Organizations
Interval House
Kingston Interval House is an Emergency Shelter and Second Stage Housing facility for women, children and youth experiencing violence. Our Emergency Shelter has 25 beds and is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The shelter offers meals, accommodation, counselling, clothing, toiletries and safety. Our Second Stage Housing facility – Robin’s Hope – provides affordable housing in 18, one and two bedroom apartments for up to one year for the women and children/youth who are involved with Kingston Interval House. Our clients often leave domestic violence situations with very little. Many don't have phones or have difficulty affording phone plans. At the very least phones they can use to dial 911 are crucial to aid in their safety planning.
http://kingstonintervalhouse.com
Crisis Line: 1 (800) 267-9445 or (613) 546-1777
Online donations Canada Helps:
Donate Now -Interval House
Current needs:
Cellphones, chargers, SIM cards
Dawn House
Dawn House is a grassroots organization, started in 1986. Dawn House is a local charity supporting and empowering homeless, vulnerably housed, and marginalized women living in poverty. Transitional and Long Term Supportive Housing available. Biggest barrier residents face is securing sim cards and funding for monthly plans.
For emergency bed space, please call In From the Cold:
613-531-3779 x 121
Accepting item and monetary donations at their location:
965 Milford Dr, Kingston, ON K7P 1S2
Contact for donations: (613) 545-1379
Registered charity, accepting directed cheques and e-transfers (donate@dawnhouse.ca)
Online donations Canada Helps:
Donate Now - Dawn House
Current needs:
Cellphones, chargers, SIM cards, laptops/tablets (education purposes, virtual medical appts, virtual counselling/NA & AA/ legal services (court attendance, etc)
Street Health
We provide low barrier service to those seeking substance use support and those in our priority population in need of acute/episodic medical care. We also run Consumption Treatment Services that allows clients to use safely and be provided wrap around services. Donations allow us to continue to provide services and be able to tailor our programming to fit the needs of the clients. Street Health serves people who use substances, who are experiencing homelessness, who engage in sex work, who are recently released from incarceration.
https://kchc.ca/barrack-street/street-health-centre/
Accepting item and monetary donations at their location:
115 Barrack St, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Contact for donations: (613) 549-1440
Registered charity, accepting directed cheques
Current needs:
Cellphones, chargers, SIM cards
Sexual Assault Centre Kingston
Provide emergency, crisis, short term, and long term supportive counselling, and information, referral, and advocacy services for ALL survivors of sexual violence.
Crisis Line: 1-877-544-6424
Accepting item and monetary donations at their location:
400 Elliott Avenue, Unit 1, Kingston, ON, K7K 6M9
Contact for donations: (613) 545-0762
Online donations Canada Helps:
Donate Now- SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTRE KINGSTON
Registered charity, accepting directed cheques
Current needs:
Cellphones, chargers, SIM cards
Queen’s Family Health Team, Community Services
One of the issues that many of our patients who are living in poverty or going through domestic violence face is that they cannot get access to cell phones and many of these patients do not seek outside help such as shelters. Physicians often have difficulties connecting to their patients.
Partners
Telephone Aid Line Kingston
Telephone Aid Line Kingston (TALK) is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization who have been serving the Kingston area for over 40 years. It is a confidential, anonymous, and non-judgmental support service. Our aim is to meet the needs of a diverse population by providing an empowering, empathetic, and safe environment through the provision of a listening phone service, as well as community outreach and education.
https://www.telephoneaidlinekingston.com/get-help
Call us at the number below at anytime between the hours of 6 P.M. - 2 A.M
to speak with an experienced volunteer:
(613) 544-1771
If you’re interested in supporting them, you can donate to this registered charity: