About Us

The YWCA Regina has been serving women and their families since 1910. We touch people from all walks of life, preschoolers to seniors. Our mission is to support and empower women, children and youth so that they can reach their full potential. Our services include:

• Low-cost supported housing
• Shelter for women and children escaping violence
• Shelter for homeless women and their children
• Emergency receiving shelters for children removed from their homes
• Child care centres
• Interventions for children exposed to violence
• Mentoring programs for children and teens
• Volunteer and social opportunities for seniors
• Summer urban camping program
• Annual awards program for women
• Conference and in-school programs to empower teen girls
• Encore Market (thrift store)
• Fitness and recreational facilities and programs

The YWCA Regina exists to support and empower women, children and youth in addressing their diverse needs in the realization of their full potential, which benefits all. And further, it exists so that:

• Women, children and youth are safe, secure and free from abuse,
• Women, youth and children are empowered and supported in making healthy choices,
• Women, youth and children are making independent choices and are taking responsibility for their lives, and
• Women, youth and children work towards a better world for themselves and others.

Run entirely on a volunteer basis, the store’s behind-the-scenes mission is to provide no- and low-cost clothing and household goods to women and children who are in transition. Every day, YWCA clients from My Aunt’s Place homeless shelter and Isabel Johnson Shelter for women fleeing domestic violence access essential goods that help them to start new homes and new lives.

In addition, Encore Market provides exceptional value and a great shopping environment to customers from the community, whatever their income or circumstances. Store profits directly benefit YWCA programs for women, children, youth, and families.

Encore Market’s inventory is supplied entirely by donations of goods from the community.