Powell Street Getaway

good snacks at 10:30,12:30,2,4 and 6:30. Also good for str3et nurse and showers available. Drug safe kits and needles for those in need.

thanks for the great work boots Sarah and Paul. Very friendly staff, workboots for women or smaller sizes, great work jeans and a lovely assortment of men's ties... current and vintage. Conveniently located beside the former space for Living Room

Not what I would call a normal person would want to do but I guess if you had issues such as a mental health issue then.....yeah I'd say it's worth to take a look at maybe a place to go and shower... certainly not to eat there though....

This is in the location formerly occupied by The Living Room, which catered exclusively to clients with mental illnesses. Now, the Getaway is a one stop shop for getting snacks at posted times throughout the day, for having your laundry done (sign-up list), having a shower (also a sign-up list) or using the washroom. There is a wheelchair accessible entrance and a toilet for the handicapped. Karaoke occurs two days a week - a few very talented singers, and mostly the barely in tune celebrity wannabes! There is a television high on one wall (but the audio is rarely discernible over loud conversations, arguments, and the occasional fight - these are rapidly defused by staff). Clothing donations can be had in the afternoon, and regular you-choose donations of bread and baked goods, yogourt and produce) There is a nurse available in a safe injection office up front and bins of harm reduction supplies. Last winter, during extreme weather only, the Getaway became a sleeping location for the homeless (find a space on the floor, no mats, no blankets, and the lights stay on and the movies on projection were blared at thunderous volume all night. Grrrrr. When I am in the downtown east side, I hang out here fairly regularly for the services mentioned. The entertainment (in the personalities present, their raucous interactions - arguments? - fights?) is non-stop. The staff run the gamut from the friendly, quiet, helpful & concerned to the polar opposite - rude, loud, inattentive and dismissive. Those in the latter category should really not be working with the marginalized, poor, deranged drug addicts, nor with the also common working poor or acutely jobless or homeless clients. The environment takes some getting used to but overall I have been helped here far more often than I have been disappointed. A special kudos to Marta - a hard-working angel!

This is a great place for healthcare providers to have team meetings or stuff like that. You can book the board rooms to use but I don't know how. Sorry? Other than that it's mostly just office spaces upstairs and there's a community center on the ground floor with a supervised injection site in the community space open to all on the front street entrance. There's hardly any lines for the injection site too, so however you want to access this spaces there's a good variety of services at this location.??

Staff is. So helpful. The supervisor Amanda. Is truly. The. Face of the. Place. There is nothing she. Will not. Help you with she's. So great. And very glad. For everything. She does keep up the awesome work

Great place, good people, awesome food and services. An amazing asset to the community as it helps a lot of people take care of themselves.

I am so grateful to the staff my boyfriend John Hulbert and my friends My name is Laura and l am now living in my own place by the seawall I lived DTES l became close to dying but with the support of everyone including my Boyfriend John l went and got help for my Alcoholism I am now 2years 3 months sober and off the streets l couldn’t have stayed safe if it wasn’t for The Powell Street Getaway where l met my now fiancé John who never gave up on me ??❤️??‍♀️ Yours Truly Laura and l love you all