Address
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4448 Marine Avenue
Powell River, BC, V8A 2B8
Mailing Address
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4448
Powell River, BC, V8A 2B8
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Provided by LIFT Community Services
3 other services offered by this agency
A community support hub, offering adult drop-in support services, child and family programs, literacy support, English conversation and system navigation for immigrants, legal aid support and court outreach, a nurse drop in clinic, and referrals to community services.
A lunch is served from 12 noon Tuesday to Friday. Also provides coffee, snacks, take home meal options, and access to a food pantry. Free clothes and hygiene supplies are available. Offers drop in haircut services on a weekly basis. Provides access to phones, computers, internet and printing.
Provided by LIFT Community Services
3 other services offered by this agency
Provides a drop-in space where families with children up to age six can find ongoing support and parenting assistance.
Provides a drop-in space where families with children up to age six can find ongoing support and parenting assistance. Programs include drop-in playgroups for caregivers and children; learning activities for families; information and referrals; peer support for caregivers (parent volunteers and parenting groups); classes and workshops for parents and/or children; take-home activity kits for children; children's clothing, toy, and book swap; a food pantry, hygiene cupboard, and frozen meals to take home; and computer, phone, and internet access. Open 10 am to 2 pm Tuesday to Thursday.
Programs include drop-in playgroups for caregivers and children; learning activities for families; information and referrals; peer support for caregivers (parent volunteers and parenting groups); classes and workshops for parents and/or children; take-home activity kits for children; children's clothing, toy, and book swap; a food pantry, hygiene cupboard, and frozen meals to take home; and computer, phone, and internet access. Open 10 am to 2 pm Tuesday to Thursday.
Provided by LIFT Community Services
3 other services offered by this agency
Overdose prevention site provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose.
Overdose prevention site provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose. Also offers drug testing. Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am to 6 pm Saturdays. Offered in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health. Funded by Vancouver Coastal Health and Powell River's Community Action Team (CAT).
Also offers drug testing. Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday and 10 am to 6 pm Saturdays. Offered in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health. Funded by Vancouver Coastal Health and Powell River's Community Action Team (CAT).
Provided by LIFT Community Services
3 other services offered by this agency
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Individuals must be legally allowed to work in BC. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays and Tuesdays, 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Wednesdays, and 8:30 am to 1:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Individuals must be legally allowed to work in BC. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays and Tuesdays, 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Wednesdays, and 8:30 am to 1:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).