211 is a FREE confidential service used to connect individuals to programs and services (job-seeking skills; in need of food; looking for shelter/housing; or, new to the province/country and looking for language or employment training, etc). If in doubt call, text, or email 211.
Drop-In Warming Centre
Currently Closed - Hants Aquatics Centre located at 306 Stannus Street, Windsor – Organized and staffed by volunteers through Caremongers Windsor-West Hants.
Shelters
- Harvest House - 211 King Street, Windsor (902) -790-4560 (offers limited shelter for individuals during evenings and overnight).
- Open Arms Resource Centre - 32 Cornwallis St, Kentville (902) 365-3665 Open Arms
- Inn From the Cold is an emergency shelter in the Annapolis Valley run by Open Arms - Call or Text 782-232-7400 or email
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Portal Youth Outreach Association - Kentville Library (440 Main Street, Kentville) 902-365-3773 or Toll-free: 1-855-261-3773, email
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Salvation Army Men's Shelter - 2044 Gottingen St, Halifax (902) 422-2363
- Metro Army Men's Shelter - 2044 Gottingen St, Halifax (902) 422-2363
Food Supports
- Matthew 25 Windsor & District Food – #2116, 90 Sanford Drive, Windsor (902) 798-4313 (they can assist/arrange deliveries) Matthew 25 Windsor & District Food Bank (NOVA SCOTIA)
- Harvest House Community Outreach - 101 Stannus Street, Windsor (902) 798-4560 Harvest House Community Outreach of Windsor
- Hantsport and Area Food Bank 10 Foundry Road, Hantsport (902) 352-3002 Hantsport and Area Community Food Bank Society
- Free Soup Program at Hants West Food Action Council. (If you need food, you can access soup FREE of charge at Hants Shore Community Health Centre, POSSE Project, at the Windsor Family Resources Center, Hantsport Library, at the Windsor Community Center, the drop-in Warming Center or through Caremongers Windsor-West Hants.
Other Resources
Peer Outreach Support Services and Education POSSE - facilitates non-judgmental Harm Reduction and Human Rights training for youth and young adults ages 15-35 to provide peer support, crisis intervention, harm reduction street-level outreach, services and education while fostering communities of care. (902) 799-0752
- Family Resource Centre - 61 Morison Drive Windsor, NS B0N 2T0 Tel: (902) 798-5961.
- Schoolsplus - located at the Windsor Elementary School (902) 792-6765
- Caremongers Windsor-West Hants
- Nova Scotia Works - (902) 798-5627
