Caregiver Support Group meets online weekly to support caregivers of people with dementia with information, insight, advice, and encouragement. Registration required. The Keeping Connected Special Services is a volunteer team that helps alleviate social isolat...

Provides services and programs to Japanese-Canadian adults ages 55 and over in Japanese and English. Services include information and resources in Japanese and English, Japanese language library, fitness and recreational activities, educational seminars, and h...

Regulates and monitors public facilities and those aspects of the environment that have a direct impact on public health. Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) ensure that public health standards are met in restaurants and food service locations, public food ha...

Trained volunteers provide information and referral to seniors age 55 and over regarding seniors income and other benefits (OAP, GIS, bus passes, SAFER), as well as assistance filling out forms. Also offers an income tax clinic from beginning of March until th...

Provides support to family caregivers who are taking care of a senior relative or friend. Services include a facilitated drop-in support group, as well as information about resources available to unpaid caregivers and their families. Offers supportive and educ...

Provides free peer support and promotes the well-being of seniors who are facing difficulty because of life-altering changes in their later years. Also provides information and referral services. Offers visits to the senior's home, residence, facility, or comm...

Provides emotional and practical support, advocacy, and referrals to women age 55 and over who have or who are still experiencing abuse by a family member, intimate partner, or someone in a position of power such as a landlord or caregiver. Serves women who ar...

Provides services to all self-identified women, including cis women, trans women, and two-spirit people. The drop-in centre offers advocacy, workshops, and crisis intervention to women of the Downtown Eastside, as well as free clothing, phone, showers (availab...

Submits resolutions and briefs to government in an effort to advance the social, economic, and physical welfare of all senior citizens in BC. Also offers free health and wellness workshops for seniors delivered by trained senior volunteer facilitators.

Information and referral line provides intake for legal and victim service programs as well as assistance to older adults and third parties to navigate the systems that impact an older adult, including situations of abuse, neglect or self-neglect. The line als...

Provides a variety of programs to build a resilient, healthy, and food-secure community. Holds low-cost community dinners at 5 pm on Fridays, and by-donation music nights at 7:30 pm on Thursdays. Little Mountain Riley Park Neighbourhood Food Network (NFN) work...

Provides free peer support in Spanish and English by trained information and referral volunteers. Volunteers supply information and can assist with completing applications for federal and provincial benefits such as Old Age Security (OAS), Canada Pension Plan ...

An accessible and multicultural community centre that provides programs and services to promote health, well-being, and independent lifestyles for adults ages 55 and over. Provides information and referral services in English and Spanish, help completing gover...

Provides Bright Spot, a psychosocial day program, as well as individual occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation services for older adults ages 65 and up who have a major mental illness and personal, social, and/or leisure needs. Also offers peer sup...

Provides specialized mental health services for seniors age 65 and over who are experiencing mental health issues such as late onset depression, bipolar illness, psychosis, severe behaviour problems related to dementia, problems related to aging that complicat...

Provides information and referral to members who include superannuated federal government employees, retired Canadian Forces and RCMP personnel, federally appointed judges, and their families. Provides assistance concerning pensions, allowances, benefits, inco...

Provides activities for older adults such as monthly out-trips, Osteofit classes twice a week, a weekly lunch, and cooking programs. Through the Westside Seniors Peer Support Program, trained peer volunteers provide free confidential counselling and support se...

Provides assistance to foreign domestic workers and caregivers, and advocates for improvements in their employment conditions and immigration status. Educates foreign domestic workers and caregivers through workshops, forums, training, and leadership; provides...

Promotes the well-being of seniors through support from their peers. Offers support groups, peer support programs, information and referral, Dementia Friendly Cafe, and the dementia-friendly choir The New Dementians. Offers outreach services with senior visits...

During the tax season (March and April), offers appointments to aid with tax form completion. During the remainder of the year provides a drop-off service; volunteer tax preparer picks up, completes, and files on a weekly basis. Able to assist with federal gov...

Produces several publications providing information about community resources and human services in Burnaby and New Westminster, including the 'Community Resource Guide', 'Ready, Set, Learn', 'Middle Childhood Matters', 'Seniors Outreach Card', and the 'Commun...

Trained volunteers help complete basic income tax returns for those who require assistance. Runs February through April from 6 am to 9 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 9 am to 4 pm Saturdays. Accepts walk-ins; appointment advised. Offered in partnership with...

Provides a wide range of services and programs including information and referral services, health and wellness programs, and educational workshops; serves children, youth, families, newcomers, and seniors. Offers various child care programs including daycare ...

Provides accessible and inclusive senior-driven programs and services for seniors in southeast Vancouver to support active participation in the community and independence. The first floor of the neighbourhood house is dedicated to seniors programs and services...

Provides supportive services and programs for children, youth, families, seniors, and newcomers to Canada who live in southeast Vancouver. Also offers income tax clinics for people with low incomes, and hosts special events and celebrations throughout the year...