Homeless Connect Edmonton Sunday 9th May and Sunday 17th October
at the Shaw Conference Centre
Be part of this transformational day...
Welcome to Homeless Connect Edmonton! Thank you for your interest and commitment to ending homelessness in Edmonton.
Homeless Connect is a community event bringing together agencies, businesses and volunteers, on one day and at one location, to provide a range of services which can help homeless people out of homelessness.
What is Homeless Connect?
Homeless Connect Edmonton is a broad-based community-inspired initiative, providing free appropriate services to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless, on one day and at one location.
Its mission is to provide services that help open doors out of homelessness, build lasting partnerships , raise public awareness of homelessness in the community, and provide a vehicle for community involvement in addressing the issue of homelessness.
Services include mental health assessments, library services, foot care, haircuts, immunizations, birth control, pre-natal support, laundry, housing information, employment and training services and much more.
Objectives
The objectives of Homeless Connect Edmonton are to:
- Provide and increase access to free appropriate services to homeless individuals and those at risk of becoming homeless, on one day and at one location.
- Act as part of the movement to end homelessness for good in Edmonton and the initiative is part of the overall strategy to end homelessness, as detailed in Edmonton's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness, "A Place to Call Home."
- Engage and increase the collaborative involvement of homeless consumers, businesses, not for profits and other service providers, and individual volunteers to work together to create solutions to end homelessness.
- Leverage corporate and in-kind donations to support the delivery of Homeless Connect initiatives.
Homeless Connect Edmonton is coordinated by Homeward Trust, a community-based not for profit that provides leadership and resources towards ending homelessness in Alberta's Capital. A volunteer Steering Committee has been established to support the event coordination and delivery.
If you would like to help homelessness people but don't know how to, then sign up today and make a difference to your homeless neighbour.
You can Donate or Volunteer. Download the event brochure or View the event poster.
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