Luke's Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children

Luke’s Place is an award-winning non-profit centre of excellence solely devoted to improving the safety and experience of women and their children as they proceed through the family law process after fleeing an abusive relationship. Luke’s Place provides direct services to hundreds of women and their children in Durham Region every year.

We share our expertise with thousands of service providers across Ontario and Canada through training, resources, and mentoring. We also work with academics to conduct research and collaborate widely to advocate for improved access to justice for women and their children. The Ministry of the Attorney General designed the Family Court Support Worker (FCSW) program based on our service delivery model and contracts Luke’s Place to train FCSWs and moderate their online resource hub.

Our work has been recognized with several awards including the 2020-21, 2014, and 2008 Attorney General Victim Services Award of Distinction, the 2019 Ontario Bar Association Foundation Award, the 2019 Law Foundation of Ontario Guthrie Award, and the 2019 Law Society of Ontario’s Laura Legge Award.