Family Services of the North Shore is a community organization that is dedicated to providing education, support and counselling to heal and connect the community. They offer a broad range of services to children, youth, adults, couples and families from diverse backgrounds, which are offered either at no fee, or on a sliding scale to clients living or working on the North Shore.
Posts Categorized: Resources
Drive Youth Employment Services (D-YES)
Drive Youth Employment Services (D-YES) – formerly called Youth Spot – is designed to help youth between the ages 16-30 obtain sustainable employment.
Here To Help
Here To Help is a web site geared towards mental health and substance use information. It features a ton of up-to-date information on both, ideas & skills to help manage these issues, screening self-tests, and support in the form of their discussion forums or by email.
Leave out ViolencE (LOVE) BC
Leave Out Violence (LOVE) is an award winning, not-for-profit, grass roots youth organization that is an effective means of social change, providing hope, motivation and opportunity to thousands of young people. LOVE volunteers learn to channel their experiences with violence to develop the skills to become local leaders against violence.
SFU Health Promotion
SFU offers a clinic, vaccinations, counselling and physiotherapy to currently enrolled students but also features some excellent web-based resources, including interactive blogs on nutrition & sexual health, a resource list with info on popular health topics and audio/video recordings for use in relaxation, yoga and mindfulness exercises.
Jennifer Ann’s Group
Jennifer Ann’s Group is an American non-profit whose goal is to educate others about the very real dangers of teen dating violence. Every year, they have sponsored the Life. Love. Game Design Challenge, challenging game designers to produce a game that deals with teen dating violence without using any violence in the game itself.
Looking Glass Foundation
The Looking Glass Foundation runs Canada’s first treatment Centre dedicated to adolescents with eating disorders. They run a summer camp, weekly on-line support groups and have a web site full of links and resources on the subject.
LGBTQ-friendly drop-ins
For a list of LGBTQ drop-ins, please consult our (usually) up-to-date list in the Resources section: http://youthinbc.com/learn-more/lgbt/resources/
WISH Drop-in Centre
The WISH Drop-in Centre Society is run by women, for the exclusive use of female survival sex workers. The centre offers a safe place to find support, a hot meal, showers, basic supplies and health care.
Lower Mainland Youth Health Clinics
Listing of Greater Vancouver area Youth Clinics. Youth clinics (up to age 24) are free and confidential, and offer counselling and support on all medical, health, sexual and wellness-related issues. No appointment, Care Card (usually) or parental accompaniment required.