Drop-in Centre
Daily, the Centre offers a refuge for women and children in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. We provide basic-needs, as well as counselling, advocacy, social, educational and referral services:
- breakfast and lunch program
- crisis counseling and advocacy
- first aid
- showers
- toilets
- clothing
- telephone and computer access
- secure mailing addresses
- storage of personal documents
- message board
- resource centre
- social space for women to build community
DEWC also provides dinner for women who attend our evening groups (including healing circle, battered women support services, taiko drumming, Power 2 Women, self defense, yoga, elders council) held most nights of the week from 5pm to 8pm.
We open our doors seven days a week, 353 days a year. We close once a month for all-day staff meetings and we are open on all statutory holidays including Christmas Day and New Years Day.
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| Hours of Operation |
| 10:00am to 5:00 pm |
| 302 Columbia Street. Vancouver, BC Tel: 604-681-8480 |
| LUNCH SERVED DAILY AT 12:30 to 1:45 |
