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Health Services: Employment Counselling and Community Hub

health services: W. Sistering is a community hub where women can access health services, employment counselling and housing support, and also take knitting or yoga classes and share meals with friends, according to Toronto Star. It is also increasingly being used as a makeshift home for women with complex health issues who can't get into the shelter system or afford a place to call home. We don't want that time to be a downer, we want that time to feel like they have someone in their lives, that they have someone who cares and that's us, said Karleen Spence, a community support worker at the 24/7 drop-in on Bloor St. At night, they spread out to sleep in reclining chairs or on mats on the floor. Article Continued Below With this coming holiday season, the number of women who are coming to Sistering has increased significantly, Bray said, especially as the temperatures drop. Wendy Bray, Sistering's fund development manager, said the goal year-round is to help women in a tough place feel loved and supported. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.