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URL:https://nellies.org/events/sherbournes-women-in-need-klinik-wink-2024-
 10-02-2024-10-09-2024-10-16-2024-10-23-2024-10-30-2024-11-06-2024-11-13-20
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SUMMARY:Women In Need ‘KLINIK’ (WINK) [Sherbourne Health]
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe drop-in is located on the second floor\, the el
 evator will not work before 9:00am. We have a table during WINK's hot brea
 kfast.\n\nSherbourne Health | WINK (Women in Need ‘Klinik’) - Sherbour
 ne Health\n\n--\n\nWINK provides accessible\, barrier-free services to wom
 en who are homeless\, underhoused\, sex workers\, use drugs\, and/or those
  experience poverty. WINK is trans-inclusive. Taking place every Wednesday
  morning\, WINK offers a unique combination of health care\, one-to-one su
 pport\, goal planning and community building.\n\nWomen come to WINK for a 
 nutritious breakfast\, personal health\, harm reduction supplies\, and mor
 e importantly\, to access an interdisciplinary health care team for direct
  one-to-one health support\, and group-based health promotion activities. 
 WINK participants also engage in artistic and self-care programming.\n\nTh
 e WINK team includes a physician\, nurse\, and front line resource workers
  who support acute needs\, social-emotional support\, crisis intervention 
 and longer term health care planning. On average\, upwards of 50 women att
 end WINK weekly. WINK sees over 1\,000 client visits annually.\n\n\n\n\n\n
 Impact\n\n 	Access to health care support: by accessing the interdisciplin
 ary WINK health care team\, women can address urgent health needs\, on-the
 -spot crisis counselling\, and longer term health planning. Women are also
  connected to services at partner agencies to improve wellness.\n 	Inspire
 d healthy living: At WINK\, women are empowered with health knowledge and 
 information to improve their overall wellness. Through health education pr
 esentations and workshops on topics ranging from heart health and blood pr
 essure to diabetes management\, women learn how to improve their overall h
 ealth.\n 	Reduced isolation: By participating in WINK and sharing meals to
 gether\, women build relationships with other members\, increasing confide
 nce and resilience. As homelessness and poverty can be isolating experienc
 es\, coming to WINK helps to grow a sense of belonging.\n\nYour support to
  WINK matters. Through generous donations and community support\, we can o
 ffer kind and caring health services to women in need to help them on thei
 r path to wellness.\n\nWe encourage you to donate now. Click here to donat
 e.\nThe Need\nFor women in Toronto who are experiencing homelessness\, the
  health challenges they face on the streets\, from acute conditions to lon
 g-term mental health needs\, lead to complex health issues. The City of To
 ronto’s Street Needs Assessment (2021) found that 7\,347 people in the c
 ity are experiencing homelessness and 34 per cent were women. The health i
 mpacts of homelessness are severe—chronic conditions are exacerbated by 
 poverty\, mental health and addictions issues are prevalent\, and the cond
 itions of living on the streets impact health while impeding access to car
 e. There are also very few services that specifically focus on support for
  women experiencing homelessness.\n\n“The services that are offered here
  are very important because it keeps us involved in community and without 
 that\, we would be lost – quite literally roaming the streets. This is a
  very important program and funders need to know that. Funders keep giving
 !” - Amara\, 48 years old\, WINK client\n\n\n\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:General
LOCATION:Sherbourne Health\,  333 Sherbourne Street\, at Sherbourne and Ger
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