Provides a safe place where Aboriginal women with or without children can gather. Offers a grassroots setting to foster pride and independence, and enables women to increase their health, self-esteem, and skills. Offers a daycare, a community kitchen, and advo...

Provides proactive prevention and education strategies to Squamish Nation families with children up to age six. Aims to help parents and children learn about lifespan development skills; family dynamics; developmental milestones; health and nutrition; and Squa...

Promotes and supports BC farmers' markets. Fosters networking, educates the public, and advocates regarding issues of concern to producers of agricultural products, food products, and crafts. The BC Farmers' Market Trail (bcfarmersmarkettrail.com) provides a d...

Provides financial assistance to help people impacted by a disaster cope with the cost of repairs and recovery from uninsurable disaster-related property damage, when an event has been declared eligible. Disasters such as flooding, landslides, mudslides, or ic...

Offers programs bringing healthy, local, and sustainable food into schools and provide students with hands-on learning opportunities that foster food literacy, strengthen the local food system, and enhance school and community connectedness.

Aims to advocate for and advance the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented/under-represented in issues of major public concern, with an emphasis on utilities regulation and anti-poverty work. Current area of focus is on addressing energy poverty...

Centre for youth ages 13 to 18 to meet, get information and support, and share ideas and interests. Offers cooking classes, sports, outdoor and camp activities, workshops, art, anti-graffiti projects, and leadership programs. A public access computer is also a...

Provides information and referral services, and promotes community connections. In cooperation with other service providers, offers programs for families, youth, and seniors. Family services include family drop-ins for children up to age five and their caregiv...

Provides a broad range of community-based prevention services in various locations in New Westminster, Richmond, and Vancouver. Parent Education Programs teach parenting and life skills in group settings and are offered in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. Com...

Coordinates and supports local food security initiatives in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood of Vancouver. Community Food Markets provide fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale cost or below; see website for times and locations. A Garden Veggie Sha...

Advocates for public policy and human rights-focused solutions to family poverty in BC through research, policy recommendations, legal action, and targeted programs. Operates on a community-based organizing model shaped by an active member network of parents a...

Provides information on urban agriculture through a comprehensive resource library, workshops, and lectures. Maintains the Compost Demonstration Garden at 2150 Maple Street in Vancouver, where would-be city farmers can learn to grow food; also operates the Com...

Offers educational, cultural, recreational, and social programs for people in the Collingwood-Renfrew area of Vancouver. Operates licensed child care programs, day camps, and a Family Place with activities for preschoolers and social time for caregivers. Also ...

Provides opportunities for involvement and engagement of newcomers to Canada. Offers mentorship around employment search, employment readiness, and a community kitchen.

Helps New Westminster residents to improve their cooking and meal-preparation skills, as well as teach budget-friendly, delicious, and nutritious recipes. Aim is to reduce social isolation by connecting people with their neighbours in order to build community ...

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...

Centre offers a wide range of programs for women and families living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Provides transitional housing for expecting and new mothers in recovery, child care, parenting programs, a community kitchen, programs for women who have exp...

Interactive program for mothers and their families living in the Downtown Eastside shares information on healthy eating while increasing food security. Participants learn about nutrition and explore community-building through food. After each session, particip...

A network of nonprofit organizations in the Downtown Eastside committed to preventing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that it does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in the community. The DTES Response Fund benefits agencies who are supporti...

Provides people with significant physical disabilities the opportunity to become involved in gardening in order to develop skills, build self-confidence, learn, and grow. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Affiliated with the Disability Foundation...

Support and resource drop-in centre for parents/caregivers and their young children from birth to six years of age. Provides direct support, referrals, parenting groups and workshops, resource listings, developmentally stimulating play opportunities, and a spa...

Builds transformative nature experiences for youth ages 14 to 25 to foster community connectedness, build ecological leadership skills, and enhance well-being. Provides free land-based education, wildlife habitat restoration opportunities, peer mentorship, and...

Provides safety training to workers who handle food with the goal of preventing food-borne illnesses and workplace injuries. FOODSAFE Level 1 courses are mainly intended for front line food service workers. Level 2 courses are for owners, managers, and executi...

By correspondence, offers a self-paced, distance learning version of the FOODSAFE Level 1 program. Teaches the skills necessary for proper food handling and preparation techniques, as well as how to follow appropriate safety measures to prevent food-borne illn...

Offers programs and services for registered refugee families with children from birth to six years of age who have arrived in Canada within the last five years. The Newcomers' Group supports refugee parents with young children by providing information on early...