Tag: Youth Services
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....
Read MoreThere’s More to Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program’s Story
This program is about far more than simply hanging out.
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 MoreThere’s More to Em’s Story
FSGV employee, Em, reflects on his experience as a homeless youth and how this experience shaped him.
Read MorePride 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...
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJustice After Exploitation: Our 2nd Annual Webinar for Victims and Survivors of Crime Week
A brief overview of our 2nd annual webinar in honour of Victims and Survivors of Crime Week along with a link to the recording and slides from the presentation....
Read MoreJustice After Exploitation: Supporting Youth Victims Navigate the Criminal Justice System
Join Family Services of Greater Vancouver as Brenda Lochhead, a long-time Victim Support Worker and counter-exploitation expert, shares her insights into how be...
Read MoreDirections 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 ...
Read MoreDirections: 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...
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