Women's health collective

Women helping women
help themselves
since 1974

At the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective, we support women, non-binary,
and gender non-conforming individuals in fostering health, wellness,
and equity through feminist advocacy, shared knowledge, and accessible services.

Donate Who we are

Why We Exist

Our work responds to persistent barriers and challenges, particularly the systemic inequities that limit access to healthcare. Our aim has remained the same since our emergence, one that focuses on empowering women to take control of their own health through self-advocacy, information, knowledge, community involvement and activism.

Since 1971, the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective (VWHC) has spent over five decades advocating for health equity for all who self-identify as women, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse individuals. Over the years, VWHC evolved as a peer-led, feminist, and community-centered collective, offering free, low-barrier(with boundaries) services—counselling, resource access, drop-in supports, advocacy, energy exchange programs, workshops, and clinics facilitated in partnership with institutions like BC Women’s Hospital, Greater Vancouver Food Bank, The Heart Tattoo Society, and Naturopathic campuses.

We at the VWHC live, work, and play on the Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Swx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Territorial acknowledgments are just one small part of dismantling colonial worldviews. Please take a moment to think of other ways you can enact decolonization.

our services

Hours of Operation

Drop-in Centre

Wednesday – Friday 1pm – 4:30pm.

For quick updates, check out @vwhc_ on Instagram

Donations

To coordinate a donation drop-off please call the front desk
604.736.5262
604.704.6520

We gladly accept donations of clean clothing (sorry, no kids clothing), lightly used makeup, oral hygiene products, and new socks & underwear.

For more information, please visit our Giving Page

Every little bit counts.

Want to volunteer with us? Volunteer applications are welcome!

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