Spot the Sober Buses Contest

September is Recovery Month in BC and Umbrella is showcasing that recovery is possible in a big way. On our local buses. There are 8 different pictures of local people in recovery advertised on many buses on many routes. Here is the contest. The first person to find a...

Costco & Guns N Roses

Sharlene is a Costco super fan and has made friends with many of the staff at Costco, and this week Sharlene and Laurie matched with their Guns N Roses t-shirts. Laurie is one of Sharlene's favourite cashiers and with their matching music taste it is no wonder! 

Recipes for Recovery – Practice #3

Today in the Umbrella Kitchen, we ran round three of practicing recipes and timing, getting ready for the 4 week classes that are starting in September. It has been a lot of fun for the staff to take a minute away from the work they do and change the pace with chopping,...

Project Re-Connect

Yesterday was Project Re-Connect at Royal Athletic Park. This annual event put on the by Downtown Service Providers invites service providers to host a table representing their organization and let the community that needs these supports come and learn about the services...

Recipes for Recovery – Outreach class

Umbrella is getting ready for our new cooking program that is starting in September. For the month of August we are trying out recipes and making sure any issues are addressed prior to the program launch. Every Friday we have some staff and our board joining our Recipes...

Happy 5 years Blake!

It was 5 years ago today that Blake joined the Umbrella team. Blake manages many of our programs but his start was in outreach. Blake has since started up our podcasts, oversees new projects and helps get the word of recovery out in the community. Blake doesn't eat...

Times Colonist Article

"Addiction is a non-discriminatory disease" said Evan James. "It affects the young, and the old, wealthy or poor." This is a snippet from the article that was in the Times Colonist today, read the whole piece here. Umbrella is incredibly grateful for the funding from ...

SSI Presentation

Umbrella was invited to Salt Spring Island today to present to the community about what we do and how we help. We have grown our presence on this island in the past years with our outreach worker one day a week, and most recently with Umbrella partnering with BC Housing ...

Join our Board.

Umbrella is looking to grow our Board of Directors. Two of our current directors have reached their six year time commitment and are moving on. The right applicants are curious, kind and committed to the work of Umbrella. If you are interested in being apart of an amaz...

6 year work anniversary!

Today was an important day at Umbrella! Brianna celebrated 6 years with us today, and we got a beautiful ice cream cake to share with the staff. Often Brianna gets forgotten with her work anniversaries since she is the one that keeps track of them, so this year we made...