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Manitoba Possible’s new home will be a model of accessibility

It’s ten-to-six on Tuesday evening. Supper Club hasn’t officially started, but the kitchen at Manitoba Possible’s 825 Sherbrook Street location is already alive.

Recreation Facilitator, McKenna, is on a mission searching for the hand mixer. She finds the whisk attachments first. But not the handle.

She pauses the search to greet every person with excitement and details about tonight’s meal they’ll be cooking together.

By 6:00 the room is packed. And everyone is helping search for the missing hand mixer.

The solution, eventually, is to use the blender. And the meal comes together the way Supper Club often does—imperfectly, but with a lot of conversation and fun.

For Bill, attending Supper Club has been a regular part of his social calendar for three years. From the beginning, he felt a sense of belonging.

“It’s given me a lot of opportunity to connect with people like myself,” he says. “This place also helped me with my confidence, feeling like a normal human being and being part of a truly amazing community. I would be lost without a community like this.”
Manitoba Possible’s 825 Sherbrook Street location was built 60 years ago. Back then, it stood as a leader in accessible design. But time has started to show itself in the small space, outdated accessibility, and the whisk that can no longer do its job.

Today, there is again an opportunity to build a new home for Manitoba Possible—one that shows what’s possible when accessibility and inclusion are shaped by lived experience and built into the design from the very start.

Manitoba Possible’s Breaking Barriers Campaign will transform 1680 Notre Dame Avenue into a model of accessibility. At the heart of it will be a space built for programs like Supper Club to thrive — a 1,800-square-foot Community Kitchen with accessibility woven into every detail.

“When we began imagining a new space for Manitoba Possible, a welcoming and accessible community gathering place was one of the most critical needs,” says Manitoba Possible CEO, Lindsey Cooke. “When spaces are designed for everyone, our whole community becomes stronger. The kitchen will be an example of that. It’ll be a welcoming place to connect and see what truly inclusive, purpose-built design can make possible.”

The redevelopment of 1680 Notre Dame Avenue is not simply a capital project; it is a visible demonstration of what is possible when community works together to remove barriers.

You can help build a vibrant community-focused
home for Manitoba Possible.

This is the model of accessibility we can build together.

Donate at ManitobaPossible.ca

A BUILDING WHERE ACCESSIBILITY LEADS DESIGN:

Shared spaces where independent disability-serving organizations can work together— strengthened by coordinated support, shared knowledge, and collective action.

A first-of-its-kind, real-world environment where more than 12,000 clients of the Manitoba Wheelchair Program can test equipment alongside occupational therapists and wheelchair technicians.

A welcoming hub for programs that support financial literacy, disability education, and American Sign Language learning for Deaf newcomers.