on their own terms.

249 children

kept safe and supported through financially empowered mothers.

Gift a stable future.

Why flexible funding is essential.

Flexible funding is a strategy of economic empowerment that enhances safety and financial stability for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Giving cash is…

➤ Empowering. Women know what they need
➤ Respectful. No hoops, no judgment
➤ Effective. Real money = real choices
➤ Proven. Over 400 lives changed since 2019

See the difference flexible funding can make.

BCSTH Bursary Fund

With your generous support,
her future starts now.

BCSTH Bursary Fund

With your generous support,
her future starts now.