WISH Drop-In Programs - For Female Street-Based Sex Workers
Food, Public Health, Sexual Health, and Victim Services
Provided by WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Drop-In program provides a safe, welcoming, and non-judgemental space for cis and trans women, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender diverse active sex workers.
The Drop-In is open nightly from Tuesday to Saturday: 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM. (After closing on Sunday at 6:00 AM, the Drop-In remains closed until Tuesday at 6 pm.)
A wide variety of activities are offered throughout the month within the Drop-In. Details are available in the monthly WISH Calendar. Activities are led by Program Facilitators and community members and cover sex work-specific topics and other relevant areas.
The Drop-In is operated by and for women and gender diverse sex workers, providing services overnight to support participants when other options are not available. To ensure that these sex-worker-specific services are reaching the people who need them most, Drop-In access is available to active sex workers only.
In this low-barrier space, participants can expect:
- A safe and welcoming space is provided where participants can relax and be themselves.
- Access to essential harm reduction supplies is available.
- Clothing, shoes or boots, and makeup are provided.
- Conflict is addressed using a respectful, intersectional approach.
- Opportunities are available to build community, learn new skills, discuss sex work, and develop strategies to enhance safety.
A sit-down community dinner is served from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM each night (food is also available to go). Overnight, snacks are available from 1:00 AM – 4:00 AM. In the morning, a take-out breakfast is provided before the Drop-In closes at 6:00 AM.
The Drop-In Program provides items to meet the immediate needs of participants, including:
- Harm reduction supplies for safer sex, safer injection, and safer inhalation
- Clothing room stocked with clothes, shoes, boots, hats, wigs, bags and pyjamas.
- Bonnie’s Boutique (makeup room) provides bras, socks, underwear, shower supplies, razors, makeup, skincare, jewelry and eyeglasses.
Program Facilitators in the Drop-In provide information about resources in the community and other supports available at WISH.
604-681-9244
Public email: info@wishdropincentre.org
Website: https://wish-vancouver.net/program...
330 Alexander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1C3
604-669-9474 (Drop-In Supervisor)
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by WISH Drop-In Centre Society:
Availability
Service area: Vancouver + show cities
Service Types Provided
Food
Public Health
Sexual Health
Victim Services
Ways to Access
- After Hours Services
- Includes the provision of goods
- Provided at a single location
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.