Services

We provide a wide range of support services to help students get most out of their time at Purpose and to help remove any stumbling blocks.

As students of the Purpose Secondary School, students and/or their families have access to additional services offered by The Lower Mainland Purpose Society.

Programs for Families
(604-526-2522)

• family or individual counseling
• parent/teen mediation
• support to new immigrant youth
• support to the multicultural community in Burnaby and New West
• parenting workshops (call 604-526-2522 for workshop information)
• First Nations Outreach (for parents with children 0 – 6 years of age)

Youth Outreach Services

• Edmonds Youth & Family Resource Centre (604-522-2327)
• Youth and Family Development workers
  (call 604-526-2522 for individual worker cellular phone numbers)

Health Services

• Youth Source: (604-329-1875)
•  H.I.V./A.I.D.S. education and support services (604-526-2522)

Drop in youth resource centre offering information, referral services, a Mental Health worker, alcohol and drug support services, youth workers and an emergency food cupboard.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Youth Clinic: free walk-in clinic, no B.C. Medical necessary
Tuesdays: 2:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Programs for Young Parents

• Ready, Set, Grow Daycare (604-526-9788 for more information)
  (Located in New Westminster, this program is for any parenting student who is attending a New Westminster educational program; students must be eligible for subsidy.)
• Madison Day Care ( 604-205-7385)
  (This is a fee for service day care located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby)
• Pregnancy support to pregnant youth under the age of 25