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Homeless Facts In the 2008 Homeless Count there were AT LEAST 3,062 people homeless in Metro Vancouver.
Since 2002, there has been a shocking 137% increase in overall homelessness and a 373% increase in the number of people sleeping outside. /.
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[ February 24, 2010; 4:45 pm to 5:00 pm. ]
Share the Gold invites you to help link the worlds within our city by creating a human chain along Hastings Street.
A Half-Hour Stand in Solidarity
as together we create
A Human Chain to Share The Gold
Our vision is of a golden chain of individuals standing 3m apart along either side of Hastings Street for [...]
The Olympic Safe Haven Project is based on a “Block Parent” style of providing refuge. Any agency, organization, club, church or group is welcome to participate. We will post signs in our windows clearly visible from the street for the duration of the Winter Olympics.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact Bill [...]
[ February 9, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] MP Hedy Fry will be hosting a community forum on mental health issues on Tuesday, February 9th, from 6:30- 8:30 pm at St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 1030 Jervis St.
[ January 12, 2010; 12:00 am; ] City of Vancouver
A sixth emergency shelter for the homeless will open at 747 Cardero Street on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 to ensure shelter options are available throughout the city for a temporary period ending by April 30, 2010.
With the shelter’s opening, 40 additional sleeping spaces will be available through the City’s 2010 Winter Response [...]
[ January 28, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Update on new City Shelters
Reverend Dr. Steven Epperson and “End Homelessness Now” would like to invite you to a meeting on Thursday, January 28th from 6:30pm – 9:00pm at the Unitarian Church, 949 West 49th Street (Oak & 49th), Vancouver. Refreshments and Networking at 6:30pm, Program begins at 7:00pm.
The purpose of the meeting will be [...]
[ January 14, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] City Gate Leadership Forum
Thursday, January 14th, 10 AM – 4 PM
@ Tenth Avenue Church, 11 West 10th Ave, Vancouver
Presentation: Dave Hillis, President, Leadership Foundations
Planning Circles: Jonathan Bird, City Gate Leadership Forum
How can the resources of the Christian community (clergy & laity, church & parachurch & marketplace) be [...]
[ November 23, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Free community forum
Urban Poverty, Health and a Sustainable Future: Is Time Running Out?
Monday, November 23, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at St Andrews-Wesley Church in Vancouver
A Homeless Report Card for British Columbia
The Tyee asked experts to assess progress on the issue, and assign some grades.
By Monte Paulsen, 12 Oct 2009, TheTyee.ca
To read the report on [...]
KELOWNA
$10.7-MILLION WOMEN’S HOUSING BREAKS GROUND IN KELOWNA
http://www.bchousing.org/news/news_releases/2009/11/09/3620_0911091400-412
TRANSITION HOUSE OPENS IN TERRACE
$5.9-MILLION SHELTER AND TRANSITION HOUSE OPENS IN TERRACE
http://www.bchousing.org/news/news_releases/2009/11/06/5590_0911061040-310
[ December 1, 2009; 12:00 am; ] Participate in this series of moderated panel discussions that will get at the nuts and bolts of creating safe, affordable and supportive housing. after homelessness… and the Dialogue Sessions will generate a Community Action Report which is designed to inform policy.
December 1 to 6, 2009
Holy Trinity Cathedral – 514 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, BC
Reservations: 604.871.0508 [...]
[ November 21, 2009; 12:00 am; ] after homelessness… and the Dialogue Sessions will generate a Community Action Report which is designed to inform policy.
November 21 to 29, 2009
Preview November 20 • Tickets 2 for 1
Firehall Arts Centre – 280 E. Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC
Reservations: 604.689.0926 – Tickets: $10 + $2 advance purchase fee
[ November 23, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Urban Poverty, Health and a Sustainable Future: Is Time Running Out?—Free community forum
Monday, November 23, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at St Andrews-Wesley Church in Vancouver
If you’re in the Vancouver area, please consider attending this forum, organized by the Public Health Association of BC and co-sponsored by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, which I co-chair. [...]
In less than two years, the Backpacker’s Inn has been transformed from B.C.’s worst drug hotel into one of the best examples of the province’s effort to end homelessness. (more …)
Cutbacks to mental health services
Rafe Mair reviews the current cutbacks in the health authority budgets to mental health services in the community. He also responds from his perspective as a user of mental health services and as an advocate for systemic change. (more …)
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