Help or Get Involved
with Soul Space
We welcome support in many ways, including offering financial support, gifts for frontline workers, or sharing of your skills and abilities.
Read Our
Case for Support
Discover how Soul Space is making a difference in the lives of Ottawa’s frontline workers—those who tirelessly support our community’s most vulnerable.
This case for support highlights the urgent need for emotional and spiritual care, the innovative programs we offer, and the transformative impact we’ve had.
Learn how your support can help us expand these life-changing initiatives and create lasting systemic change.
Financial Donations
Financial donations are always needed and welcome in order to support frontline workers' participation in Soul Space offerings at no cost to them. Your financial contribution is tax-deductible and can be a one-time or ongoing pledge of support. Acknowledgement of donations will be made and tax-receipts issued in January (by First United Church).
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You can easily support our cause by making a donation through Canada Helps. This secure platform allows you to contribute online at any time, providing a simple and convenient way to make a difference.
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Donations can be sent to treasurer@firstunitedchurchottawa.org with the designation "Soul Space".
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Cheques, made out to First United Church, with a cover note indicating the donation is for Soul Space can be mailed to:
First United Church, 347 Richmond Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 0E7.
Share Your Gifts & Skills
Become a Provider
Soul Space aims to meet the diverse needs and preferences for holistic wellbeing supports among frontline workers. If you would like to learn more about becoming a Soul Space Care Provider, please get in touch via the contact form below.
Share Your Skills
Additionally, we welcome help to support Soul Space in different ways, including but not limited to social media support, website maintenance, event promotion, grant writing & review, helping with transportation of frontline workers to retreats, catering, etc. Please get in touch with us to discuss how your skills and offering(s) might fit within the range of Soul Space programs.
Share Your Space
We are currently seeking programming space in downtown Ottawa that can provide on-the-ground support for frontline workers (e.g., a drop-in centre, place to gather, connect, celebrate and to grieve), as well as sites closer to nature (30-50 minutes outside of Ottawa) for our retreats. If you have space that you are willing to share or lease, please get in touch!
Many thanks are owed to so many past and present supporters of Soul Space!
A Special Thank You
Soul Space offerings would not be possible without the generosity of many organizations and individuals to support the development of Soul Space and to provide offerings and retreats to frontline street health and harm reduction workers at little to no cost.
Soul Space is overseen by a Steering Committee appointed by the Church Council of First United, a committee that provides program oversight as well as duty of care and financial accountability.
100% of all donations directed to Soul Space are used for the programming of Soul Space.
Special thanks from the following organizations that helped with either in-kind or financial support:
Earthen Vessels Studio
St. Paul's Eastern United Church (formerly)
Kitchissippi United Church
Forest Therapy Ottawa
Centretown United Church
Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council, United Church of Canada
United Church of Canada Foundation & EDGE Network
Pass the Feather
Hintonburg Pottery Studio
First United Church
Dominion Chalmers
United Church
Individual donations from the Community-at-large
Wild Roots Nature
and Forest School
Misiwe Ni Relations
Healing Lodge
Glebe St. James
United Church
Encore Fashions
on Fourth
Bridgehead Coffee House
282 Elgin St.
