Drop In
- Free clothes
- Help finding resources in the community
- Free internet, fax and phone access
- Tea and coffee
- Free hygiene products
- Information about programs at the Centre
- A safe, welcoming, non-judgmental space
Turning the Key
Turning the Key is an outreach tenancy support service for women and their families who are looking for tenancy, new to a tenancy or struggling to maintain their tenancy. We can connect women with needed resources and other agencies in the community. Turning the Key is client directed; clients create their own goals and milestones and receive the support to achieve them. Clients have frequent follow up visits to monitor progress and success. From matching families up with donations, BC Housing applications to landlord mediation, Turning the Key can will help create the support network needed to maintain a healthy tenancy.
We help:
Single women
Mothers with children
Women with or without partners
All women regardless of income, age,
or addictions issues.
How we help you:
Provide home start-up kits and help find
furnishings
Support reporting repairs and problems to the landlord
Income management and budgeting
Advice and assistance in claiming all relevant benefits
Advice on ensuring a safe home
Access to fun
If you are interested in this program email: dropin@nanaimowomen.com or call the Centre at 250 753 0633
Stepping Out
Stepping Out is a program that offers services to provide support, information, & advocacy to women who are, or have been, active in the sex trade; and provide access to support services that encourage successful lifestyle changes.
Vision Statement:
To provide a safe and inclusive environment for marginalized women who’s lives are impacted due to involvement with prostitution.
Why do we need Stepping Out in Nanaimo?
Nanaimo is at a minimum for services for homeless or street entrenched women. We offer services from a harm reduction model, without judgment or pressure.
Harm Reduction
We define harm reduction as a range of non-judgmental strategies and approaches for providing services, supports and information to individuals, their families, and communities which encourage people to be safer and healthier.
Stepping Out provides harm reduction services within a framework which acknowledges that the realities of poverty, class, racism, social isolation, past trauma, gender-based discrimination and other social inequalities affect both people's vulnerability to and capacity for effectively dealing with drug-related harm.
Where is it held?
Monday drop-in, 1-3 pm, at 285 Selby Street.
16 Steps for Empowerment
A support group for women healing from addiction and co-dependency. We share our experience , strength and hope using the 16 Step Model outlined by Charlotte Davis Kasl in her book “Many Roads, One Journey”. This affirming approach acknowledges oppression, while empowering women to find their own voices and spirituality.
This program runs Monday from 6:30-8:30pm and is ongoing.
Contact Kris at the Women’s Centre for more information 250.753.0633
Evening Drop In
The Nanaimo Women's Resource Centre is open from Thursday nights from 6:30-10:00pm. During this time we have an Outreach worker who walks around downtown Nanaimo speaking with women on the street and handing out hot drinks, condoms and health care products. Our outreach worker invites women back to the Centre for our evening drop in program.
During evening drop in women and their children will be able to access:
Free clothes
Help finding resources in the community
Free internet, fax and phone access
Tea, coffee and a bite to eat
Free hygiene products
Information about programs at the Centre
A safe, welcoming, non-judgmental space
GO GIRL
- Goals, and how to achieve them
- Personal boundaries, and how to make sure no one crosses them
- Bullying, and how to deal with it
- Positive body image
When is GO GIRL happening?
Week #1: July 5th – July 8th 9:30 am until 4:00 pm
Week #2: July 12th – July 15th 9:30 am until 4:00 pm
Week #3: July 19th – July 22nd 9:30 am until 4:00 pm
Week #4: Aug 3rd – Aug 6th 9:30 am until 4:00 pm
Week #5: Aug 9th- Aug 12th 9:30 am until 4:00 pm
Week #6: Aug 16th – Aug 19th 9:30 am until 4:30 pm
Each day will be lead by experienced facilitators. A balanced lunch and snack will be provided. Don’t hesitate to sign up, as spots will be filled up quickly. If you have questions, or would like to register, please call us at 250 753 0633 or email gogirl@nanaimowomen.com.
Sustainable Living Urban Garden
The Women's Centre has established a beautiful 6 bed garden in the back yard of the centre. The garden is an idyllic space for women to gather and share stories. It is used to grow organic food that is used in the centre and women are welcome to work in the garden on Tuesday afternoons from 1pm-3pm and pick the fruits of their labour.
The purpose of the garden is to achieve a holistic approach to our outdoor environment. The three main goals are Sustainability, Empowerment, and Food.
• Sustainable spaces means women of the Centre will be able to grow food for their families, using techniques and principles which maintain healthy non-harmful spaces.
• Empowering the community of women to produce: to use the space given to them and the fruits of their labour, teaching and experiencing the wellness that comes of the connection to production.
• Food issues have come to the forefront at the centre. We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right. As such, we are proposing an intense involvement with food production for women and their families.
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