Offers community drop-in programming on Mondays and Wednesdays. Oatmeal served from 10 am to 12:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. Free food items offered at the community fridge and pantry located inside the Neighbourhood House on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10...

Offers information and referral to community resources, and general support services. Lunch is offered at 11 am daily, and dinner at 6 pm Monday to Friday and at 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Meal tickets are available 30 minutes before meal time. Drop-in hours ...

Offers two programming streams: one for children and one for women with or without children. Supportive counselling, prayers, and practical assistance are available from 9 am until 5 pm Monday to Friday. Appointments for one-on-one care are encouraged. Childre...

A community economic development organization in the Downtown Eastside. The Employment Readiness Program (ERP) supports individuals who are experiencing barriers to employment to navigate their journey of returning to the workforce through skills training, pai...

Outreach workers in a rescue vehicle seek out people sleeping on the streets to offer food, warm clothing, blankets, and information on UGM's programs, including shelter, drop-in and meal services, and alcohol and drug recovery. May offer transportation to peo...

Drop-in centre for male and transgender sex trade workers offers a safe and confidential place for connecting with others, including social activities such as dinners and movies. Helps individuals access resources such as health care, housing, and other commun...

The Oasis Cafe program offers a drop-in dinner on Mondays from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, and a drop-in lunch from 11 am to 1 pm on Tuesdays; meals are by donation and are served in the northeast corner of the building, off the back alley. No alcohol or drug use is t...

A non-faith-based group of volunteers who patrol the Downtown Eastside on weeknights providing outreach after support services start closing for the day. Provides food items, harm reduction supplies, naloxone kits, toques, socks, gloves, scarves, jackets, ther...

Bright Family Futures offers a family meal from 6:30 pm to 8 pm Thursdays, followed by a variety of workshops for parents; registration required. Offers daycare for children from 30 months to five years. Hours are 7:30 am to 5:45 pm Monday to Friday year-round...

Through the Meal Ministry, provides hot meals 6 pm to 7 pm Fridays (except cheque issue week), and hosts a dinner on Thanksgiving day; meals are open to anyone in need, including full-time students and employed individuals. Meals are offered in partnership wit...

Free hot meals are served from 6 pm to 7 pm on the second Friday of the month at St Michael's Anglican Church. Runs a food bank at 3:30 pm on the first, second, and third Friday of each month; clients can initially register with identification.

Serves snacks and coffee at 12 noon, and lunch from 1:15 pm to 2 pm Tuesday to Saturday; closed during welfare week each month. Nonprofit society, registered charity.

One-stop centre providing a range of social, education, health, education, housing, employment, substance use, and life skills services. Services include alcohol and drug counselling and mental health counselling. The BYRC Resource Room offers youth ages 13 to...

Serves a free breakfast for people who are homeless or facing food insecurity from 10 am to 12 noon Sundays. Nonprofit society, registered charity.

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...

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...

Breakfast Connect provides hot breakfast and referrals to community resources from 9 am to 10 am Fridays. Free Food Market distributes recovered and donated food items from 9 am to 10 am Wednesdays. Nourishing Hope Marketplace allows individuals to choose the...

A grass-roots volunteer-run shower program for up to 25 homeless people that runs on a first-come first-served basis from 7:30 am to 9 am on Saturdays. Serves a hot breakfast until 8:45 am. Toiletries are provided and a clean change of clothes. Also offers ass...

Provides a variety of programs to build a resilient, healthy, and food-secure community. Holds low-cost community dinners at 5 pm on Fridays, and by-donation music nights at 7:30 pm on Thursdays. Little Mountain Riley Park Neighbourhood Food Network (NFN) work...

Helps First Nations people access and navigate the health care system. Assists with access to medical services for teeth, eyes, feet, and medicine. Also provides nasal Naloxone and food to the Downtown Eastside community. Medical appointments can be made by ph...

Operates Potluck Cafe, a social enterprise business that offers healthy, free meals daily through its community meal program. Over 100 meals are distributed daily on the street to Downtown Eastside residents. Also delivers community programs: an employment pro...

Offers a community meal from 12 noon to 1 pm on the first Sunday of each month.

The Low Cost Produce Market offers fresh, affordable fruits and vegetables for sale from 2 pm to 4 pm every Wednesday. Community Lunch is held on the first and third Friday of each month; three-course meals start at 12:15 pm and cost $5 for adults 55 and up, $...

Volunteers provide free vegan and vegetarian meals to individuals in need, on an outreach basis. Advocates for sustainable food systems and food recovery. International collective, with BC chapters active in Campbell River, Comox, Cranbrook, Kelowna, Nanaimo, ...

The Frozen Meal program offers low-cost meals ($2 for soups, $4 for casseroles, and $5 for entrees) which can be ordered online, by phone, or in person; orders can be picked up from 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday, or delivered between 9 am to 1 pm Tuesdays a...