Service
25 East Hastings Street Drop-in Centre
Provided by Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (DEWC)
5 other services offered by this agency.
25 East Hastings Street Drop-in Centre
Provides services to self-identified women, including cis women, trans women, and two-spirit people. The drop-in centre offers advocacy, workshops, and crisis intervention to women of the Downtown Eastside, as well as free clothing, phone, showers (available until 4 pm daily), toilets, mail service, other basic necessities, and programmed activities. Offers dinner from 6 pm to 7 pm daily. Meals are served in to-go containers. Offers specialized services including mental health advocacy and victim services. Housing Outreach Team provides services to women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in particular those who have experienced violence or are at risk of violence. Helps women access rental housing in the private market, through support services such as referrals to housing options, information on other housing subsidies, housing search assistance, and utility bill supplements. Funded as a Homeless Prevention Program (HPP) by BC Housing. Chinese Senior Programming, Indigenous Programming, Cultural Programming are provided weekly. Hours are 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm Monday to Sundayy; closed on income assistance payment days.
Address
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25 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V6A 1M9
Mailing Address
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302 Columbia Street
Vancouver, BC, V6A 4J1