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In 2021, more than 800 victims of family violence along with 264 children received support.

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We have had to turn away more than 45 women and their children due to a lack of affordable beds.

Your support empowers us to help those who need it the most.

Courage Centre sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart is a trauma-informed counselling, support, and housing Centre for victims of family violence and their children, those who perpetrate violence, as well as for individuals experiencing emotional and life challenges. None of our services would be available without the selfless generosity of our donors, sponsors, team members and volunteers.

Courage Paves The Way

The Courage Centre sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart is a new 19,000 square foot facility offering several programs and services for victims of family violence along with their children, as well as those suffering from emotional difficulties. The Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre operates the services found within the Courage Centre through a strong multidisciplinary and collaborative approach with various community and government partners. It is the only facility of its kind offering all services under one roof, which allows the client to focus on healing.

Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre

Crisis counselling, outreach services, Emergency Intervention Orders, counselling for victims, perpetrators, and children exposed to violence, as well as a variety of support groups.

Soft Interview Room

Working with RCMP and other government partners, the soft Interview room provides a trauma-informed space for victims and their children to provide statements to police and other related professionals.

Wellness services

This program allows victims of sexual assault to be seen by medical staff on site to receive immediate care. The room is fully equipped for medical staff to perform forensic medical examinations.

Paula’s Place

A short-term housing program providing a harm-reduction facility for female victims and their children requiring immediate shelter for 0 to 90 days.

Lorraine’s Residence of Hope

A second stage housing program offering 9 units for women and their children leaving domestic violence for up to 1 year which includes counselling and support programs.

Ohana Centre

Family Enrichment Services. Ohana is the first Centre of its kind in New Brunswick which offers a child-neutral space for families to have supervised parenting time as well as safe exchanges when there is a family breakdown.

Les Petits Courageux

A trauma-informed early childhood learning centre under development for children who have experienced an adverse event or who have had a history of violence and/or abuse.

Justice Facility Dog Program

The Centre provides a specialized canine, bred and trained from a school accredited by Assistance Dog International, to provide support to child and adult victims of violence as they navigate the criminal justice process.

Prevention and Awareness

Courage Centre sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart delivers several programs, presentations and workshops on issues relating to family violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and emotional regulation in children, to name but a few.

24/7 crisisintervention services

A team of highly trained volunteers provide immediate assistance to those dealing with a crisis. The team works in collaboration with RCMP and is available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

Our Fundraising

Radiothon “Say Noto Violence”

The Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women is a national 5 K ̸ 10 K run ̸ walk event dedicated to women’s mental health initiatives. The Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre is delighted to be the charity partner for the local event and funds raised help the Centre to provide counselling and support services to clients in the Moncton, Riverview, and Dieppe regions. This event has something for the whole family.

For more information and to register as an individual, team or corporate team, please visit the event website here.

Shoppers Drug Mart LOVE.YOU Run for Women

Every February, the Courage Centre sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart partners with the Kent Centre for the Prevention of Violence to host an important day of awareness and fundraising through a Radiothon sponsored by Radio Beauséjour. This event runs from 6am – 7pm on a select day in February. Community members are invited to call and make a donation which helps to provide necessary funds for core services. The Radiothon serves as the only major fundraising event for operational services.

In addition to collecting pledges, the day also serves to raise awareness surrounding family violence through interviews with key experts in the field, Centre staff, as well as victims who share their experiences of healing.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Beauséjour

Each October, men from our communities walk a mile in women’s high heeled shoes to raise awareness surrounding gendered-based violence, while also raising funds for our new facility.

For information regarding Walk a Mile: the International Men’s march to end gendered based violence and sexual assault, see www.walkamile.org.

Our Fundraising

Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women

May 4, 2025
Centennial Park, Moncton
Virtual: 5K/10K Walk/Run & 1K Little Steps
In-Person: 5K Walk/Run, 10K Run & 1K Little Steps

Register here: https://raceroster.com/events/2025/89132/shoppers-drug-mart-run-for-women-moncton-2025

The Run for Women Moncton 2025 is in support of the “Little Courageous” which will be the second -trauma-informed daycare in North America-the first of its kind in New Brunswick. This daycare will be located at the Centre Courage Centre operated by the Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre Inc.

Located at the Centre Courage Centre, the Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre is a registered charity offering support, counselling, and housing to victims of family violence and their children, to victims of sexual assault, as well as those suffering from emotional difficulties and mental health issues across Southeast New Brunswick. More than 2000 people a year receive services at the Beausejour’s new centre of excellence called the Courage Centre who receive 24/7 services in a trauma-informed and gender-responsive facility that is the first of its kind in New Brunswick.

Ladies Night Out!

Coming soon.

November is Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month

Coming soon.

Board of Directors

LISE CORMIER
President
Karine Gallant
KARINE GALLANT
Vice-president
PATRICIA SIROIS
Secretary
PATRICIA BOURQUE-CHEVARIE
Treasurer
JOLINE MCDONALD
JANICE GAUTREAU
Susan Cormier
SUSAN CORMIER
BRIAN GALLANT
JUSTIN ROBICHAUD
PAULINE LÉGERE
RACHEL BOUDREAU
KARINE BOUDREAU
ANGELE RICHARD BOURQUE
SHEILA CORMIER
FLORENCE MAZEROLLE
MELISSA DOUCET

Courage Centre Team

Kristal LeBlanc
CEO, Primary Dog Handler
Chantal Thanh De Alba
Assistant Director / Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Outreach Worker
Secondary Dog Handler
Kim Cormier
SNAP (Stop Now and Plan) Manager
Lise Leger
Administrative Assistant
Amy Fitch
Program Facilitator: Strength at Home
Melanie-Eve Bourque
Project Coordinator
Elyse Burchill
Community Intervener / SNAP Intervener (Youth)
Sébastien LeBlanc
Social Worker
Andrea Stuart
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Outreach Worker
Katie Whitters
Project Researcher
Ginette Landry
Program Coordinator
Kids Club
Erica LeBlanc
SNAP Intervener (Caregiver)