SafeSpace closing Old East Village location [Video]

A drop-in shelter for women and gender-nonconforming Londoners living unsheltered is closing its doors in the Old East Village and transitioning to an outreach service.

As of Oct. 12, SafeSpace London will stop providing services at its location at the corner of Dundas and Lyle (679 Dundas Street) and pivot to an outreach model that brings services directly to clients experiencing homelessness.

Describing the change as a “pivot,” the agency will no longer be able to provide services such as showers, laundry, and resting spaces.

Training the agency’s members to perform outreach in the community will require a pause in service.

Executive Director Jenna Rose Sands was unavailable to speak with CTV News about the changes when contacted on Wednesday afternoon.

Coun. Susan Stevenson said the location in the OEV business district was always intended to be temporary.

“It was a new thing that was done temporarily out of [an] …