Strive Living Society is a non profit registered charity serving children, youth, adults, and seniors
Strive Living Society (formally Howe Sound Rehabilitation Services Society) endeavours to design and deliver community living services, tailored to each individual we support. Our teams work collaboratively with service recipients, families, and support networks to ensure flexible, responsive, and quality services. Strive Living Society is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of self-advocates, family members, professionals, and former personnel. The Board ensures the Society is compliant with best-practices and accountable to stakeholders.
09/09/2025
🧠 Every visit supports recovery and connection.
Strive Centre Headway in New Westminster provides drop-in programs for adults with acquired brain injuries, offering a safe space to engage, grow, and reconnect.
From music and movement to conversation and cognitive games, each session is designed to meet individuals where they are, and support where they want to go.
It’s not just about daily activities, it’s about building confidence, independence, and community.
09/08/2025
🧘♂️ Care for the caregivers. Support for the whole family.
Strive’s Individual and Family Wellness Services provide short-term, high-quality relief for caregivers through temporary and emergency placements.
Whether it's planned time off or a moment of crisis, we're here to help ensure continuity of care, with compassion and professionalism at the centre.
✅ Temporary or emergency respite
✅ Available to families, funders, or private pay clients
✅ Personalized care delivered in safe, supportive environments
Let us support you—so you can keep supporting your loved one.
At Strive Centre Footprints and Pinetree Day Programs, no two days look the same. Whether at home or in the community, participants receive personalized support built around their interests, goals, and strengths.
From recreation and social time to life skills and vocational learning, our team is there to create structure and celebrate every step forward.
Because support shouldn’t stand still, and neither should opportunity.
09/04/2025
🧠 Ready to make an impact in ABI support?
At Strive Centre Headway, you’ll work directly with adults living with acquired brain injuries, helping them build routines, rediscover strengths, and stay connected to their communities.
If you're compassionate, adaptable, and looking for purpose-driven work, we’d love to meet you.
📩 Join our team and help make recovery more human.
Strive Centre Vancouver offers in-person and virtual programs for adults with diverse abilities, including drop-in recreation, skill-building workshops, and peer connection opportunities.
📍 New location: 200-3438 Lougheed Hwy, Vancouver
🚆 Near Rupert SkyTrain Station
🕐 Open Monday to Friday, 1–4PM
Programs include:
🎨 Recreation & creative arts
🗣️ Support groups & self-advocacy
💻 Virtual & in-person options
Whether you're looking to make new friends, build life skills, or explore something new, Strive Centre Vancouver is here for you.
🧩 Building skills, routines, and community, together.
In Strive’s Day Programs, every moment matters. Whether it’s preparing meals, learning a new skill, or simply enjoying a group activity, staff and participants work side-by-side to build independence and connection.
Through consistency, care, and collaboration, our teams help create daily structure, and celebrate the small wins that lead to bigger growth.
Because at Strive, progress happens one meaningful day at a time.
08/29/2025
🏠 In our Staffed Living homes, care goes beyond the basics, it’s about creating connection, safety, and a true sense of belonging.
Whether it’s preparing a meal together, celebrating small wins, or just sharing space with respect and warmth, these everyday moments are where trust is built.
Because at Strive, a supported home is a strong foundation for independence. 💙
08/28/2025
🧠 Strive Centre Headway supports adults with brain injuries through drop-in community programs in New Westminster.
Open Monday, Wednesday to Friday from 11AM–3PM, Headway offers a welcoming space to build connection, confidence, and independence.
Programs include:
🎨 Art & music
🧠 Cognitive and exercise sessions
🌳 Walks & community outings
🍽️ Toonie lunches and social time
📍 Location: 319 Columbia Street, New Westminster
📩 Must meet eligibility criteria & join based on catchment area
Want to learn more or see if Headway is right for you or someone you support?
Strive participants from the Footprints (North Vancouver) Program came together for a special Community Access Day at Science World, exploring exhibits, sparking curiosity, and sharing the experience with friends and support teams.
Thank you to everyone who made Strive Day a meaningful and inclusive celebration of science and connection! 💙
08/26/2025
💼 Looking for meaningful work that creates real impact?
Strive Living Society is hiring across multiple programs — from youth and family services to adult supported living and community inclusion.
Join a purpose-driven team that values compassion, connection, and person-centered care.
✨ Flexible roles
✨ Inclusive environments
✨ Support that makes a difference
Strive Centre Footprints (North Vancouver) and Pinetree (Coquitlam) offer home-based and community-based programs for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Each participant receives a personalized schedule with activities like:
🎨 Arts and recreation
👥 Social and group programs
📚 Vocational and life skills
Programs operate Monday to Friday, 9AM–3PM, and are available across the Lower Mainland.
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Strive Living Society (formally Howe Sound Rehabilitation Services Society) is a registered nonprofit organization that provides community and residential services for children, youth, adults, and seniors with diverse abilities.
Founded in 1988 by a Psychologist and Social Worker with the shared belief that even the most challenging individuals could live successfully in the community, Strive began as a modest group home for three young adults with developmental disabilities from the former Woodlands Hospital.
Today, Strive serves individuals, not only adults with developmental disabilities, but also children, youth, and seniors with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, medical complications, mental health issues, autism spectrum disorders, behavioural obstacles, and/or dementia. In addition to residential resources, Strive operates drop-in centres, community-based programs, and home-based services.
Strive’s service area has expanded from North Vancouver to Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, as well as the Sunshine Coast. Most of our programs are fully CARF accredited.
This grass roots agency now serves over 700 individuals, with headquarters based in beautiful Burnaby, BC. http://striveliving.ca/
