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AIDS Vancouver Grocery
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Free for PWAs living in Greater Vancouver, based on income.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2S7
Telephone: 604.893.2270
[ ASIA Positive Lunch and Dinner and IDU Lunch ]
- Lunch for HIV-positive Asians on Mondays. Lunch for Asian IDUs on Wednesdays. Dinner for HIV-positive Asians monthly. These programs combine meals with a confidential support group.
Telephone: 604.669.5567
A Loving Spoonful
- Delivers free nutritious meals to PWAs, who because of medical reasons require assistance.
Address: 100-1300 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3G6
Telephone: 604.682.MEAL (6325)
Fax: 604.682.6327
- Purified water at a discounted rate for BCPWA members.
Telephone: 604.893.2245
Toll Free: 1.800.994.2437 Email: support@bcpwa.org
BCPWA list of free and low cost meal locations
- Call for a copy of these lists.
Telephone: 604.893.2223
Toll Free: 1.800.994.2437 Email: advdesk@bcpwa.org
[ BCPWA Lunch Voucher Program ]
- For BCPWA volunteers.
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Email: volunteer@bcpwa.org
[ Friends For Life Society Dinner with Mom & Drop-in Brunch ]
- Friends For Life members only. Dinner with Mom by reservation takes place Sundays at 5:30pm. Drop-in brunch is first come first served with several seatings Monday and Wednesday from 11:30am to 1pm.
Address: 1459 Barclay Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
Telephone: 604.682.5992
Email: email@friendsforlife.ca
Low Cost Meals at St. Paul's Hospital
- Low cost meals in the cafeteria at St. Paul's Hospital.
Address: 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC
Telephone:604.682.2344
Positively Asian Lunch
- A confidential monthly supper and support group for positive Asian people.Mondays
Address: 210 - 119 West Pender.>
Telephone: 604.669.5567
[ Positive Women's Network Drop-in and Lunch ]
- Drop-in Tuesday through Friday From 11:30am-3:30pm. Lunch served from noon until 2pm.
Address: 614-1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7
Telephone: 604.692.3000
Toll Free: 1.866.692.3001 Email: pwn@pwn.bc.ca
[ Vancouver Native Health Society HIV Outreach Food Bank ]
- Free lunch and dinner seven days a week.
Address: 441 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604.254.9937
vnhs@shawbiz.ca
[ BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) ]
- BCCDC is a component of the Provincial Health Services Authority that has responsibility to support a comprehensive program of communicable disease and environmental health prevention and control for the province of British Columbia.
Address: 665 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4
Telephone: 604.660.6161
Fax: 604.775.0808
Email: info@bccdc.hnet.bc.ca
[ BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE) ]
- Conducts specialized research, provides treatment, clinical services and programs and is a teaching facility for medical students and doctors.
Address: St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: 604.806.8515
Fax: 604.806.9044
[ BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC) ]
- At St. Paul's Hospital, the IDC provides comprehensive confidential on-site specialized doctors, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists, medication monitoring and dispensary, social workers, addiction, crisis, and emotional support counselors, resource assistance, referrals, a HIV/Hep C co-infection treatment and support program, a support group for people with HIV/AIDS.
For information on the IDC's programs/services:
Telephone: 604.806.8223
Email: mpetty@providencehealth.bc.ca.
For information on the social work and counseling services:
Telephone: 604.806.8694
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities - Consumer Health Information
- The Wellness & Disability Initiative AIDS & Disability Action Program provides free customized research services for people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities.
Vancouver Telephone: 604.875.0188
BC Telephone: 1.877.232.7400 Email: wdi@bccpd.bc.ca
[ BCPWA Treatment Information Program (TIP) ]
- Trained knowledgeable society members/volunteers provide confidential, accurate, current treatment and health information, peer support and counseling.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2243
Toll Free: 1.800.994.2437
Email: treatment@bcpwa.org
[ BCPWA Complementary Health Fund (CHF) ]
- Reimburses society members for the cost of services and products for HIV/AIDS-related symptoms not funded by other sources.
Telephone: 604.893.2245
Toll Free: 1.800.994.2437
Email: support@bcpwa.org
- Free retreats for HIV-positive people offer recreation, diversity, peer support and tools for well-being.
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Toll Free: 1.800.994.2437
Email: support@bcpwa.org
Bute Street Clinic
- Drop-in clinic for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS issues. Plain language HIV/AIDS prevention materials available.
Address: The Centre, 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6
Telephone: 604.660.7949
[ Canadian HIV Trials Network ]
Address: National Centre, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: 604.806.8327
Toll Free: 604.806.8210
Email: ctn@hivnet.ubc.ca
Complementary Health Fund (CHF)
- For full members entitled to benefits. Call the CHF Project Team for eligibility, policies, procedures, etc.
Telephone: 604.893.2245
Consumer Health Information
- The Wellness & Disability Initiative AIDS & Disability Action Program provides free customized research services for people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities.Contact WDI/ADAP at the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities.
Vancouver Telephone: 604.875.0188
BC Telephone: 1.877.232.7400
Email: wdi@bccpd.bc.ca
[ Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS) ]
Main office Address:
49 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1C8
Telephone: 604.685.6561
Fax: 604.685.7117
Needle Exchange Services:
49 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1C8
Telephone: 604.307.9996
Fax: 604.685.7117
- The day program provides healthcare support to adults with HIV/AIDS, at high risk of deteriorating health. The residence is a 24-hour supported living environment that offers palliative, respite and stabilization care to individuals who no longer find it possible to live independently.
Address: 1110 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1K5
Telephone: 604.608.1874
Fax: 604.608.4259
Email: admin@drpeter.org
- Confidential support services and programs for people living with life threatening illnesses, employing a holistic approach encompassing the mind, body and spirit.
Address: 1459 Barclay Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
Telephone: 604.682.5992
Email: email@friendsforlife.ca
Gilwest Clinic
- Provides healthcare for PWAs, HIV antibody testing, methadone maintenance, Hep C treatment & monitoring and needle exchange.
Address: Richmond Hospital, 7000 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC V6X 1A2
Telephone: 604.233.3100
[ HIV Community Based Research Network ]
- Purpose is to support the research and knowledge development needs of other community organizations locally, nationally and worldwide.
Address: 122-1628 West 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 1G1
Telephone: 604.736.0091
Holistic Gay Men's Talking Circle
- Provides support in making change through traditional Native healing practices. Thursday evenings from 7pm-10pm at St. Paul's Anglican Church.
Address: 1130 Jervis Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 2C7
Mary Pack Arthritis Centre
- Mary Pack Arthritis Centre provides a variety of treatment and education programs for persons suffering from arthritis. Outpatient rehabilitation programs include, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work and nursing care.
Address:
Telephone: 604.879.7511
- Provides healthcare to HIV-positive women, children and youth.
Address:
Telephone: 604.875.2122
Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre
- For youth, adults and families. Confidential counseling, general health and prevention education, methadone maintenance, needle exchange, general healthcare and support.
Address: 2110 West 43rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6M 2E1
Telephone: 604.267.3970
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Society (PID)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection a woman's reproductive organs. The PID Society provides free telephone and written information.
Address: PID Society, PO Box 33804, Station D, Vancouver BC, V6J 4L6
Telephone: 604.684.5704
Pender Community Health Clinic
- Specialized treatment of addiction and HIV/AIDS. Doctors, nurses, counselors and a dietician.
Address: 59 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1R3
Telephone: 604.669.9181
Pine Free Clinic
- Free and confidential medical care primarily to youth without medical insurance. HIV/STD testing.
Address: 1985 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1M7
Telephone: 604.736.2391
- For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities on Thursdays from 3pm-6pm. Services include doctors, nurses, community counselors, the Vanguard Project, community resources, print and safer sex resources and a transgendered support group.
Address: 1292 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W2
Telephone: 604.633.4220
[ Three Bridges Community Health Centre ]
- Provides free and confidential access to doctors, nurses, addiction counselors, a youth clinic and complementary health programs.
Address: 1292 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W2
Telephone: 604.736.9844
Traditional Chinese Acupuncture
- Acupuncture for people with HIV/AIDS on alternate Thursdays at 4pm.
Address: St. John's United Church, 1401 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 1N9
Telephone: 604.682.2120
[ Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) ]
- Provides funding for several specialized HIV/AIDS clinics and organizations and operates several specialized community health care clinics.
Address: 10th floor 601 West Broadway Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4C2
Telephone: 604-736-2033
Vancouver Native Health Society
- Medical outreach program and assisted healthcare program. Outreach program has registered nurses and trained health care workers and volunteers. Assisted healthcare program has drop-in centre, social activities, free meals and a medication dispensation program (maximally assisted therapy) that assists people who have difficulties taking medication regularly and on time.
Address: 441 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1P5
Telephone: 604.254.9937
Email: popvnhs@mdi.ca
Vanguard Project
- The Vanguard Project is an ongoing study of HIV rates and risk factors in young gay and bisexual men in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada. The study is coordinated by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, which is a joint project of St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, and funded by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Health Canada), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.
Telephone: 604.687.2469
Email: stevem@hivnet.ubc.ca
[ Greater Vancouver Housing Corporation ]
Address: 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4G8
Telephone: 604.432.6300
[ Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) ]
- Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) provides advocacy for people living in the DTES
Telephone: 604.682.0931
- Provides subsidized housing apartments and portable housing subsidies for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Address: 200-649 Helmcken Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5R1
Telephone: 604.669.4090
Fax: 604.669.4092
Email: info@mclarenhousing.com
- Administers portable and fixed-site subsidized housing for men, women and families living with HIV/AIDS.
Address: 12-1041 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1K1
Telephone: 604.899.5405
Toll Free:TOL FREE NUMBER
Fax: 604.899.5410
Email: info@wingshousing.bc.ca
[ Vancouver Native Health Society Housing Subsidy Program ]
- Administers portable housing subsidies for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Address:
Telephone: 604.254.9937
Email: vnhs@shawbiz.ca
- Provides confidential individual advocacy services, such as disability benefits, debt relief, assistance dealing with the ministry, tribunals, wills and representation agreements and more. Law students, under lawyer supervision and legal referrals to trusted lawyers available.
Address: 2nd floor, 1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2223
Toll Free:1.800.994.2437
Email: advdesk@bcpwa.org
[ Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) ]
- Provides assistance and representation regarding residential tenancy issues and arbitration.
Address: 12 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1N1
Telephone: 604.682.0931
Fax: 604.669.5499
Email: board@dera.bc.ca
Free Legal Advice
- Law students under the supervision of a practicing lawyer will draft wills, living wills and health care directives and assist in landlord/tenant disputes, small claims, criminal matters and general legal advice. Clinics every other Thursday from 6pm - 8pm.
Legal Services Society of BC
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[ UBC's Law Students Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) ]
- LSLAP does not give legal advice over the telephone,
fax, or email.
Telephone: 604.822.5791
- Free delivery of supplies to PWAs in the West End area of downtown Vancouver.
Address: 1630 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 1V9
Telephone: 604.688.4233
[ BCPWA Complementary Health Fund (CHF) ]
- The CHF reimburses members for the cost of services and products for HIV/AIDS- related symptoms not funded by other sources.
Telephone: 604.893.2245
Toll Free 1.800.994.2437
Email:support@bcpwa.org
[ BCPWA Complementary Ticket Program ]
- Free tickets for society members for entertainment and community events.
Telephone: 604.893.2285
Email: comptix@bcpwa.org
- Professional hairstylists provide free haircuts for members on a 1st come, 1st served basis.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, 2nd floor,
Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2200 support@bcpwa.org
[ BCPWA Income Tax Preparation Assistance ]
- Professionally trained volunteers help members fill out their income tax forms during tax season.
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Toll Free Telephone: 1.800.994.2437
Email: support@bcpwa.org
- A comfortable living room environment for members. Free coffee, snacks, juice, movies, music, a telephone, daily newspapers, and an indoor smoking room.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, 2nd floor,
Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
[ BCPWA Polli and Esther's Closet ]
- Society members can get free clothing, household goods, bedding, small appliances and more at our peer-run store.
OPEN:
Tuesdays: 11am-3pm
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 11am-2pm.
Please drop off donated items during these hours.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, 2nd floor,
Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Email: support@bcpwa.org
Free Condoms!
- Free condoms are available at BCPWA, AIDS Vancouver, YouthCO, The Centre, Positive Women's Network, Healing Our Spirit, and at Friends for Life.
- Free listings for PWAs in the 'Proud Lives' section, up to 50 words. Space may be used for memorials. $20.00 charge if a photo is used.
Telephone:604.684.9696
Pacific AIDS Resource Centre Library
- A community based, publicly accessible specialized collection of publications on HIV/AIDS.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10am-5pm.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8 Telephone: 604.893.2294 Email: library@aidsvancouver.org
[ Positive Women's Network: Women and AIDS Virtual Education (WAVE) ]
- An online resource of support, information, and education for HIV+ women and their health care providers. Includes a special section for newly diagnosed women
Project of: Positive Women's Network
Address: 614-1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7
Telephone: 604.692.3000
Toll Free Telephone: 1.866.692.3001
Fax: 604.684.3126
Email: pwn@pwn.bc.ca
- The Annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial & Vigil is part of a large worldwide AIDS event. The Vancouver area ceremony of remembrance and solidarity.
Where: Alexandra Park, near English Bay
When: Sunday following Victoria Day
Telephone: 604.253.3022
- AIDS Memorial Vancouver will serve as a monument to those lost to AIDS, as a tribute to the thousands of friends, family and caregivers who were a part of their lives, and as a compelling testament to the battle that still lies ahead.
Telephone:604.216.7031
Email: info@aidsmemorial.ca
AIDS Vancouver Care Team and Hospital Visitation Program
- Trained volunteers provide companionship, practical assistance and personal care for people experiencing HIV/AIDS related illnesses, in the home or hospital.
Address: 1107 Seymour St.
Telephone: 604.893.2270
- AIDS Vancouver Professional Counseling & Therapy Program
Professional counselors and therapists available for low-income people with HIV/AIDS.
Telephone: 604.681.893.2270
AIDS Vancouver Case Management Program
- Program assists individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS in increase their access to adequate health care, income (PWD, EI, LTD), housing, social support, and practical assistance. Case Managers provide information, service referral, advocacy, and care planning/coordination via drop-in, appointment, or home/hospital visit.
Address: 1107 Seymour St.
Telephone: 604.893.2270
Case Manager also located at Downtown Community Health Centre: 604.216.4255
Boys R Us
- A drop-in centre for male and transgendered sex trade workers in Vancouver, particularly the downtown south area. Offers a safe and confidential place for connecting with others, including social activities such as dinner and movies. A joint program of VCHA and AIDS Vancouver.
Hours: Tues-Thurs., 7pm-9pm
Address: 1292 Hornby Street,
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W2
Telephone: 604.633.4200
BCPWA Average Joe's Social Group
- An evening social activity for HIV-positive gay men. A supportive alternative to the bar/club scene.
When: Every Wednesday Evening from 8pm-11pm
Where: Numbers Cabaret, 1042 Davie Street,
Vancouver, BC V6E 1M3
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Email: support@bcpwa.org
BCPWA Body Positive Support Group
- A peer-facilitated topic-orientated drop-in support group for both long-term survivors and the newly diagnosed.
When: Wednesday Evenings 7pm-9pm.
Out-of-towners welcome.
Where: BCPWA Members Lounge,
1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Email: support@bcpwa.org
BCPWA Peer and Support Counseling
- BCPWA Peer and Support Counsellors are available Monday to Friday from 10 to 4 in the support office. Counsellors see people on a drop-in or appointment basis.
Telephone: 604.893.2234
Drop by: 1107 Seymour Street.
BCPWA Prison Outreach Program (POP)
- POP provides support, counseling and information to HIV-positive inmates in BC prisons.
Confidential Telephone Line: 604.525.8646 on Wednesday through Sundays
Time: 4pm-10pm. Collect calls accepted.
General Telephone: 604.893.2283
BCPWA Theatre Positive Program
- Join a group of people living with HIV/AIDS interested in exploring various aspects of theatre arts. No experience necessary.
Telephone: 604.893.2259
Email: support@bcpwa.org
[ Canadian Hemophilia Society HIV-T Support Group ]
- A support group for people who are HIV-positive due to blood transfusions.
Toll Free Telephone: 1.800.668.2686
Carnegie Centre AIDS Support Group
- When: Thursdays from 6pm-8pm
Free Dinner the Thursday before cheque issue day.
Where: Pottery Room, Carnegie Centre
401 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2T7
Telephone: 604.665.2220
Email: rika_uto@city.vancouver.bc.ca
The Centre Professional Counseling Project
- Registered clinical counselors and social workers provide free and confidential counseling to clients by appointment.
Address: 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6
Telephone: 604.684.5307
Discussion/Support Group for Partners of People Living with AIDS
- Informal confidential discussion/support group meets Wednesday evenings.
Telephone: 604.806.8223
Gayway
- A resource exchange for gay guys living in Vancouver. This AIDS Vancouver peer-run program helps facilitate the exchange of information, support, experience, and friendship amongst gay men. This includes support groups, peer counselling, health workshops, and Gayze, a quarterly health journal.
Address: 913 Davie St.
Telephone: 604.682.3900
Email: gayway@telus.net
Narcotics Anonymous Support Group
- Weekly group hosted by peers, at BCPWA Society.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Email: support@bcpwa.org
Opposites Attract
- A support group for HIV - gay men with HIV + partners designed to help partners develop and enhance their coping skills while building a mutual support network.
When: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: St Paul's Hospital.
Contact: Mary Petty 604.806.8223
St. John's United Church Mask Therapy Program
- Explore your creativity through mask making, color, sound and movement.
Drop-In Sessions: Every Friday 1pm-4pm.
All welcome, no experience or registration necessary.
Address: St. John's Church, 1401 Comox Street,
Vancouver, BC V6G 1N9
Email: stjohn@axion.net
Thursday Support Group
- Centre for Excellence/IDC program confidential support group.
Time: Thursdays from 2:30pm-4pm.
Address: St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: 604.806.8694 or 604.806.8223
Email: MPetty@providencehealth.bc.ca
- A peer run support program for HIV-positive youth ages 15 to 30. Provides support, education, retreats, social opportunities, referrals and skills building opportunities.
Address: 205-1104 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1V8
Telephone: 604.688.1441 or 604.808.7209
Email: information@youthco.org
AIDS Consultation and Education Services
- Address: 219 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 2S7
Phone: 604.669.2205
[ AIDS and Disability Action Program and Resource Centre ]
- Provides and produces educational workshops and materials for disabled persons B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities.
Address: #204 - 456 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1R3.
Telephone: 604.875.0188.
Fax:604.875.9227 TDD: 604.875.8835
Email: adap@bccpd.bc.ca
- AV exists to alleviate individual and collective vulnerability to HIV/AIDS through care, support, education, advocacy and research. AV provides a professional case management program for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS, psycho-social support programs, a food bank,), a Helpline, the PARC library, Gayway (a gay men's health resource), print resources, and volunteer opportunities.
Address: 1107 Seymour St. Vancouver, V6B 5S8
HELPLINE: 604.696.4666
Telephone: 604.893.2201
Email: contact@aidsvancouver.org
[ ASIAN Society for the Intervention of AIDS (ASIA) ]
- Committed to providing culturally appropriate language support, outreach, advocacy, research and information to Asian people with HIV/AIDS. The MSM Program and the Women's Project offer education, prevention, peer counseling, accompaniment services. Volunteer opportunities in administration, outreach and skills building.
Monday Lunch/Support Group 12pm- 2pm Address: Suite 210-119 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6B 1S5
Telephone: 604.669.5567
Fax: 604.669.7756
Email: asia@asia.bc.ca
Alcohol and Drug Counseling Society (Sunshine Coast Needle Exchange Program)
- To reduce and prevent the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases, improve health and well being, focus on injection drug users and those in the sex trade.Apply harm reduction philosophy.
Address: 5686 Dolphin Street, Sechelt, BC
Mailing Address: Mail: Box 2647 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0
Telephone: 604.885.5680 or 604.740.9042
Fax: 604.885.5863
Email: action_society@sunshine.net
[ BC Coalition of People with Disabilities ]
- Programs for people with disabilities in BC. The AIDS and Disability Action Program produces and distributes educational materials.
Address: 204-456 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1R3
Telephone: 604.875.0188 Fax: 604.875.9227 TDD: 604.875.8835
Email: adap@bccpd.bc.ca
[ BC Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA) ]
- BCPWA exists to enable persons living with HIV/AIDS to empower themselves through mutual support and collective action. Provides membership, advocacy, support, treatment information, positive prevention, prison outreach, community based research, volunteer opportunities, and a variety of free services.
Address: 1107 Seymour Street, 2nd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 5S8
Telephone: 604.893.2200
Toll Free Telephone: 1.800.994.2437
Fax: 604.893.2251
Email: info@bcpwa.org
[ Canadian Hemophilia Society-BC Chapter ]
- Broad range of services for hemophiliacs and hemophiliacs with HIV/AIDS.
Address: PO Box 78039 North Side, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 7H5
Telephone 604.688.8186
Fax: 604.941.8572
Email: contact@hemophiliabc.ca
- A community centre serving and supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community and their allies. Wide range of free services and programs, including a library, an information and referral service, youth services, professional counseling, the Bute Street clinic, support groups, educational outreach, a generational project for seniors, a peer support "Pride Line."
Pride Line: Every night from 7pm-10pm, at 604.684.6869
Toll Free Pride Line: 1.800.566.1170
Address: 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6
Telephone: 604.684.5307
[ Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program ]
- Provides culturally appropriate on-site community based HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) education and training to Aboriginal communities, organizations and professionals within BC.
Address: BC Centre for Disease Control, 655 West 12th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4
Telephone: 604.660.1673
Email: cheemamuk@bccdc.ca
[ Downtown Eastside HIV/IDU Action Plan Consumers Board ]
- Services and programs include a needle exchange and sponsorship of HIV/IDU events.
Address: 105-177 E. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1N5
Telephone: 604.688.6241
Fax: 604.688.6294
Email: cnsbd@mdi.ca
- Offers a variety of services and programs with a holistic approach to people living with life threatening illness and to support their families, friends and caregivers.
Address: 1459 Barclay Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
Telephone: 604.682.5992
Email: ffl@radiant.net
[ Healing our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society ]
- Working to prevent and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, to provide care, treatment, support services and increased community accessibility to HIV/AIDS resources for Aboriginal people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Educational outreach workshops and volunteer opportunities.
Address: 100-2425 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 4L6
Telephone: 604.879.8884
Email: info@healingourspirit.org
[ The Heart of Richmond AIDS Society ]
- Weekly support groups, monthly dinners, one to one counseling and advocacy services, and youth prevention education services.
Outreach Cell: 778.883.5137
Address: #200-6411 Buswell Street Richmond, BC V6Y 2G5
Telephone: 604.277.5137
Fax: 604.277.5131
Email: contact@heartofrichmond.com
- Confidential services, support and social opportunities for HIV/AIDS infected/affected children and families.
Mailing Address: Box 56622, 236-9855 Austin Avenue, Burnaby, BC V3J 7W2
Telephone: 604.515.6086
Fax: 604.824.1457
Latin American Health/AIDS/Education Program at Storefront Orientation Services (SOS)
- Provides HIV/AIDS education, outreach, printed health information, advocacy and general information for Latin PWAs, immigrants and refugee claimants.
- Si desea consejena, orientacion sobre servicious o ser voluntario del Grupo de Animadores Populares en Salud y SIDA llame a Bayron.
Telphone: 604.255.7249
Address: 360 Jackson Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 3B4
Email for PWA Support Programs/information: elopez@sosrefugee.org
Email for Health Promotion & Outreach Programs/Information: bfigueroa@sosrefugee.org
[ Living Through Loss Counseling Society ]
- Provides professional grief counseling to people who have experienced a traumatic loss.
Crisis Line: 604.872.3311
Address: 201-1847 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Y6
Telephone: 604.873.5013
Fax: 604.873.5002
Email: ltlc@sprint.ca
[ Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families ]
- HIV/AIDS Program provides free HIV/AIDS education/prevention presentations and workshops, advocacy, emotional support, a weekly hot lunch, support groups, youth addiction programs, health and resource centre, clinic, volunteer opportunities and more for youth and families in crisis.
Address: 40 Begbie Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 3L9
Telephone: 604.526.2522
Fax: 604.526.6546
Email: purposeaids@pacificcoast.net
Multiple Diagnosis Committee
- Mailing Address: c/o Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul's Hospital,
1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: 682.2344 Ext. 6254.
National Congress of Black Women Foundation (UMOJA)
- Family orientated community based group offering a holistic approach to HIV/AIDS & STD's education, prevention and support in the black community.
Address: 535 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 895.5779/5810
Fax: 604.684.9171
The Names Project (AIDS Memorial Quilt)
- IS made of panels designed by friends and loved ones for those who have passed on due to AIDS.
Address: 5561 Bruce Street, Vancouver, BC V5P 3M4.
Telephone: 604.322.2156
Fax: 604.879.8884
Powell River Persons With AIDS
- Provides support services to those persons living with HIV/AIDS, their caregivers and families including: a support group for people with HIV/AIDS, one to one support, information on community resources, HIV/AIDS information line and seminars for health care professionals. Also sponsors an annual poster contest in our school district for World Aids Day.
Address: Powell River Persons With AIDS Society
3402 Tweedsmuir Ave, Powell River B.C
Telephone: 604.485.9504
Email: dpersson@armourtech.com
- Committed to providing choice and quality of life for HIV-positive women through support, research and community education throughout BC.
Address: 614-1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7
Telephone: 604.692.3000
Toll Free Telephone: 1.866.692.3001
Fax: 604.684.3126
Email: pwn@pwn.bc.ca
- Coalition of ASOs, skills building workshops, resource materials, quarterly aboriginal magazine called Blood Lines.
Address: 804-100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC V7T 1A2
Telephone: 604.913.3332
Fax: 604.913.3352
Email: info@red-road.org
[ Western Canadian Pediatric AIDS Society ]
- Provides recreational, social, educational, and support programs for children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Address: 104-1260 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 1W2
Telephone: 604.684.1701
Fax: 604.684.1741
Email: info@campmoomba.com
World AIDS' Group of BC
- Address: 607-207 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC, V6A 3Y9.
Telephone: 604.646.6643
Email: wagbc@vcn.bc.ca
[ Youth Community Outreach AIDS Society (YouthCO) ]
- Youth for youth member driven agency. Provides a variety of services, support and education to HIV/AIDS infected/affected youth 15-30.
Address: 205-1104 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1V8
Telephone: 604.688.1441
Fax: 604.688.4932
Email: information@youthco.org
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