Tag: 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...

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 Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program’s Story

This program is about far more than simply hanging out.

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...

There’s More to Em’s Story

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

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...

The Cutest Graduation: Celebrating Another Year of COLTS

In June, Family Services of Greater Vancouver hosted our annual graduation ceremony for youth and their children in our COLTS program.

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