We present this Abbotsford Community Services Website to keep you, our community, well informed of who we are, our activities and what we are attempting to do on your behalf. We hope you will use it in an interactive way to keep us informed of your needs and evaluation of our services.

The Adoptive Families Association of BC has supported adoption and adoptive families since 1977. Our province-wide family services ensure that people considering adoption and those who have already adopted, are educated and supported. We are dedicated to finding a family for every child.

Located downtown Victoria BC, the BCAAFC is the umbrella association for 24 Friendship Centres throughout the Province of British Columbia. Friendship Centres provide a number of quality services to the Aboriginal communities located in an urban setting.

BC Association of Family Resource Program is a networking, consulting and advocacy organization that has been working to strengthen and support families in BC since 1989. This organization supports its members' efforts to empower families and communities so they can foster the healthy development of children within the context of the family.

Our Mission is to provide community based services that enhance the quality of life of children, youth, and adults with disabilities, and their families, in ways that facilitate and build competencies and foster inclusion in all aspects of life.
The Centre is housed in a fully accessible building in Vancouver, with regional offices in Richmond and the North Shore. The Centre offers lending libraries for therapeutic toys, equipment, books and video tapes; an adaptive computer lab and software for assessment and testing; and a family resource centre with information for families and caregivers.

OUR MISSION: FIN-BC is a network of individuals and organizations promoting and supporting positive involvement of fathers.

The Studio is now entering its eighteenth year of operation, providing a free and safe haven for Vancouver street youth in an atmosphere of friendly, creative activity. This includes writing, drawing in various media, acrylic and oil painting.

Burnaby Mental Wealth Society is a non-profit organization started by Mental health consumers in 1993. The Society operates a "CLUBHOUSE" - a psychosocial rehabilitation day facility for adults with severe and persistent mental illness.

The Health and Home Care Society of BC have taken care of British Columbians through healthcare initiatives tailored to the communities we serve. We continue this tradition of caring today with preventive and supportive health services that keep people healthy and in the comfort of their own homes, communities and workplaces. Meals on Wheels; Family Respite Centre; Community Integration Project; Plus!

Our Registered Nurses have delivered Health Promotion Services since 1997 to workplaces, pharmacies and individuals in 120 communities throughout the province. We offer immunizations, health education, screening tests, occupational health and other services, customized to the needs of our clients. By using our services, businesses promote good health to their staff or clients while providing much-needed support for our charitable programs in the community!

Through the primary use of First Nations healing and counseling techniques we assist those who are suffering take the necessary steps to reclaim their lives and gain a sense of self worth, direction and purpose. We address individuals' physical, emotional, pscho-social and spiritual needs while providing them with safe places to heal, pray and find the answers they are seeking through connecting to the Great Spirit.

Coast is a co-operative community that provides high quality supported housing, employment programs, social opportunities and other community mental health services for people with a serious and persistent mental illness.

Listed here are the organizations and agencies that deal with missing and abducted children in Canada.

• Bridge Community Health Clinic
• Downtown Community Health Centre
• Evergreen Community Health Centre
• Health Contact Centre
• LifeSkills Centre
• North Community Health Centre
• Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre
• Pender Community Health Centre
• Raven Song Community Health Centre
• South Community Health Centre
• Three Bridges Community Health Centre
• Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) - Vancouver

Covenant House Vancouver exists for those young people for whom there is often no one else — young people aged 16 - 24 who have either willingly fled physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse or those who have been forced from their homes.  Each young person is treated individually and everything from their cultural and religious needs to dietary restrictions is incorporated into their care.

CNIB is the primary source of support, information and most importantly, hope, for all Canadians affected by vision loss.
We are recognized experts in vision health and have been making a profound difference in the lives of Canadians since 1918.
At CNIB it is well understood that there are ways to enjoy a good quality of life for any of us experiencing vision loss, and important preventive steps we can all take to maintain vision health.

The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre serves the communities of Burnaby, Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and the Sea-to-Sky Corridor including Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish. Click on the links above to learn more about stress and suicide, our 24-Hour Distress Line, our Youth Education and Professional Development programs as well as how to become a volunteer.

• 24-Hour Distress Line
• Youth Education
• Professional Development
• Become a Volunteer

We believe that it is the right of every individual, in their time of need, to have access to free, confidential, anonymous and non-judgmental peer counselling, and/or information and referrals. Our 24-Hour line and our Youth Support Line are available 24-hours a day, and are staffed by highly trained volunteers.

DIVERSE city community resources society is a registered non-profit agency offering a wide range of services and programs to the immigrant and refugee communities of Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley. DIVERSE city community resources society is accredited by the `Council on Accreditation’ (COA) and its services are delivered through five main departments, namely:

• Family Services
• Settlement and Integration Services,
• Language Programs
• Career Services
• Interpretation and Translation Services

Delivering a wide range of vital outreach services to the street-involved people of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside." The nature of all DEYAS services is the provision of "windows of opportunity" for clients wanting to make lifestyle changes or to exit the street.

A charitable private foundation with a unique, direct funding/fundraising approach that responds to the 'living needs' of needy individuals, students, families, elderly, and low-income landed immigrants/permanent residents in North America.

At some point in life, everyone gets stuck. Since 1928, people experiencing challenges have been turning to Family Services of Greater Vancouver—a community-based not-for-profit organization providing crucial social services to children, youth, adults, and families across Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey. We offer support, provide hope, and present opportunities—helping people realize and create possibilities for themselves. All of our work is about building healthy, vibrant tomorrows.
Counselling & Support-Youth Services-Addiction Services-Community Education-Employment & Skills-Adoption Services-Employee Assistance

When most people think about health care, they think of their local hospital, but Fraser Health is much more. We're a network of integrated health services working together to meet your health care needs.
We are the community hospital where you go to repair the broken leg you suffered on a weekend ski trip; the referral hospital where specialists save the life of your newborn after a high-risk birth; the residential care facility or assisted living facility where your elderly loved one receives care; the public health unit where your new baby is weighed and immunized; the mental health and addictions office where you can get support if you suspect a family member is suffering from depression or substance abuse; the home health workers who visit your disabled neighbour and offer the support needed to live independently; and the environmental health officers who monitor everything from your favourite local restaurant to your drinking water. (Click on any link above for contact information.)

We are a non-profit multi-purpose agency meeting the needs of residents of New Westminster, British Columbia and the surrounding communities. Through our programs including counselling, mental health services, community living and advocacy, we promote personal development and direct individuals to resources that can help them overcome challenges.

Gather & Give provides a variety of support services to organizations working with those in need, the homeless, those in transition, refugees, immigrants and individuals and families in crisis.

Gordon Neighbourhood House serves Vancouver's West End community and offers varied and diverse programs for people of all ages and backgrounds. We are able to do this because of the invaluable help we receive from our 200+ volunteers every year. Activities include: low-cost clothing, inexpensive meals, pre-teen programs, parenting sessions, English language courses, job skills training, and day trips and programs for seniors.

The mission of Greater Vancouver Community Services Society is to support, through the delivery of services in our facilities or in the community, the independence and well being of the elderly, people with disabilities, and those individuals disadvantaged by financial, physical and psychosocial conditions.

Dealing with from getting married to personal loses. These may include: Getting Married – Adoption – The Teenage Years – Multiple Births/Fostering – Separated Families – Divorce/Separation - Gender Differences & Change – A Pet's Death – And losses that are hard to define.

It's about families moving into their first decent, affordable home. "One house and one family at a time".All homes are sold to families in need of adequate shelter, using no profit, interest free mortgages. Our mission is simple: to eliminate poverty housing and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat for Humanity   (Canada)

Our vision is to ensure that no Canadian is denied medical care for inability to afford air travel. To achieve our mission, we arrange free flights to recognized health facilities for medical treatment unavailable in a patient's home.

The Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISS) is a not-for-profit charitable organization that provides settlement, community, English-language, training and employment services to immigrants, refugees and students in Canada.

Comprehensive information and referral service for the Lower Mainland. Provides information on and referral to, community and social services, including counseling, health, financial assistance, housing, employment, education, recreation, cultural, and legal services. Service is funded by the United Way of the Lower Mainland and the City of Vancouver. Hours: 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

BC schools are committed to ensuring schools are safe, healthy and inclusive places. Increasingly schools are seeking evidence-based programs and practices, as well as tools to evaluate the success of their efforts. To assist in these efforts, the Institute for Safe Schools (ISS) offers a resource library for interested members of the public. Additionally, we have an ambitious research and resource development commitment. 

"A non profit organization dedicated to providing shelter and care for those in need, reflecting the love of God in loving one another."

Our Programs:

· The Adoption Centre

· Community Access Program (CAP)

· Community Information & Volunteer Centre

· Crisis Line

· The Family Friend Program

· Family Group Conference Program

· Host & Buddy Immigrant Program

· Immigration / Settlement Program

· Kids Count Program

· Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP)

· Supervised Access Visit Program

The Kettle Friendship Society began 25 years ago, providing support and services to mental health consumers in Vancouver. Since then The Kettle has grown into a registered charity, offering a cost-effective alternative to over-burdened hospital/mental health facilities.

Leaders of Tomorrow program works to foster Leadership by developing the leaders of today and tomorrow Mentorship by pairing ambitious students with experienced industry professionals Networking by providing opportunities to interact with the business community Volunteerism by encouraging involvement in the Greater Vancouver community

A non-profit, charitable organization, providing sectarian lay services to adult men and women who suffer from a wide variety of problems including mental illness, mental handicaps, medical problems, physical disabilities, social dysfunctions, substance abuse or - more frequently - a combination of problems.

Mainstream provides forty-plus residential programs, and over 28 day programs to 450-plus mentally and/or physically challenged children, youth, adults, seniors and their families in BC. Mainstream's Board, membership and staff believe in our clients, rights to rich, productive lives. We aim to assist clients in achieving the substance of this belief.

VON BC Meals on Wheels delivers approximately 450 nutritious meals to homebound seniors, people with chronic or acute medical conditions and other individuals recovering from surgery, illness or injury. The program offers a variety of well-balanced meals that meet special dietary requirements where possible. The program also offers Chinese meal service, delivered by Chinese-speaking volunteers.

The NEED Crisis and Information Line serves Greater Victoria, Port Renfrew, and Toll free from the Southern Gulf Islands (1-866-386-6323) on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Our 24 Hour Line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Youth Line is staffed by youth, for youth, and is available from 4pm - 10pm, 7 days a week. Crisis Line: (250-6323)

Our purpose is to help locate missing, lost or abducted children and adults. We work with policing agencies by passing on important information that will assist in locating missing individuals. Once NAMCA is notified that a person is missing, we gather information from the parent, guardian or police and have them sign an authorization form.

Offers a range of information and referral services for residents of the North Shore of Vancouver.

The Peachland Wellness Centre is committed to the vision of healthy communities achieved through community advocacy and direct local services. A community is often best suited to provide for the needs of its residents.

To promote harmony and intercultural understanding for the purpose of building a more inclusive and mutually respectful society; to ensure equal access to jobs and services, and to work with other agencies and institutions.

The PACE model seems to be a good one for direct services to this highly specialized and very vulnerable target group. PACE is dedicated to the reduction of harm and abolition of conditions that lead to prostitution. We provide outreach, counselling, housing (for individuals under 24yrs of age), prevention presentations, and an IDU drop-in center for sex workers from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver who have started their own cooperative business.

Quest feeds 15,000 homeless and hungry people in the Lower Mainland each month. We collect good food that businesses would otherwise send to landfills and serve the food as hot sit-down meals in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and also distribute it to over 70 social service agencies.

Ray-Cam has been a part of the Downtown Eastside community for over 20 years. In addition to recreational facilities, the centre has free or low-cost programs for almost every age group. Many of these programs are designed for local community people, and therefore a membership is required to participate.

eboot Canada accepts donations of computer equipment from companies and individuals throughout Canada.  At any one of our offices we refurbish as much of the equipment as possible.  The equipment is then made available for distribution to organizations across Canada.  Over 3,000 organizations have received equipment from reBOOT Canada by applying to our program and working with us to solve their needs and increase their access to technology

The mandate is preventing child abuse and promoting healthy parent-child relationships by supporting parenting, families, and communities. This is achieved by providing support and information to parents. The goal is building healthy communities, one family at a time.

Our mission is to identify a broad spectrum of human needs on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond and respond to them in a creative, caring and fiscally responsible way. This is achieved by providing information, services, advocacy and working with other individuals, groups and organizations.   Semiahmoo House Society (Local:Surrey, BC)

"To provide and mobilize the resources needed to

strengthen families and communities."

At SHARE, we are committed to providing service to our clients that is respectful, positive, and confidential SHARE values differences and is committed to treating people fairly. We obey the Human Rights Act and work with people regardless of race, ethnicity, language, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, disabilities, economic status, political affiliation or national ancestry.

South Fraser Women’s Services Society is a women-focused organization committed to providing information, resources, support and counseling for women to empower themselves.

Our purpose is to work together to create a world that is free from violence, inequality and oppression, where all women have access to power, equal rights and freedom of choice, including reproductive choice.

Today, in the poorest urban area of Canada, we strive to provide support for people who face the multiple challenges of poverty, crime, chronic mental and other illnesses, IV drug use, illiteracy, homelessness and the sex trade.

Street Spirits works with at-risk youth in Prince George, BC, providing performances that raise awareness of social problems, substance misuse, racism, homophobia, HIV and AIDS, peer pressure, family violence, poverty, sexual assault, prostitution, child abuse, and drug trafficking.

Success By Six is a partnership that involves the whole community in supporting families to better meet the needs of their children. Through collaboration, United Way of the Lower Mainland and the Success By 6 Council of Partners have developed key strategies to promote and enhance the community-wide investment in the future of children throughout the Lower Mainland.

Our Goal: To be a leading organization in the provision of community services in Surrey and the surrounding areas. Over 150 volunteers have contributed literally thousands of hours to service in this year alone. These committed community members along with our dedicated staff are the cornerstone of our success.

Tetra recognizes that people are not handicapped by their disabilities but by obstacles or barriers in their living environment. Volunteer engineers, design technicians, and health professional's work one to one with their clients to make assistive aids or modifications to their environment so that greater independence can be achieved. This site offers a sampling of the projects we have completed.

The Family Education and Support Centre is a not-for-profit society that has provided programs to the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows since 1971. We offer information, education and encouragement to enable people to make healthy choices relative to their personal, community, and family lives.  For more information, please see our brochure.

Our Mission
    The Lower Mainland Purpose Society is a non-profit social service agency whose mission is to deliver a continuum of social, health, educational and residential services.
    These services are designed for individuals, youth and families, who are subject to personal and/or societal distress, marginalization and alienation.
    Through these services the agency aims to enhance personal well-being, strengthen family functioning and increase personal responsibility, confidence and healthy decision-making. Emphasis is on a client-centered approach within a continuum of care model, which focuses on health, resiliency and resourcefulness of individuals. Services are provided in a safe and respectful environment where diversity and connection to community is valued.

SNAP has established a peer support group and trained Resource Parent network across the province, providing mutual and one-to-one support to special needs adoptive parents throughout British Columbia. The Society also maintains an extensive resource library which holds over 10,000 items on adoption and special needs issues. SNAP's bi-monthly newsmagazine featuring timely, relevant information for those touched by adoption and special needs.

To enable the children, youth & families of East Vancouver by offering them a safe & caring environment where they can gain access to programs & activities that will help them to develop & grow as individuals & a community.

Our RITE/WRITE ( Men and Women Reaching Independence through Employment) program is a gender specific, six week, group facilitated employment program that is NO COST to participants. It enables participants to recognize and overcome their barriers to employment, make informed and appropriate career choices, and obtain and maintain employment .
Since 1998 our programs have assisted those with multiple barriers to employment. Each office employs an Addictions Counsellor, Anger Management Specialist, Personal Development Facilitator, Employment Counsellor and Job Developer with the skills and expertise to identify, address and help resolve barriers to employment.
Clients with unique barriers may also be referred to the appropriate service program/agency. Clients learn both through workshops and one-to-one counselling. Hear what our clients say!

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia Triage provides housing and support to homeless people with mental health and/or substance abuse challenges. We offer a safe, supportive environment for people while we work with them to develop a plan for the future.

Addressing the needs of women and their families who have experienced and/or witnessed violence and abuse.

Programs: Women’s Centre - Stopping The Violence Counselling Program

Children Who Witness Abuse Counselling Program - Coquitlam Transition House

Specialized Victim Assistance Program - Community Action Program for Children

The 125 local United Ways - Centraides are autonomous organizations who build upon the strength of volunteers and voluntary action by engaging the whole community for the benefit of the whole community. They are governed by an autonomous local Board of Directors who, with other volunteers and staff, help to build caring communities and respond to a broad range of human needs on a national scale. They provide direct financial support to more than 7,000 funded agencies and provide funding to an additional 10,000 organizations through donor directed giving.

"To strengthen our community's capacity to address social issues. United Way has a 75-year history of helping people in the Lower Mainland. We began as a federated fundraiser - today United Way of the Lower Mainland plays a leadership role in bringing together resources to care for the social service needs of the community. We support the delivery of more than 400 programs and services that help people find their way."

UNYA's mandate is to help Native youth in the urban setting. UNYA was formed to address Aboriginal youth issues when it became apparent that growing numbers of young people were continuing to leave reserves for the city.

Welcome to the Vancouver Coastal Health's web site - providing citizens of the Coast Garibaldi regions and of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Richmond with quality health care ranging from acute care hospitals to community-based residential, home health, mental health, and public health services.

ESTABLISHED in 1991, Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) delivers medical, counseling and social services, with an emphasis on providing care to the Aboriginal community. All programs are accessible without fees to native and non-native individuals residing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. This "ghettoized" neighborhood is home to most of the Lower Mainland's most marginalized society: substance dependent individuals, the mentally ill, homeless, immigrants, troubled youth and First Nations people.

We take emergency calls all day and through the night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Offering a wide range of services and program, including support groups, a crisis line, advocacy, resources and more.
Read about it! 10 Reasons for Not Legalizing prostitution!

Since 1968 through a wide range of social and health service programs including: affordable housing, emergency shelters and community health services, Cool Aid provides support to those who need it most.

OUR Mission: To be the leader in Canada in promoting the role and value of volunteering in creating a civil society.
Volunteer BC ¦ Campbell River ¦ Cowichan ¦ Delta ¦ Fraser Valley ¦ Nanaimo ¦ North and West Vancouver ¦ Prince George ¦ Richmond ¦ Saanich ¦ Simon Fraser University ¦ Squamish ¦ Sunshine Coast ¦ Surrey ¦ Vancouver ¦ Victoria

Welcome to Volunteer Richmond Information Services! We are a non-profit, charitable organization that aims to bring people and services together through providing information and encouraging volunteerism in the community. We hope you find this website helpful and enjoy your stay!

WISH believes in the inherent value and dignity of all women and seeks to empower and support women in making free and positive choices. WISH also believes in making visible the issues facing women working in survival sex. We do this by providing a caring atmosphere of support, encouragement, and safety in a non-judgmental, welcoming environment, in collaboration with WISH participants, the Downtown Eastside Community, church communities and the people of Greater Vancouver at large.

The "Buddy System" is a dynamic show for younger children featuring songs about expression of feelings, friendship skills, violence prevention, peaceful problem solving, anger management and self-esteem. It is designed to support social responsibility programs through music in a fun format. Come on in and find out more about us!

he White Rock Hospice Society cares for individuals and families who are facing a progressive, life-limiting illness, and those who are grieving the death of a loved one.