Community-based volunteers serve food and offer clothing and other items to Metro Vancouver residents. Langar (blessed food) meal service is offered weekly at 1 pm Saturdays and 12 noon Sundays, at the corner of Main and Hastings streets. Meal service is also ...

Provides culinary training programs. The free eight-week Culinary Training Program teaches occupational and life skills to individuals facing employment obstacles such as physical disability, mental health, poverty, addiction, or homelessness. Readies students...

Caters and provides weekly meals to residents of the Downtown Eastside. Provides hot meals on Mondays and Thursdays. Also offers holiday meals on Christmas Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, Canada Day, Truth and Reconciliation Day, Thanksgiving, and Remembrance Da...

The Saturday Lunch Feeding Ministry hands out bagged lunches between 1 pm and 2 pm on Saturdays to people who are living on limited incomes or who may be homeless in the gym at North Shore Neighbourhood House. Through Healing Hands, trained volunteer practitio...

Runs a free takeaway breakfast program at 11 am on Saturdays.

Provides groceries by donation for the general public from 11 am to 12 noon on Tuesdays; also accepts food donations. A Community Dinner (by donation) is held at 4:30 pm every second Saturday of the month; doors open at 4 pm when they give out free clothing fo...

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...

Addresses the social and medical issues related to socio-economic deprivation facing women living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The Downtown Auxiliary Mobile Services (DAMS) program is a comprehensive harm reduction program for women with substance mi...

Lunch program for Jewish seniors promotes socialization and education, allowing Jewish seniors to come together in a relaxed manner; open to all. Offered 10 am to 2 pm Mondays (except holidays) from June to September at Beth Tikvah Synagogue (9711 Geal Road). ...

Offers recreational, social, and life skills community integration programs for individuals with a mental health disability, including men's and women's groups. The women's lounge offers a safe place and social connection for those who identify as women. There...

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...

Offers a free drop-in coffee hour from from 2 pm to 4 pm Thursdays in the Celebration Centre, providing snacks and an opportunity for conversation and connection.

Faith-based organization provides services and support for low-income families and homeless people. The Friends of Hastings program distributes meals and food to Downtown Eastside residents at the intersection of Hastings and Columbia at 1 pm on Saturdays. Oth...

Aims to improve social, emotional, and spiritual well-being through volunteer efforts of faith-inspired Muslims. Provides a variety of services to residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Surrey, including take-away meals, addictions and mental health co...

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...

Supports women who are pregnant or have a child under six months old and are impacted by substance use and/or violence and abuse. Women do not need to have their children in their care to receive support provided there is an ongoing relationship with the child...

Volunteers deliver nutritious meals and provide a friendly visit and informal safety check to North and West Vancouver seniors, and other homebound individuals at risk of isolation. Meals are delivered between 11 am to 1 pm Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Volunteers deliver nutritious meals and provide a friendly visit and informal safety check to Vancouver and Richmond seniors, and other homebound individuals at risk of isolation. Meals include a choice of Western and/or Chinese meals and are delivered between...

Delivers healthy and balanced meals to isolated and vulnerable seniors ages 50 and over in Coquitlam. Volunteers and staff help seniors connect to City of Coquitlam programs, services, leisure activities, and opportunities for social interaction. Open referral...

Provides social, recreational, and educational activities for adults 55 years and older, including instructional and special event programs and outings. Services are offered on an ongoing basis and include a diabetic support group, hearing clinic, blood pressu...

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...

Provides social housing rental suites in houses occupying a Vancouver city block enclosed by Bute, Comox, Thurlow, and Pendrell Streets. The community includes daycares, a farmer's market, a gallery, and gardens; gardens are open to residents in nearby neighbo...

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.