Abbotsford Impact Youth Substance Abuse Services Society has been a long partner of FVYS. Our organizations work together to run the YESH program Visit www.impactabby.com for more information.
The Abbotsford Youth Health Centre is a place where youth can access inclusive and non judgemental health services. Visit www.ayhc.ca for more information.
Qmunity is a provincial wide resource for LGBTQ+ youth. Qmunity’s youth group, GAB, Holds a number of events that our youth are excited to attend each year. We are happy to be able to take our youth to these open and inclusive spaces to meet and learn from a diverse and broader queer community. Visit www.qmunity.ca for more information.
Camp Out is provides an amazing opportunity for some of our youth to attend a camp during the summer. Each year, FVYS gets in touch with the organizers and assists youth in applying to become a camper. Visit www.campout.ubc.ca for more information.
The CALL Out! project through Vancouver Coastal Health has partnered with FVYS since 2011 in order to enhance programs, provide leadership opportunities and connect our youth and volunteers to other LGBT2SQ service providers across the province. For more information and great resources visit www.vch.ca/your-health/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-twospirit/c.a.l.l.-out-/call-out
Pride Partners – We have had tons of support from our lower mainland Pride Societies. They have booths at our events and lend support and expertise as we grow Fraser Valley Pride with our local community partners.
The University of the Fraser Valley runs it’s Pride Network primarily on the Abbotsford campus. UFV Pride Collective and FVYS have and continue to partner with each other on community events. Visit www.ufv.ca/pride for more information.
PFLAG and TransFamily BC are two local monthly resources for parents, caregivers, families, etc of LGBTQ+ youth who have questions about how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in their lives.
email: abbotsfordbc@pflagcanada.ca
Call: 604.354.4631
Visit their website www.pflagcanada.ca
email: lukas.walther@telus.net
Call: 604-996-8169 (you can text this number also)
Visit their page www.plfv.org/transfamily