Changemakers in Waterloo Region

Our Strategic Plan

Dear Friends:

SASC is pleased to share our Strategic Plan for 2022 to 2025.

Since 1989 we have been leaders and change makers in Waterloo Region supporting survivors of sexual violence and working to transform systems which promote gender-based violence.

This plan provides our Centre with a roadmap for support, services, and organizational development for the next three plus years. It was developed with broad involvement from staff members, clients, community partners, donors, funders, volunteers, and board members.

The planning process helped us assess both the challenges and opportunities SASC is likely to face over the next few years.

Five strategic directions of equal importance emerged throughout this process to guide the organization.

We want to reduce waiting times for survivors seeking individual counselling and advocacy.
We want to support the health, wellness, and morale of our staff and leadership team.
We want our programs to be survivor-centered, trauma-informed, racially and culturally responsive, and grounded in intersectional feminism.
We want to build our sustainable capacity to serve by investing in communications and fundraising.
We want to balance our direct supports for survivors and their families with long-term solutions to gender-based violence.

This Plan was approved by our Board of Directors on December 15, 2021. It will inform SASC’s priorities from 2022 to 2025. The Board of Directors will review our progress on this plan quarterly and update the plan as needed.

The Executive Director, in collaboration with our Leadership Team, is responsible for the development of annual Operating Plans to move our strategic directions forward.

Download and read our full Strategic Plan.

Strategic Plan