Call 211: New Ontario help line aimed at helping men break cycle of intimate partner violence

Men’s Counselling Link — offering men free, confidential counselling — officially launched Tuesday through 211 Ontario and Family Service Ontario, the FSO announced in a news release. The 24/7 phone line connects men to professional counsellors to help them deal with anger, relationship troubles or harmful behaviour “before it escalates into crisis.”

“We know men want help, but there is still a lot of shame around asking for it. They need a place that makes that ask easy,” FSO CEO Susan Somogyi said in the release.

“Men don’t have to be in crisis to reach out,” she said. “They just need to want to do better for themselves and their families.”