Lookout Housing & Health Society

Launched in January 2020 at St. Paul’s in partnership with the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, results from Vancouver’s first opioid stewardship program’s first six months show progress towards its goal of ensuring opioids are prescribed as effectively as possible in order to reduce misuse, long-term dependency, opioid use disorder and overdose deaths.

Lest we forget...

When both Fuselli and Belton crunched the numbers, they said they were surprised to find that twice as many people now die of unintentional poisonings than traffic-related injuries the leading cause of unintentional injury deaths for children and teens for nearly 20 years.

Passionate about social services? We’d love to chat. Lookout Housing and Health Society is hiring!! We have over 25 open positions!!! WE OFFER: - Fantastic Benefits... - Municipal Pension Plan - Various Shift Rotations - Fantastic work culture Are you up for the challenge? https://lnkd.in/g5WV4gn #hiring #careers #recruitment #health #recruiting #joinourteam #job #nowhiring #employment #housing

It's so important to talk. A moustache makes a great conversation starter... just saying. Why not grow one and talk about men's health? November is #Movember ... #movember #mentalhealth #itsokaynottobeokay See more

NOTICE: Error on HAW calendar for Friday. Takeaway sandwiches will be served from 4 to 5 - not a meal from 5 to 7.NOTICE: Error on HAW calendar for Friday. Takeaway sandwiches will be served from 4 to 5 - not a meal from 5 to 7.

Happening now from 9:30 to 11:30 at the Honeymoon Suite at Lookouts Russell. (Side door on Alexander st.). UBC Faculty providing a dental hygiene clinic. They ...aren't doing physical exams and you can keep your mask on. But they can answer your questions and refer you to free dental clinics. #HAW2020 #NewWestHomelessness #UBCFacultyDentistry See more

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I want to make talking about mental health more normal like talking about physical health. Like, you go to work and you say, ‘Oh, my back hurts.’ But what about going to work and being, like, ‘I feel really low today’

It's #HomelessnessActionWeek, Oct 11-17. Check out the calendar of activities in New West, organized by New Westminster Homelessness Coalition Society. #HAW2020

October 10 is World Mental Health Day. For a first time ever the World Health Organization hosts a global online advocacy event on mental health. You can watch the live feed in the link below. #WorldMentalHealthDay2020

Homelessness Action Week is October 11 - 17 in the province. At the October 5th City Council meeting the Mayor proclaimed October 11 - 17 Homelessness Action We...ek in New Westminster! While the pandemic has interfered with many of our normal activities, we still have an array of activities lined up for #HAW2020 View the New Westminster Calendar. https://drive.google.com//1nZMGhkLLtuDw26jCb5q45cfA0/view

A big thank you to H.A.V.E Cafe and their wonderful team for thoughtfully donating over 580 meals to two of our DTES sites - Sakura So and Tamura House!! #HaveCafe #WeAreAllInThisTogether #CommunityStrongerTogether

SPACE for COMMUNITY: SURVEY Are you a not-for-profit, social enterprise or artist struggling to find and maintain affordable space? We want to hear from you! ...SPACE for COMMUNITY is a multi-year study seeking to understand the real estate challenges impacting your sector. The Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative and the Real Estate Institute of BC have commissioned this study and SURVEY to get the facts that will help create actions for change. Join 1000s of respondents to make your experience with real estate known. Take the SURVEY now and be entered to win one of four iPads. The survey will take 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Speed the process with your facility information in hand. Take the SPACE4COMMUNITY SURVEY Please consider sharing the SURVEY LINK with your networks and get them to help tell the story of how real estate affects your organizations and your work. Thank you for participating in SPACE FOR COMMUNITY 2020! For more information please go to https://www.socialpurposerealestate.net

The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and they could challenge stereotypes people have about the vulnerable population. The New Leaf project is a joint study started in 2018 by Foundations for Social Change, a Vancouver-based charitable organization, and the University of British Columbia. "I had no expectations and really high hopes," said Claire Williams, CEO of Foundations for Social Change, on The Early Edition on Tuesday. What researchers found after 12 months, she said, was "beautifully surprising." Read more in the link below.

Studies have shown that it’s more expensive for governments to support people on the streets compared to putting them in housing. http://ow.ly/rw9i50BGQ7G #homelessness #vanpoli

A big thank you to our dear friends Hockey Helps the Homeless for donating almost $2,500 raised through the #StaythePuckHome campaign! #HHTH #StayThePuckHome #lookoutstrong

On Orange Shirt Day Lookout staff at Guildford shelter are wearing orange to show support, to honour and remember the survivors of the Residential School system and all those who did not make it home #everychildmatters #orangeshirtday2020