Works to lessen the impacts of poverty on individuals and families by supporting individuals through improved food security and increased access to childcare. Provides groceries, meals, cooking classes, community kitchen, as well as a community garden. Daycare...

Provides services to all 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 (availab...

Provides services to all 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 (availab...

The Soup Kitchen offers a take-out meal (which includes a hot soup, sandwich, hard-boiled egg, fruit, pastry, and coffee or tea) between 8 am to 10 am Monday to Friday, includes weekday holidays. Access is from View Street to the hall downstairs. Nonprofit soc...

Provides free nutritious meals and groceries to individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS and co-existing illness in Metro Vancouver, based on medical need. Meals and groceries are available for pick-up or delivery. Physician referral required. Office hour...

Provides on-site and outreach services and support for people affected by HIV, HCV, and substance use by delivering sex-positive and harm reduction based education, prevention, and support service. Services include education, health care referrals, system navi...

Offers a supportive space where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Downtown Eastside can reconnect with traditional approaches to community and healing. Services include Elder/family cultural guidance, community meetings, social/recreational activitie...

Offers various affordable goods and services to the public, including an auto shop, barbering, hair dressing, esthetics, cafeteria, casual dining, and a bake shop. Services are provided by students. Hours vary; check website for individual services.

Neighbourhood house, social service agency, and retreat and events centre. Offers programs and services for children, youth, families, and older adults, as well as individuals with disabilities and special needs. Community Lunches provide a nutritious meal fro...

Saturday Street Lunch is a free, public hot lunch on Saturdays throughout the year. Hours are 11 am to 1 pm

Serves a free community meal from 6 pm to 7 pm every third Tuesday of the month.

Drop-in center that offers youth ages 13 to 19 a safe space to hang out. Also provides a connecting point for street-entrenched youth who wish to access supports. Services include snacks, lunch served at 12 noon, dinner served at 4 pm, shower and laundry facil...

Residential program offers a safe and sober place for men who are in recovery from problematic substance use. Offers support for people living in physical, emotional, spiritual, and social poverty. Free, drop-in Day Program offers a sober environment for men a...

Provides safe places for marginalized women and female youth. Operates a 24-hour Emergency Shelter with 40 beds for self-identified women 19 years of age and over. Shelters accept self-referrals. Intake for Outreach Support Services is through BC Housing's Hom...

Assumption Community Soup Kitchen provides a free healthy, home-cooked meal between 12 noon to 1 pm on Fridays, where everyone is welcome. Offers an inviting place for socializing, sharing stories, and engaging with Powell River residents and members of the co...

Drop-in centre that provides opportunities for community members and older adults to engage in social interaction and activities, and access services. Services available to everyone include a food bank, free wifi, a professional colour printer, a commercial ki...

Provides recreation, activities and games, and low-cost lunches for older adults ages 55 and up in Nanaimo; some members may be 50 and up depending on their circumstances. Lunch is available the second Tuesday of every month. Schedule of activities and events ...

Sonshine Lunch Club provides a free lunch for those in need from 11:30 am to 1 pm on Fridays. Office hours are 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Drop-in program supports pregnant and six months post-partum parents to have healthy babies through meals, food vouchers, vitamin supplements, prenatal classes, and educational opportunities. Offers participants a weekly lunch, and access to a breast pump. An ...

Helps seniors age 65 and over with simple day-to-day tasks so that they can continue to live independently in their own homes and remain connected to their communities. Services include friendly visiting, grocery pick-up, light housekeeping, light yard work, m...

Assists seniors ages 65 and over who are in general good health, but require help with non-medical daily tasks to maintain independent living within their homes and remain connected to their communities. Services include light housekeeping, grocery shopping, f...

Delivers frozen meals on the first and third Tuesday of each month to older adults age 65 and older who live between Hills and Crescent Valley. Service is on a sliding scale based on income (see website); a subsidy may be available. A form can be completed onl...

Assists seniors age 55 and over who are in general good health, but require help with non-medical daily tasks to maintain independent living within their homes and remain connected to their communities. Services include light housekeeping, meal delivery, frien...

Provides non-medical home support services for older adults age 55 and over in the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood (between Broadway and East 41st Avenue, and Boundary Road and Victoria Drive). Services include light housekeeping, free grocery delivery, a su...

Assists seniors age 65 and over who are in general good health, but require help with non-medical daily tasks to maintain independent living within their homes and remain connected to their communities. Better at Home services include light housekeeping, light...