Tag: Directions Youth Services
In Their Own Words: Client Quotes from 2025
“The support we have is priceless. Thank you!” As 2025 comes to a close, Family Services of Greater Vancouver is sharing some client quotes. Why? So you can...
Read MoreMore 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...
Read MoreRunning 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...
Read MoreThere’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...
Read MoreCommunity 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....
Read MoreThere’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...
Read MoreThere’s More to Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program’s Story
This program is about far more than simply hanging out.
Read MoreThere’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.
Read MoreEntry 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...
Read MoreHomelessness 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...
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