A healthy, safe, and connected downtown Winnipeg community
They say that nothing worth doing ever came easy, and that’s true for the Downtown Community Safety Partnership (DCSP) as they strive to create a healthier, safer, and more connected downtown community. Those goals are certainly worthwhile,... Read more ›
On Nov. 1, 2022, the Government of Manitoba announced a $3.6 million grant for the Downtown Community Safety Partnership. The funding will allow the DCSP to continue its important work of creating a healthier, safer, and more connected... Read more ›
One of the Downtown Community Safety Partnership’s (DCSP) main goals is to meet people where they’re at. That’s meant in the figurative sense – conveying that the DCSP is there for everyone, regardless of whether they work, play, or... Read more ›
They say that to get to truly know someone, you have to walk a mile in their shoes. As a member of the DCSP’s CONNECT team that offers frontline assistance to members of the downtown community, Vincent Lillie literally gets to walk many... Read more ›
One year after the Manitoba government invested $5 million in the Downtown Community Safety Partnership (DCSP), the not-for-profit organization has grown its partnerships and community service to create a healthier, safer and more connected... Read more ›
The DCSP has launched a community safety app with resources to enhance personal safety for any community member while in the downtown area. Resources include safety contact numbers for various downtown organizations as well as links to... Read more ›
Alex became a DCSP client in the spring of 2020. She was known for unsafe behaviour when using methamphetamines and would often be found committing acts of petty theft and vandalism while under the influence of drugs. Alex was living out of a... Read more ›
The Downtown Community Safety Partnership’s (DCSP) goal of creating a healthy, safe, and connected downtown Winnipeg community takes a lot of dedication and commitment. The organization is lucky, then, to have local educator and community... Read more ›
When we first started working with Chris, she had been discharged from her personal care home without alternate housing arrangements or a discharge plan. She was using hotels that consumed a month's worth of rent funding in only a few days,... Read more ›
Winnipeggers are glad to be on the other side of a vicious cold snap that had weather stations regularly reading temperatures below -30 with the windchill, but for those living in the city’s core without a warm and safe place to call home,... Read more ›
My name is "Jamie" and I have been working with the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ CHAT (now the Downtown Community Safety Partnership (DCSP) Community Outreach Advocacy Resource (COAR) Team) /DCSP for almost two years. When I was first referred, I... Read more ›
The Downtown Community Safety Partnership’s (DCSP) first patrol team is actively engaging with the downtown community. The CONNECT Team, formerly the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ WATCH, has transitioned to the DCSP to provide frontline... Read more ›