For 38 years, the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre has provided a safe space for women and children in the Downtown Eastside. We provide practical support, basic necessities and hot nutritious meals to over 500 women and children every day. We support women to make positive changes in their lives by connecting them to a continuum of services including outreach, advocacy, wellness, recreation, housing and skills development.

We provide practical support to over 500 women, children and seniors, every day. As well as providing a refuge and shelter from conditions of poverty and violence, the Centre provides basic necessities including:

• hot meals

• free clothing

• secure mailing addresses

• phone and computer access

• functioning and secure toilet and showers

• We also help reduce the effect of economic disadvantage by providing:

• toiletries

• feminine hygiene products

• computer access

• harm reduction supplies

• first aid

The Centre assists women with their immediate and crisis needs so they can develop stability and access the resources they need to improve health, family, employment and housing situations. We promote positive change by offering individual long-term support, education, advocacy, peer mentorship and exposure to alternatives.