The clear sound of a singing bowl brings everyone’s attention to Damian Murphy, manager of the new Recovery Café pop-up located at 637 East Hastings Street in Vancouver. He asks for a moment of reflection and then proceeds with a few announcements before members come together to participate in the day’s workshops and recovery circle.
A Place of Radical Hospitality & Loving Accountability
Streetohome is proud to partner with the Kettle Society to open the first Recovery Café in Canada. A property was purchased by a donor, five-year operations seed funding support was committed by Streetohome, and prospective members were excited at the news. When the opening was delayed due to extensive renovations needed, three donors stepped up to fund a pop-up location ensuring prospective members wouldn’t need to wait to start building a better future for themselves.
Let’s Talk About Mental Wellness
With so much change in the world, it is increasingly important to take care of our mental wellness, as well as the mental wellness of others. In honour of Bell Let’s Talk day today, we would like to bring awareness to a new mental wellness and recovery initiative of The Kettle Society – the pop-up Recovery Café.
People are Stronger Together
“People are the masters of their own destiny and health, but at times, they need support and help,” says Nancy Keough, Executive Director of The Kettle Society. Streetohome and The Kettle have partnered to introduce a flagship Recovery Café in Vancouver – the 23rd in North America and first in Canada. The Recovery Café uses the Therapeutic Community (TC) principles … Read More
Changing the status quo
Almost 70 years ago, 14 families in Vancouver banded together with their own limited funds to start the fledging financial cooperative, Vancity Credit Union. It was in response to a time when banks were refusing to lend money to buy homes in certain neighborhoods deemed too risky. They couldn’t have imagined that their upstart venture would become the largest credit union in Canada.
