ACCESS Youth Outreach Services Society is a "youth specific”, award-winning registered charity established in 1993. We run a mobile outreach centre - The Bus - staffed with outreach workers that travels the TriCity area late at night, looking for youth at risk. Right there on the street, we give out food, water, warm clothes, harm reduction supplies, and sexual health supplies. Our outreach worker
s provide connections to counselling, employment services and substance-use programs. We also offer programs that proactively increase mental wellness in youth. Our Youth GourMade initiative send out dozens of meal kits every week to so that youth can learn to cook healthy, delicious meals for their families. The Art Journaling Group is an afterschool program combines artistic expression with a facilitated discussion around important topics like healthy boundaries, online safety and positive self-image.