CLIENT OUTREACH SERVICES

The Grind Pembroke recognizes that, due to life circumstances, many of its patrons and clients will always need support – be it food, hygiene products etc.

While limited resources will not allow us to support such individuals for extended periods of time, we try to do our best to identify how their short-term basic needs can be met – either directly from the community donations with which we are entrusted, or by referral to other community resources.

Because of our limitations, we started to re-focus our efforts prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the move from the downtown core. The goal of this re-focusing was to provide more of a “hands up” to help individuals in need become more resilient and self-supporting.

Many new services have been introduced to support the needs of our clients:

Tuesdays:
PRH Community Mental Health – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Care Coordinator – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesdays:
PRH Community Mental Health – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ontario Works – Community Service Outreach – 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Thursdays:
PRH Community Mental Health – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Care Coordinator (Nurse) – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Fridays:
PRH Community Mental Health – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Community Impact – 2024

The following assistance was provided:

  • Outreach Site Visits – 191
  • Outreach Contacts – 153

Community Impact – 2025

  • Outreach Site Visits – 47
  • Outreach Contacts – 55

Beginning 2026, due to staffing limitations The Grind will only be able to provide outreach services on an emergency basis.