The executive director of Vernon's Social Planning Council says non-profit groups have stepped in to fill some of the gaps left by the closure of the Women's Centre. Annette Sharkey says a street clinic has taken on what's called the `bad date' program, aimed at protecting sext trade workers. She says, "They are making sure that sex-trade workers are able to make those reports and have an informal process of warning each other if there are issues of violence or bad dates." Sharkey admits its frustrating for non-profits that are already operating on shoe-string budgets. She says the closure of the centre has left the city without a ``women's only'' space. She advises there are still emergency beds for women at the transition house and Gateway Shelter.
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http://vernonblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/revenue-to-host-government.html
Check the above link to see how much of the gambling revenue accrued to the City of Vernon. They could afford dropping a few pennies for Women's Centre.
What happened at the meeting earlier this year when Sharkey and other members were going to discuss how they would spend the BCLC lottery $50,000 money?
Did they spend it already?
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