Shelter and Respite Services

Providing a Safe Haven and Support

Shelter and Respite Services department focuses on providing critical support and temporary relief for individuals and families in crisis. This department offers a safe, welcoming environment, ensuring clients receive the assistance needed to stabilize their lives and work towards long-term solutions.

Heyworth House

2714 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON M4C 1L7

  • Overnight Emergency Shelter (Co-Ed, Pet Friendly)

Office: 416-691-0012

 

Dixon Hall 24hr Respite Center

351 Lake Shore Blvd East, Toronto, ON M5A 1C1

  • Respite Services (Co-Ed, Pet Friendly)

Office: 416-864-4490

 

354 George Street

354 George Street, Toronto, ON M5A 2N3

  • Respite Services (Co-Ed)

Office: 647-888-1014

 

School House

349 George St, Toronto, ON M5A 2N2

  • Overnight Emergency Men’s Shelter

Office: 416-960-9240

Our Food Programs have consequently grown dramatically to meet the persistent needs around food access and food security, particularly salient in Toronto’s Downtown East. Beyond the Tuesday night dinner and Friday morning breakfast programs offered at 58 Sumach Street, we now serve meals and provide food hampers 5 days a week, in an effort to keep up to the growing needs of the communities located in Toronto’s Downtown East. We remain vigilant in our efforts to meet the food security needs of the communities in our direct neighbourhoods of service. Through ongoing innovation and foresight, these programs will continue to grow and shift to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Food Services programming demonstrates how income disparity and access to the social determinants of health is falling short of meeting the needs of far too many in our city. Moving forward, strategic lobbying and real time data will help us reinforce the needs of these communities, and help us focus our efforts at building coalitions to collaboratively tackle the income disparities that lead to the gaps in access to the simple and critical pleasures and necessities of food. Volunteers and peers help prepare and serve food to participants. Visit our Volunteer Department  page to learn about volunteer opportunities.

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Contact

58 Sumach St.
Toronto, ON M5A 3J7

Haydar Shouly
Director, Housing Services 
e. haydar.shouly@dixonhall.org