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PHS Community Services Society provides housing, harm reduction, & health care in Vancouver’s DTES & beyond. Co-manages Insite & Onsite with @VCHhealthcare phs.ca Vancouver, British Columbia Joined February 2017
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4 days ago

We bring our low-barrier approach to banking. Pigeon Park Savings, a unique collaboration between PHS and @Vancity, is the Downtown Eastside's bank. There are more than 7,000 members and hundreds more calling in to cash cheques. Minimum ID requirements, maximum service.

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5 days ago

Diverters’ Foundation helps homeless people in Victoria earn money recycling. "It’s life-changing," said participant Ryan Thomas. "I’m hoping it’s going to give me the opportunity to get sustainable income and do something for society that I’m proud of." ladysmithchronicle.com/news/bc-recycl…

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2 weeks ago

The crisis of Indigenous homelessness outlined in a must-watch video from our colleagues at Lu'ma Native Housing Society. PHS Indigenous Outreach Coordinator Bernice Kamano is one of the participants. youtu.be/AddKG49SFQw?si…

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2 weeks ago

Big thank you to Sock Rocket for another delivery of 2,000 pairs of socks to help keep our community members' feet warm and dry.

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3 weeks ago

The PHS Food Program serves more than 2,150 nutritious meals a day, every day, to people in communities with chronic food insecurity. Will you make a donation today? Every gift to PHS makes a difference to those who need it most: bit.ly/3nzAX7z

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3 weeks ago

Downtown Eastside graffiti artist Smokey D was featured at Emily Carr University. As guest lecturer, he talked to students about graffiti culture and had his rare canvas paintings displayed. Gallery director Jack Topolewski: "He’s a legend in my eyes." globalnews.ca/news/10408583/…

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4 weeks ago

Thanks to the friends of Baaad Anna's Yarn Store (2667 E Hastings St) for donating more warm hand-knitted items for us to give to DTES community members in need. We appreciate the time and love you weave into each of these items. #vancouver #nonprofit

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4 weeks ago

A relocated Downtown overdose prevention site is “something that I need in my life — a safe place to come to where there's no judgment. . . somewhere where I can feel comfortable enough to use safely” said participant Andrea Webb. vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/dru…

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4 weeks ago

We're looking for companies, community groups, individuals, families, and friends to enter run teams to help raise funds through the Under Armour Eastside 10K. Can you help? Enter a team or join our PHS runners. Info: bit.ly/490Sziz @RunCRSWest #UAEastside10K

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a month ago

PHS is looking for companies, community groups, individuals, families, and friends to form running teams to help raise funds through the Under Armour Eastside 10K. Here's how: bit.ly/4acQAsZ #UAEastside10K @RunCRSWest

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a month ago

Outreach staff bringing harm reduction and healthcare to vulnerable teens in the Downtown Eastside say the real issue is not drugs, it's trauma. Occupational therapist Elaine Durand: “The substance is a coping strategy and in some ways a medicine." bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/new-you…

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a month ago

UBC professor Danya Fast worked with 20 people between the ages of 14 and 24 as they navigated homelessness and drug use: half of the group died during her research. To save lives, she says, youth need safe supply alongside treatment and supports. bc.ctvnews.ca/what-a-researc…

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a month ago

New West's Hollywood Hospital provided more than 6,000 therapeutic acid trips between 1957 and 1968, treating depression, anxiety & PTSD. The Acid Room: a free Zoom event on Wednesday (March 27) at 7 pm, tells the story: bit.ly/4cp2dhV

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a month ago

Bernice Kamano, PHS Indigenous Outreach worker, helps Indigenous people connect with a “beautiful part of our culture that just gives them strength, power and acknowledgement of who they actually are.” timescolonist.com/local-news/out…

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a month ago

Guy Felicella: Urgently scale up overdose prevention sites & prescribed safe supply. “We do have a government that supports both of those services. However, what we don’t have is municipalities that support accessing those services in their communities.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/03/19/bc-…

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2 months ago

BC RCMP: No evidence of widespread diversion of safer supply drugs. It's still unclear how many seized drugs are genuine or fake, let alone the source of the prescriptions (which are mostly for pain management). vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/03/12/bc-…

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2 months ago

There are few artists whose work you can recognize from their signature style: Smokey D is in this category. Released this week, Smokey Devil – Underworld Street Reporter is a documentary about the well known Downtown Eastside street artist: cool.world/event/smokey-d…

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2 months ago

Thanks to Foresters Financial for your donation supporting marginalized people in the Downtown Eastside. Their $200 Foresters Care grant purchased 260 pairs of socks, which we’re distributing to PHS shelter guests. PHS provides warm dry clothing whenever we can.

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2 months ago

UBC researcher Danya Fast spent 15 years talking to young people about why they used drugs: their hopes, fears and life experiences. She found housing instability was one of the main drivers of their drug use, along with boredom from entrenched poverty. mycowichanvalleynow.com/81371/news/isl…

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2 months ago

Traci Letts of Moms Stop the Harm: safe supply could have saved my son's life. “In a way, stigma is the leading cause of death in this country. "And the biggest thing is most families don’t understand that this could easily happen to them.” theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

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