Tag: Directions

Community Partnership: Fighting for Food Security

Vancouver Food Runners (VFR) launched in 2020 in response to seeing article after article about the rapidly rising rates of food insecurity during the pandemic....

There’s More to Kate’s Story

Enda, Program Coordinator for the Street Youth Job Action (SYJA) program at Directions, shares with us a story about Kate. Kate is a youth who came to SYJA tryi...

There’s More to Harp’s Story

Running the Food Program at Directions is Harp's dream job, but for them it's about so much more than the food.

Entry Point Programs Open Doors

Entry Point Programs at Directions, like our Food Program and 2SLGBTQIA+ Program, get youth in the doors and give us a chance to build rapport. Where we go from...

Pride at Directions Youth Services

Since Directions began, there have always been 2SLGBTQIA+ youth coming, and welcome, here. At the beginning of 2023, we were able to launch the Directions 2SLGB...

Directions Youth Services Salon Day

Our Directions 2SLGBTQIA+ Program is hosting a a FREE salon day for gender affirming haircuts. Open to 2SLGBTQIA+ youth ages 16-24, Field Trip Hair Salon will ...

Speaking up for Trans, Gender Diverse, and Two-Spirit Youth

On November 29, 2023, Directions Youth Services 2SLGBTQIA+ Programing Coordinator Alysha Somerton spoke at a Vancouver City Council meeting. The topic? Councill...

What is Poverty Reduction?

At Family Services of Greater Vancouver, we often talk about the work we do in "poverty reduction." But what does this really mean? There are a few definitions ...

Directions: Past, Present, Future (Part 3)

Did ya miss parts 1 or 2? Part 1 Part 2 In Part 2, we focused on some of the ways that being youth-informed has shaped our programming from the y...

Directions: Past, Present, Future (Part 1)

This October, as a combined celebration of Safehouse (one of Directions' foundational programs) and in honour of Homelessness Action Week, we're taking a look a...

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