The West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre offeres services for both adults and seniors as a core tenant of the work that we do. Our programming for both adults and seniors were founded in 2013, a concept brought forth by members of our Board of Directors and the Executive Director. This program was seen as a natural extension of the work that we were doing with LGBTQ2+ youth, and parents of LGBTQ2+ individuals.
One of the primary goals of this program is to help break down the isolation felt by many LGBTQ2+ people, and building a strong community to improving individual resilience. Reducing isolation can take on many forms, and our programs reflect just two of those forms; reducing isolation through socializing; and reducing isolation through sensitization.
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Thursday Dinner for Adults and SeniorsOur Thursday Dinners for Adults and Seniors is a Drop-In, in person program every Thursday with the last session of the month occurring on Zoom where people who identify as part of the LGBTQ2+ community are free to come and join us in a meal while building a supportive of other LGBTQ2+ people.
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When is it?Our meetings are on Thursdays from 4pm until 8pm. Dinner is usually served at 6pm. On the last Thursday of the month meetings take place online on Zoom. To learn more about our schedule and to receive a Zoom link please email us at [email protected]
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Where is it?We are located inside Beaconsfield United Church on Woodside Road.
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Who is invited?LGBTQ2+ people over
the age of 25. |
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From Isolation to Community Outreach InitiativeFrom Isolation to Community is a specialized outreach service that the West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre offeres to seniors' based institutions in the West Island and surrounding regions. It provides sensitivity and inclusion training to staff, volunteers, and administrations of seniors based institutions.
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514.353.2463 514.493.4484
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Tel-Aide514.493.4484Anonymous and confidential listening service for anyone who suffers from loneliness or stress, who are emotionally distressed or angry, or who simply need to confide in someone who will listen without judgement |
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email
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phone
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514.794.5428
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address
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202 Woodside Road, Beaconsfield, QC, H9W2P1
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We humbly and gratefully acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehà:Ka (Mohawk) people. This land has historically served as a meeting place for many Indigenous nations, including the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabe, and is currently home to Indigenous communities from across Turtle Island and the world.