NHC PROGRAMS:
COMMUNITY SERVICES
The Salvation Army has been actively providing support to vulnerable members of the Community in Nanaimo since first opening a facility at 19 Nicol Street in 1886. Since then, the range and scope of our outreach and support services provided has grown in response to changing needs. The Salvation Army proudly serves through two locations in Nanaimo.
The Community Services Building, located at 505 Eighth Street, helps support families and individuals experiencing challenges including: food security, children and youth programs, support programs for men and women, financial assistance, spiritual and social support, as well as referral and assistance finding and accessing other supportive community programs.
EMERGENCY AND HOUSING SERVICES
The Centre of Hope, located at 19 Nicol Street, provides 85 beds to support individuals in need through various programs. Our Emergency Shelter Service provides a warm safe bed in clean communal dormitories, shower and laundry facilities, in-house programing, as well as 1:1 caseworkers and chaplain services that provide the consistency and framework to make meaningful progress to improved personal wellness on a journey toward recovery.
Our Pathway of Hope Program extends this level of support over the longer period of time that might be needed to secure employment training, strengthen life skills (such as budgeting, tenant responsibilities, leading conflict-resolution, and living in community) and can even lead to personal work that can restore relationships and connection with family.
Our CRF program supports 20 individuals that are demonstrating a willingness and ability to comply with court-ordered terms of parole as they prepare to return fully in reconciled relationship with society
FOOD SERVICES
Our dining room provides up to 200 meals daily for guests living in the Centre, as well as up to 100 meals served free of charge to community members in need. Our EDS Food Truck distributes 60 – 80 warm breakfast meals every morning to community members that are living unsheltered.
SUPPORT PROGRAMS
While staying at the Centre of Hope, guests engage in programs that are offered in-house. Caseworkers facilitate a range of programs including AA and NA, skills for health and wellness, access to community health and social services, financial planning, social skills (including conflict resolution and self-management), personal care (including journaling, building stronger healthy habits of personal character, exploring opportunities for volunteering, job retraining, and community involvement.
CHAPLAIN SERVICES
Our chaplain services include spiritual care, referrals and connection to churches and faith-based organizations, and guidance to retore knowledge of self, spiritual health and personal wholeness. For many of our guests, the time that they spend at the Centre of Hope is their first step on a path of recovery and reconciliation with themselves and with restored community relationships.
We firmly believe that no life is beyond redemption, and we honor the eternal value of every person. The care provided by the Salvation Army is available to all clients, of all faiths and personal orientation. Meeting people where they are and with the resources at our disposal, The Salvation Army strives to address human suffering, share hope, and transform lives one life at a time.