Organismes sans but lucratif à Vancouver

The Youth Leadership Millennium (YLM) is an 8-month program dedicated to helping young people aged 15-30 in areas of personal and leadership development. It is FREE for all Canadian citizens and permanent residents and refugees living in the Vancouver area. This service is offered by S.U.C.C.E.S.S, one of the largest social service agencies in British Columbia that is committed to supporting newcomers to Canada achieve their best potential.

The Upside Project’s primary purpose is to spread positivity among communities and empower people of all ages to extend their appreciation and love for others. We aim to elevate people’s spirits and strengthen our community with a collection of student work including, but not limited to: poetry, short stories, artwork, and spoken word performances.

The Upside Project’s primary purpose is to spread positivity among communities and empower people of all ages to extend their appreciation and love for others. We aim to elevate people’s spirits and strengthen our community with a collection of student work including, but not limited to: poetry, short stories, artwork, and spoken word performances.

The Upside Project’s primary purpose is to spread positivity among communities and empower people of all ages to extend their appreciation and love for others. We aim to elevate people’s spirits and strengthen our community with a collection of student work including, but not limited to: poetry, short stories, artwork, and spoken word performances.

About: Captain Scott Legacy Society is established in 2021 to recognize the under-recognized individuals and organizations making a positive difference through community support, social impact initiatives, helping seniors, and supporting youth.  What we do: Recognize the altruistic acts of humanity and create the possibility of some form of permanent records of their achievements. Such as Captain Scott awards recognition, celebration events, the “Good News” journalism, and publishing (Online, print).

About the Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society…. The Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society is a not-for-profit society, established in 1989. Our members believe. that individuals with Down syndrome are capable of full participation in society and should be given the opportunity. to develop their potential. To make this mission come to life, the Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society aims to: - Provide information, support, and resources to individuals with Down Syndrome in BC and their families. - Provide information about Down Syndrome and resources to people and organizations who support. individuals with Down Syndrome and their families - Advocate that governments and appropriate agencies provide the special resources often needed by individuals with Down Syndrome and their families. - Lobby for appropriate educational, vocational, and social opportunities - Support families and increase public awareness. - Network with other organizations and individuals

The Victoria Community Resources Society (VCRS) is a community living organization supporting individuals with diverse-abilities at home and in the community. The society provides care and strives to remove barriers and overcome obstacles faced by those we serve to ensure the high quality of life we believe all people deserve. VCRS believes that quality of life comes from choice, self-determination and inclusion.We supports individuals to enjoy life to the fullest by honoring their choices, preferences and lifestyles.

Kitsilano Neighbourhood House (‘Kits House’), member of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses BC, is a registered non-profit, charity organization dedicated to providing an opportunity for everybody in our community to get together and be engaged. We offer many different programs like volunteer-led English Conversation Circles, weekly hot lunches for seniors, childcare and much more. We are currently the only Neighbourhood House on the Westside and serves many different communities like Kitsilano, Dunbar, Arbutus Ridge and Point Grey. Kits House has a rich history on Vancouver’s Westside since 1894 when it was originally opened as Alexandra Orphanage and Non-Sectarian Home Society. This original site was located at 7th and Pine. The orphanage was eventually renamed “Alexandra House” in 1938. In 1972, the House moved to its current location, was renamed Kitsilano Neighbourhood House and still serves the six communities of the Westside.

The Westside Seniors Hub brings together local seniors and 17 Partner organizations serving seniors to ensure that Westside neighbourhoods are places where seniors can thrive. It serves as a ‘hub’ for sharing information and promoting collective action. It provides leadership for identifying gaps in service delivery and generating community support for seniors’ issues.

The Westside Seniors Hub brings together local seniors and 17 Partner organizations serving seniors to ensure that Westside neighbourhoods are places where seniors can thrive. It serves as a ‘hub’ for sharing information and promoting collective action. It provides leadership for identifying gaps in service delivery and generating community support for seniors’ issues.

We are an Indigenous non-profit organization providing services and programs for our community to acknowledge our past, present and future generations. Through our various events and programs, we provide supported services for indigenous children, youth, individuals and families.

The mandate of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House is to provide programming and educational, leadership, social and recreational opportunities to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Our vision is to provide a dignified welcoming space that creates and supports an improved quality of life for the DTES community. Our mission is to provide opportunities for residents to meaningfully engage with and contribute to their community in an equitable atmosphere of sharing and learning. The secular, grassroots Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH) embraces people of all ancestries, genders, ages and descriptions; annually welcoming almost 9,000 DTES residents in a community where 70% of our neighbours have low‐incomes, 700 are homeless and 5,000 are under-housed. Our programming is community inspired and varied, a sampling of which has included a Chinese Elders Community Kitchen, Traditional Aboriginal Community Kitchen, Leadership Development, a Children’s Community Kitchen, Nutritional Outreach Activities (Mobile Smoothie Project and Banana Beat), The Healing Circle, Father’s for Thought, Table Talks project, Family Drop In: Families, Farming and Food, Community Drop-in and the production of a Right to Food Zine. Those who built the DTES NH put the Right to Food at the heart of our work, as nutritional vulnerability was a theme familiar to all. Our goal around the Right to Food is to reform the nutritional impact, quality, abundance and delivery of food in the DTES in consultation with residents, community food providers, non‐food community organizations, healthcare professionals, policy makers, growers/suppliers, food/beverage industry professionals and researchers.