Grande Prairie’s Emergency Shelter & Supportive Housing Centre
For women and children in need of safety and support
Our Services
Emergency Shelter
42 beds in a private, secure, welcoming facility. For women and children in need of short-term emergency accommodation.
Serenity Place
An apartment building for women, with or without children, in need of safe, affordable housing and specialized programming.
Community Support Services
The healing journey can be long and difficult. It wasn’t made to be walked alone. Programs open to residential and outreach clients.
Childcare Support
Get the help you need. After-school and respite care for children is provided for residents. Outreach clients can also access childcare during group support.
Public Education
Community awareness is key to the prevention of family violence. Our Public Education Coordinator is active in the community, advocating healthy relationships.
Volunteer
You only need two things to make a difference: a desire to help, and a decision to act. Share your interests and talents with the residents at Odyssey House.
About Odyssey House
Odyssey House is a non-profit organization and registered charity. We provide safe, secure, and supportive accommodation for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence, are in crisis, or in need of a housing alternative. Odyssey House is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In the 2018/2019 year, we supported 297 women and 164 children at our emergency shelter. We facilitated 140 groups attended by 900 people. Our Trauma counselors provided 216 hours of therapy to 80 individuals. Our second stage shelter supported 25 women and 27 children. We delivered 385 presentations with a total of 6379 individuals in attendance. Our Family Resource Centre had 1720 visits to the program and provided a total of 5125 hours of programming to children that are accessing services. We had 3,386 calls to the crisis line.

Serenity Place provides comfortable, affordable accommodations to help you get back on your feet.
Past Testimonials
How You Can Help
There are multiple ways you can donate to support Odyssey house, from online donations to Gift-In-Kind contributions and more.
Volunteers support almost every program at Odyssey House, including Public Education, Child Care, Administration, and kitchen support.
As a legal member, you can vote at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and help guide our course over the years to come.