Offers a space where members who live with mental illness can socialize and engage in peer support in a welcoming environment. Provides recreational activities, social gatherings, assistance with job and housing search, access to shower and laundry facilities,...

Provides support to low-income, homeless, and marginalized women and their children. Volunteers offer peer support to individuals and groups. Provides information on various topics as well as recreational activities and special events, snacks, shower and laund...

Operates the Mount St. Mary Hospital, a residential care facility for adults with complex health care needs who require 24-hour care and can no longer live safely or independently at home, or can no longer be managed in their home setting. Services include nur...

The Metro Cafe and Courtyard offers a light breakfast or lunch, washrooms, and hangout space from 8:30 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday. The Hygiene Program is an extension of the cafe; visitors can become members by meeting with staff, and then access showers, lau...

Provides individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with a safe place to store and access their belongings, have their clothes laundered, and receive mail. Also provides referral to community resources with the aim of improving self-sufficiency. C...

Mobile van services provide harm reduction supplies, including safer injection, safer smoking, and safer sex supplies along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Also provides overdose p...

Provides showers, a community breakfast, a clothing exchange, housing advocacy, homeless outreach, and referrals for people who are homeless. Program hours are 7 am to 9:30 am Saturdays.

A free drop-in centre for youth ages 12 to 18 to socialize, participate in activities and out-trips, and access computers. Also offers laundry and shower facilities, and a full kitchen where youth can learn to prepare and enjoy proper meals. The Outreach Progr...

Drop-in centre for women and transgender/non-binary people. Offers counselling, support groups, educational events, and information and referral on topics such as health, employment, financial assistance, housing, and abuse and assault. Provides access to comp...

Offers free meals for people in need as well as information and referrals, lay counselling, bible studies, computer classes, and access to hygiene products and clothing. A Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction worker and a poverty law advocate f...

One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services. Services include addiction cou...

Offers non-perishable items and fresh produce; clients may access once a month. Other items such as meat, bread, dairy, toiletries, and household cleaning supplies are available dependent on donations. Registration is required on the initial visit; ID for the ...

Supportive housing for youth ages 15 to 17 provides a safe environment where residents can focus on healing, learn life skills, set personal goals, and build support networks as they transition out of care; supervised 24-hours. Semi-independent living suites f...

Brings awareness to the issue of poverty, and assists the homeless and vulnerable populations by providing support, outreach, and community inclusion services. Drop-in services include coffee and juice, snacks at 8:30 pm, meals at 4 pm (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thur...

An inner-city community centre serving adults ages 19 and over who are among Greater Victoria's working poor, impoverished elderly, mentally and physically challenged, substance use disorder, and homeless populations. Breakfast is served at the nutrition bar f...

Provides advocacy and support for people who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness in Kamloops. Services include the provision of clothing, personal hygiene items, linens, winter supplies, and harm reduction supplies. Also serves free hot meals; see ...

Outreach workers seek out women in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside community who have been disconnected from supports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Offers connection, life necessities, snacks, shower kits, clothing and make-up donations, safer sex and substanc...

Provides outreach services to street-involved people who are at risk. Safety and support services include food, water, personal care items, clothing, and blankets. Health services include harm reduction supplies (safer crack kits, Take Home Naloxone (Narcan) k...

PEARL Resource Centre provides faith-based education and support services to empower girls and women who are sexually exploited, trafficked, or in prostitution to exit their situations. Services include a safe space to hang out, life skills classes, counsellin...

Provides a fridge and dry goods pantry with 24-hour daily access to free donated food and hygiene products. Offers non-perishable as well as fresh food including dairy products, fruit and vegetables, and meat. Hygiene products include soap, shampoo, menstrual ...

Provides support, information, and referrals for people in the South Okanagan. Services include disability advocacy, and legal advocacy in the areas of consumer debt, employment, family law, income security issues, and landlord tenant issues. Also offers refer...

A peer-driven resource centre for adults in the Downtown Eastside that supports people living with chronic illnesses, addictions, and/or mental health challenges. Offers a safe environment and a range of structured and unstructured programs, including public c...

Drop-in centre offers support and advocacy to vulnerable populations experiencing high risk situations such as homelessness, addiction, and/or mental health concerns. Focus is on people who are at risk of or living with HIV, hepatitis, or a sexually transmitte...

Provides a safe and secure space and access to support services for women in the sex industry, both adult and youth. Drop-in and office hours are 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday to Friday. Offers a safe place to rest, harm reduction training and supplies, breakfast,...

Volunteer students from Metro Vancouver secondary schools donate meals (sandwiches and hot meals), snacks, and care packages (including items such as water bottles, socks, blankets, seasonal and hygiene items) bi-monthly to vulnerable individuals, including un...