Action Group Join the End Homelessness Action Group. Please send me an email with your comments, suggestions or enquiry - go to Contact us. More >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. /. |
[ 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 [...]
What’s been done to save the next Tracey?
One year ago she burned to death in her shopping cart. What’s been done to save the next Tracey from a similar fate?
By Monte Paulsen, 18 Dec 2009, [...]
Shelter Response Workshop on Homelessness in Vancouver
First United Church Mission and Homelessness & Mental Health Action Group co-sponsored Shelter Response Workshop on Homelessness in Vancouver on Thursday, December 17th at First United Church, 320 East Hastings Street, Vancouver.
The purpose of the workshop was to address the following questions:
What is the faith community currently [...]
[ 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 [...]
Conducting interviews for focus groups
CCAP is looking for 2 or 3 volunteers who have an arms-length from CCAP plus experience conducting interviews for focus groups (fleshing out responses during the interview, taking detailed notes at the same time etc.) In order to keep our project funding going, we need to do an external evaluation. It [...]
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 …)
Nearly 6 million, or 1 in 5 Canadians, will suffer from mental illness
The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health was formed when Canada Post adopted mental health as its cause of choice in 2007. Thanks to the support of Canadians across the country and of Canada Post employees, customers and suppliers, more than $1 million [...]
[ October 5, 2009; 3:00 pm; ] Supportive housing
Development Permit Board will be considering the application to allow creating of 100 units of supportive housing on the current site of the Bosman Motor Hotel, located at 1060 Howe St. The proposed Bosman Residence will open May 2010 as a supportive housing residence to be managed by the PHS Community Services Society (PHS) [...]
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