Provides free support services for caregivers across BC. Informs, supports, and educates on issues of concern to family caregivers and those who provide unpaid eldercare to a parent, spouse, partner, adult family member, or friend. Offers free one-to-one and p...

Dedicated, automated phone service allows individuals to auto-file their income tax and benefit return over the phone. Service is available to Canadians with low or fixed income whose tax situations remain unchanged from year to year. Eligible individuals rece...

Money Skills workshops teach people on low incomes, newcomers, youth, and seniors about budgeting, credit/debit management, banking, saving and investing, and consumerism. Prosper One-on-one Financial Coaching provides up to three free financial coaching sessi...

Provides crisis intervention, housing referrals, tax filing for low-income individuals, families, and seniors, and community programs for residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). Provides phone, fax, and photocopying services. Those living in the DTE...

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...

Provides essential supportive services that address the social, recreational, physical, cognitive, self-care and aesthetic needs of seniors in the community. Offers culturally and linguistically appropriate services that enable seniors to age comfortably and i...

Provides care services and programs to seniors in need. The Good Samaritan TeleCare specializes in monitored medical alerts, home safety, and support services to individuals of all ages concerned about personal safety such as older adults, individuals with dis...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Saturday Lunch Feeding Ministry hands out bagged lunches between 1 pm and 2 pm on Saturdays to people who are living on limited incomes or who may be homeless in the gym at North Shore Neighbourhood House. Through Healing Hands, trained volunteer practitio...

Provides a social group for older South Asian women to reduce social isolation and connect participants to resources. Offers opportunities to socialize, group activities, peer support, and connection to community resources. Activities include poetry, singing, ...

Offers free income tax clinics for eligible individuals from March until the beginning of May. Call or email or more information.

Provides foster caregiver support and training to caregivers of Indigenous children and youth in BC. Offers orientation, workshops, and in-service training for foster caregivers to gain the understanding needed to provide culturally safe care for Indigenous ch...

Provides outreach to Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals age 19 and over (youth age 18 and younger may also be eligible) who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or difficult to house. Outreach workers determine housing needs, offer resources from...

Provides information and referral, advocacy, and form completion assistance to adults ages 50 and over. Services include one-to-one support in navigating public systems such as federal and provincial benefits, housing, transportation, finances, legal, income t...

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 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...

Teams consisting of community counsellors (employed by Family Services of Greater Vancouver) and Vancouver Police Department (VPD) detectives provide investigative follow-up, emotional support, and advocacy to victims of high-risk domestic violence. There are ...

Volunteer-driven organization supports Jewish and non-Jewish seniors ages 55 and over through information, peer support, social programming, networking, research, and system advocacy. Peer Support Services provides one-to-one emotional support by specially tra...

Provides information and referral as well as support for older adults. Services include information and referrals to community services, form completion assistance, housing navigation support, and peer support. Drop-in hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday....