Resources

Ally Centre of Cape Breton

  • Harm reduction
  • Needle exchange
  • Overdose prevention site
  • Primary care (nurse, doctor)
  • Coordinated access (housing)
  • Food and clothing bank
  • Naloxone training/kits

Phone: 902-567-1766

E-mail: christine.porter@bellaliant.com

Website: https://www.allycentreofcapebreton.com/

Cape Breton Community Housing

  • Community Homeless Shelter
  • Housing Support (finding/retaining housing)
  • Supportive Housing for Men

Phone: (902) 539-0025

E-mail: communityhousing@cbcha.ca

https://www.facebook.com/CapeBretonCommunityHousingAssociation/

Jane Paul Centre

  • Supports and services for indigenous women and girls living in Sydney

Phone: (902) 539-5890

Website: https://www.facebook.com/janepaulcentre/

Transition House

  • Crisis shelter for women and children fleeing violence
  • Second stage supportive housing for women and children in Sydney and Glace Bay
  • Supportive counselling, referral, advocacy, and court support

Phone: (902) 539-2945

E-mail: cbtha@cbtha.com

Website: https://www.facebook.com/cbthawillowhouse/

Every Women’s Centre

  • Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
  • Emergency support for individual needs
  • Emergency housing for women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • Free gently used clothing

Phone: (902) 567-1212

E-mail: director@everywomanscentre.com

Website: https://www.everywomanscentre.com/

Loaves and Fishes

  • Soup kitchen providing free lunchtime meals (Monday to Friday)

Website: http://www.loavesandfishescb.com/

E-mail: loavesandfishes139@yahoo.ca

Phone: 902-539-5182

211 Nova Scotia

  • 24/7 navigational assistance in over 100 languages connecting people with unmet social or human needs with organizations able to meet those needs

Phone: 211

E-mail: help@ns.211.ca

Website: https://ns.211.ca/

Cape Breton Regional Police (CBRP)

  • Business/Organization Environmental Design Audit: crime prevention through environmental design
  • Needle disposal

For more information, call: 902-563-5151.

Sydney Downtown Development Association (partnership with the CBRP)

  • Police Response Protocol Education
  • De-escalation and Communication Training
  • How/When to Enact Protection of Property Act
  • Observation and Identification Training (how to identify potential shop lifters and how to handle the situation)

Website: https://www.downtownsydney.ca/

For more information, call: (902)-562-3399