Tag: Directions Youth Services

More Than Food and a Bed: Care with Dignity at the Core

Members from the Communications and Fund Development teams had the chance to sit down with Safehouse staff. We wanted to understand what they wish people knew a...

Running a Home for 9 Teenagers: What it Takes to Operate a 24/7/365 Youth Safehouse

Imagine a house with nine teenagers. Among the six bedrooms, there are nine beds, which are nearly always full. Youth share three bathrooms. Staff have desks in...

There’s More We Could Do: Stories from the Directions Art and Culture Program

The Art and Culture Program at the Directions Drop-In Centre is opening doors for the youth who attend. It's a place to build community, get in touch with parts...

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 Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program’s Story

This program is about far more than simply hanging out.

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...

Homelessness Action Week: FSGV is “Opening Doors with Entry Point Programs”

Throughout the month of October, FSGV invites the community to open doors to young people in the Lower Mainland by donating to, or volunteering with, Directions...

There’s More to Em’s Story

FSGV employee, Em, reflects on his experience as a homeless youth and how this experience shaped him.