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Surrey Homelessness and Housing Fund

The Surrey Homelessness & Housing Society makes a difference in the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Surrey. By making a donation to the Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society you can help end youth homelessness in Surrey and lead the way home for a child or youth today.

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Megaphone Magazine

Building vendor confidence with sales training

As part of VCF’s commitment to strengthening social enterprise, and in order to help vendors with their sales our social enterprise developer worked with Megaphone to develop a workshop that would give vendors some tools to better understand where their customers are coming from.

Aunt Leah's Tree Lots

Stopping the Cycle of Foster Care and Homelessness

Open each winter season, Aunt Leah’s lots sell high-quality Christmas trees and accessories, including stands, wreaths, swags and greenery, across Metro Vancouver. The lots are run by a combination of employees and volunteers and also provides training and employment opportunities to at-risk youth.

Calling Attention to Youth Aging Out of Care

Fostering Change moves to First Call

At just 19 years old, youth in the BC foster care system “age out” of eligibility for services and supports and are assumed to become fully independent. The effects of this loss of support are devastating. Former youth in care are over represented in homelessness, poverty and the mental health and justice systems.

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Healing space opens for families and survivors affected by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

It has been named "Saa-ust" Centre, which means "to lift up" in Coast Salish. Through the newly opened Saa-ust Centre, trauma-informed counselling services, ceremony space, and access to Elders and Knowledge Keepers will be made available to families and survivors affected by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Opened on March 18, the healing centre is a collaboration between the City of Vancouver and community and government partners and is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish people-the ancestral home of the Musqueam,...

Surrey Homelessness and Housing Fund

Building vendor confidence with sales training

Stopping the Cycle of Foster Care and Homelessness

Fostering Change moves to First Call

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Healing space opens for families and survivors affected by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Megaphone Magazine’s 2018 Big Sell

First Call Gala honours Raffi and calls attention to Indigenous Child Welfare

Guidebook to Impact Investing for Foundations Released

Vancity Community Foundation, 2016 Annual Report

Business and Reconciliation: How can investors evaluate the efforts of public companies?