YWCA Brandon

YWCA Meredith Place is a quality, 24 hour co-ed facility, with 21 bedrooms. Transitional housing and supervised care is offered to a wide variety of clients in need of safe, supportive, affordable housing. The residents of Meredith Place are provided with shelter, meals, support, information and referrals to assist them in acquiring skills to move towards their maximum level of independence. Emergency Units are also available for women and children who are homeless.

YWCA Westman Women’s Shelter offers safe, emergency accommodation to women and their children who are fleeing family violence. The Shelter is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Shelter can accommodate up to 24 women and children and has a common dining room, large children’s playroom, and living room and laundry facilities. Trained counsellors offer information, make appropriate referrals to community agencies that include assistance with legal issues, locating housing and offer daily counselling sessions to both women and children. The Shelter also offers individual and group counselling to women and children, follow-up support, children’s programs, public education and a 24 hour crisis line for people who experience abuse and in the community.