Mission

To provide emergency shelter and transitional housing, and to support self-help where people are struggling to escape or avoid homelessness.

The Unity Project aspires to:

• Serve people seeking shelter and support by providing 24-hour access to an involved and caring staff and their support services;
• Empower and engage residents, staff   and volunteers to meaningfully participate in and contribute to the mission and development of the Unity Project;
• Provide a stable, home-like setting for residents in which individual needs can be assessed and addressed by staff and through processes of peer support and with the help of all available community services;
• Encourage and develop understanding of the Unity Project values to increase the ability of residents to live within a community environment;
• Facilitate the development and/or strengthening of life skills among the residents.
• Help residents to develop a better understanding of their own needs and to pursue their individual goals
• To always improve the staff and community supports available to residents to prevent homelessness.

The Unity Project functions on four basic principles:

mutual respect

We are all equal. All persons can make worthwhile contributions to enhance the community. Within that community, we accept and respect others unique differences regardless of race, personal background, political or religious beliefs, sex, age, sexual identity or personal limitations.

cooperation

All those living and working at the Unity Project are working towards a common end and must work together in order to attain our goals.

compassion

Those in need can and should be helped without accusation or judgment.

interdependence

By contributing our personal strengths to our community we create a support network that can help us all in our daily lives.