The Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Society (CAPCS), through the Mary Manning Centre, is the primary provider of therapy and victim services for children and youth in Greater Victoria who have experienced sexual abuse. Mary Manning Centre is Victoria's only non-profit agency dedicated to treating child victims of sexual abuse.
The Society was founded by Mary Manning who, together with therapist Rita Milot, began providing counselling services to child survivors of sexual abuse in 1984. As a result of this pioneering work, thousands of people - children, youth, and families - have been helped to heal and recover from the effects of child sexual abuse. In 1995, in recognition of her founding role, the agency at which services are provided was named
The Mary Manning Centre.
The Mary Manning Centre is a non-profit agency headed by an Executive Director responsible to a Board of Directors. Each member of the Board of Directors is a professional from the community who is committed to preventing and responding to child abuse.