Kinship Care Help Line: 604-558-4740 • 1-855-474-9777
Lower Mainland Region Services
Provincial Office
204-5623 Imperial Street
Burnaby, BC V5J 1G1
604-669-1616 (Office)
1-877-345-9777 (Toll-Free)
office@parentsupportbc.ca
Lower Mainland Region Services
Kinship Care Help Line
Province Wide Service
The Help Line is staffed by two part-time advocates trained in advocacy, social work, family law, and government services related to kinship caregiving.
Grandparent or other relative raising a family member’s child
604-558-4740 (Greater Vancouver)
1-855-474-9777 (Toll-Free)
kinshipcare@parentsupportbc.ca
Provincial Support Circles
Province Wide Service
Learn more about our provincial Support Circles and register to join them on our Support Circles page
Regional Support Circles
Regional Service
Support Circles are free, confidential, anonymous, (often) weekly meetings of parents who wish to learn new ways to nurture and protect their children. Support Circles offer a space safe environment for caregivers to talk about their children, parenting challenges, successes and failures, the stress or worries in their lives, receive support and parenting skills.
You can see when the next event is and join the Facebook event on our events page.
Please note our in person circles are not currently meeting. Call our office for more information and click here for more information on our online Circles.
Language-Specific Support Circles
For Parents
We currently have Circles for parents in the following languages: English, Arabic (عربى), Korean (한국인), Mandarin (普通话), Cantonese (廣東話), and Tagalog.
Click here for a flyer of all language-specific Circles
Register for any of these Language-Specific Circles:
Registration Form
Email: daniela.alvarado-torres@parentsupportbc.ca
Call: 604-669-1616 (Ext. 106)
Indigenous Circle
For Parents and Kinship Caregivers
Are you a parent, grandparent raising a grandchild, relative raising a relative’s child, or kinship caregiver? Do you or your children that you are raising self-identify as Indigenous? Are you looking to join a parenting support Circle? Are you able to join on Zoom? Click here for the flyer
Register for this Support Circle:
Registration Form
1-877-345-9PSS (9777) ext. 100
danella.angus@parentsupportbc.ca
Abbotsford Grandparent & Kinship Care Circle
For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Kinship Caregivers
Circles provide a safe, supportive place to connect with others like you. Each self-help support Circle is led by 2 trained volunteer facilitators. Topics can vary from grandparent-to-parent relationships, financial realities, legal and custody challenges, physical and emotional health of caregivers and children, and more. Topics are brought by group participants and can vary. Click here for the flyer
Register for this Support Circle
Registration Form
1-855-474-9777 (GRG Support Line Toll-Free)
778-347-4977 (Lori)
604-791-3537 (Luis)
Volunteer With Us
Facilitators Needed for Online Parenting Circles
Are you someone who has an interest in supporting parents/caregivers and child relationships? Join our team as a volunteer facilitator for our online parenting circles!
Events & Workshops
Regional Service
Check out our events page to see when the next event is in your region
Resources
Province Wide
Click here to view a list of our provincial-wide resources from links to useful websites to legal guides.
Our Impact
Province Wide
Who we are is less important than what we do. Read about how our services have impacted the families and communities we work with.
Thank you
We thank the Government of Canada for the Emergency Community Support Fund, Administered by the United Way of the Lower Mainland. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Province of BC.
