YWCA Hamilton offers comprehensive immigration and settlement services specifically designed for newcomer women, youth, and gender-diverse folks, to support their settlement & integration in Hamilton.
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Offers free, on-call delivery of unused needles, condoms, and other harm reduction supplies, to people who use substances by injection and/or inhalation. Service users are encouraged to return used needles for disposal.
Provides a full range of educational, sport, and recreational activities for newcomers to Canada. These activities provide newcomer youth with a fun, supportive environment.
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Provides free snacks and light meals on weekends to youth, as well as dinner from 4pm-7pm.
Helps individuals with a developmental disability stay involved in their communities and live as independently as possible by providing direct funding for community participation services and supports, activities of daily living, and person-direct
Volunteers at AGH foster interest in, promote the use of, and increase the support for the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Volunteer opportunities available for: education docent, festival, special events, retail, and visitor and member services.
Provides support for males and transitional male youth experiencing alcohol or drug addition. Offers advocacy, counselling, education, and life skills building activities in a substance-free environment. Programs include:
Provides one-on-one mentoring for youth with an opportunity to participate in educational activities and engage with their peers. The goal of this program is to help youth stay in school, or re-enter the school system.
An immigration and newcomer program designed for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth who are newcomers to Hamilton.
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Helps Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients, Ontario Works (OW) recipients, and people with low income maintain their existing housing or establish a new residence.