Welcome to Our
Neighbourhood House

The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTESNH) provides a dignified and welcoming space for all community members.

Our Programs and Services

Drop-ins

Our Drop-in Programs focus on food literacy, healthy meal preparation, culinary exploration, and urban farming practices. These include a Community, Family and Early Years Drop-ins.

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Our Community Kitchens provide a space for community building and the sharing of recipes. We currently run a Children’s Community Kitchen and a Chinese Elders Community Kitchen.

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Community Kitchens

Food & Nutrition

Offering people a choice of the foods they ingest is a critical piece of the NH food philosophy. Our Food Programs include Nutritional Outreach, our Right to Food Zine, Communitiy Kitchens and more.

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Our Vision

The secular, grassroots Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH) aims to provide meaningful opportunities for our neighbours to engage with and contribute to their community in an equitable atmosphere of sharing and learning.

Get Involved

The Downtown Eastside Neighborhood House allegiance is to the low-income community while welcoming all, offering a distinct opportunity for those with privilege to contribute in creating equitable relationships in a society where everyone is in fact, not equal. As an emerging Neighbourhood House with limited means, we welcome Volunteers and Donations.

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Last Friday, as part of Neighbourhood House Week celebrations happening across the city, we had the awesome opportunity of bringing the smoothie bike to the @mountpleasantnh . It was such a joy to connect with the little ones in their daycare and pre
This week is Neighbourhood House week! We are excited to be celebrating this week along with many other Neighbourhood Houses across the city, celebrating the magic and power of our Neighbourhood house communities. Part of this celebration is the ye
Let’s Talk Housing! with Carnegie board member Jean Swanson. Jean is gathering input and having important conversations with DTES residents during Community Drop-In at the DTES Neighborhood House on Tuesday May 9th at 10am. This will inform her
Callout for Mug donations! Spread the word 💛 Donations can be dropped off during Community Drop-in hours: MON-WED 10am-2pm at the Neighbourhood House (573 E Hastings St.). Or reach out to us here on instagram to find another time that works better
Another post of celebration and thanks as we close out National Volunteer Appreciation week! Although we don’t have photos of all our volunteers, we appreciate each and every single one of you - in and out of these photos - and all the work you