GoFundMe: Black Lives Matter Vancouver

The Black Lives Matter Vancouver chapter is a cause that supports the organizing work of black folks and allies in undoing systemic racialized violence. Black Lives Matter is a cause cognizant of the ongoing struggles of all marginalized folks and we strive to honour that in the work we do.

GoFundMe: Black in BC Community Support Fund for COVID-19

This Black community support initiative is a fundraiser for a low-barrier, emergency, micro-grant program for Black people in British Columbia, Canada, who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers

B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers, a tax-free, one time $1,000 payment for B.C. residents whose ability to work has been affected due to COVID-19.

Staying at Home for You

Creative Community

A platform where we can encourage and send love to the essential workers staying at work for us, while we stay at home for them. We hope that they can read our encouraging messages to help boost their day and to help give them strength. Thank someone or share your story on the site.

Financial Support List

A summary of financial supports that are available to support Canadian people and businesses during the COVID-19 crisis. New information is also issued as a bulletin when new public health orders are issued.

Co Make Do

Creative Community

Each week, Co Make Do will share a range of virtual experiences to connect neurodiverse folks with self, community, and the wider world. These experiences will take place online, using YouTube, Facebook Live, Zoom and over the phone, for those without Internet access.

Vancouver Food & Beverage Community Relief Fund

All money raised will be distributed to food & beverage workers impacted by COVID-19 who require urgent financial relief. There is also a slack group for community support.

Still Hiring

Creative Community

A place to connect job seekers with employers amid today’s global crisis.

Online Counselling by Vancouver Feminist Therapy Collective (VFTC)

Offering online counselling (with an intersectional feminist narrative approach) at an affordable rate of $70/session. Should this amount be a challenge for some, we welcome them to reach out directly for a negotiable rate. *Note: apprentice therapists are currently unavailable.

Asian Unification Project

This is to specifically support seniors, immunocompromised folks, and disabled folks in the Asian community with grocery delivery and errands. The website is in English, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean, and Vietnamese, with more languages to come.

Share the Goods

Share the goods is connecting people to get goods into the hands of those who need them. We’re all in it together.

Staff Meal by Say Mercy

Affordable meals to go, with $2 added to every order going to the Vancouver food bank. You can also purchase a ‘suspended stew,’ which will be given to someone in need or to a hospitality staff member.

Homebody Club by OCIN

Instagram driven community platform to listen, move, share and learn from each other. #HomeTogether #TheHomebodyClub

Massy Books

Indigenous-owned Vancouver book store offering free delivery within Metro Vancouver (reasonable rates across BC and Canada).

A Better Life Foundation

Produces 850+ healthy and nutritious meals feeding women & children fleeing violence, street-entrenched youth and folks living well below the poverty line every single day.

COVID-19 Come Together (Vancouver)

Facebook Group to connect community members needing or offering help.

Union Gospel Mission Shelter

DTES shelter and meal plan provider for at risk individuals.

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