Native Women's Centre - Emergency Shelter

The Native Women's Centre provides safe, emergency shelter for all women regardless of age, ancestry, culture, place of origin or sexual orientation with or without children who are experiencing crisis in their lives due to family violence, homelessness, or conflict with the law .

Safe emergency shelter

24 hours per day, 7 days per week including all meals, emergency clothing and personal need items for all residents.

Aboriginal Community Counselling

for women and youth who have or continue to experience family violence.

Transitional Housing Support

Program provides support to women and their children who have experienced abuse/violence and assists them in identifying and connection with various supports and services within the community.

CELEBRATING -Honouring Indigenous Women Awards

The Hamilton Wentworth Chapter of Native Women (NWC) is thrilled to announce the first annual Honouring Indigenous Women Awards. These awards celebrate significant contributions of women in our community who are leaders in several different areas and demonstrate their gifts by helping others as ‘We Share, We Care’ is our motto.

The Honouring Indigenous Women Awards will be presented each year at the Annual Gala Fundraiser held in November.
We are asking the community to come together and nominate women who demonstrate qualities of the Seven Grandfather Teachings Love, Humility, Courage, Bravery, Honesty, Wisdom and Truth in the following areas:
Nomination Categories:
Health
Education
Cultural Practice
Community Leadership
Women’s Issues

Please follow this link to download an application for canadate nomination today!!! Deadline Date October 6th, 2017

****Please be advised we are thankful for the donations we received of gently used clothing, shoes and items.

Please contact us at: nwc@nativewomenscentre.com to inquiry about delivery of donations.

Interested in becoming a member?.......Please click on this LINK.

Speaker Series begins June 21st- Indigenous Resiliency

MEDIA RELEASE CANADA 150 COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

2nd Annual Gala Honouring Indigenous Women Awards Native Women's Centre
Carmen's Banquet Centre
Wednesday November 15th, 2017
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Announcement:

Employment opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Third Party Fundraising partnership with NWC

SPONSOR A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ROOM AT HONOURING THE CIRCLE please click for here for more information!!!!

Do you have an community event? Why not hold you next community workshop at Honouring the Circle and know your donation will be placed back into expanding Native Women's Centre services and programming offered to community women and children!!!!!!!!!

How you can help? Not able to participate in a fundraising event, please consider a online donation.

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