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Beauty Night builds self esteem and changes lives of women and youth
living in poverty through 3 streams of programming: wellness, life
skills development and makeovers.
We believe that everyone
deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Regardless of socio –
economic status, no one deserves to be invisible and isolated from community.
So what is Beauty Night?
Beauty Night is an award-winning, volunteer-run, registered
Canadian charity that builds self esteem and changes lives of women
and youth living in poverty through three streams of programs:
wellness, life skills development and makeovers. Through this we give life-makeovers.
Who do you serve?
1/3 seniors
1/3 mothers &
children
1/3 street youth & survival sex workers.
Homelessness, hunger, mental ill health and debilitating
illnesses are some of the reasons our participants connect with us. 1
in 3 women have experienced sexual violence before the age of 18 year
old. We find the numbers to be higher with our participants.
Why Beauty Night?
Vancouver Foundation released a study
saying that Vancouverites feel isolated from their community. Many of
our participants feel disconnected to their community too. Beauty
Night offers a unique way to build community. When people get together
to celebrate, laugh and become friends, they start believing change is
possible. If people do not believe change is possible, change will not
happen. We welcome our participants as they are. They come in, make
friends, access services, and many become leaders in their community.
When we ask women living in Vancouver’s DTES what assistance
they want, they tell us they want to be treated with dignity and
respect. Beauty Night because dignity is beautiful.
Thanks to our community partnerships with organizations that
provide food, shelter, and health care we are able to connect our
participants with our community partners.
I understand the need for wellness and life-skill development –
why makeover?
Human contact is vital to human beings. Babies who
are not touched will die. 90% of women in correctional facilities have
deal with sexual abuse before the age of 18 year of age. The makeover
is a great opportunity to reintroduce healthy touch in a
non-threatening way and build relationships based on trust with the
participants. Through the makeover program and life skill development
we are able to connect our participants with resources to help them
move forward in their life.
Is it just once a year?
We offer our programming 4 days per
week. Thanks to our partnership with DTES Women’s Centre, we offer
programming twice a week at 302 Columbia. Twice a week, we visit our
community partners and offer our services at their facilities. Our
community partners help with hunger, homelessness and/or health care.
We work together to connect participants with resources that can help
them change their lives.
How successful have you been?
By the end of 2014, we will
have given 50, 000 makeovers in 14 years thanks to 500 volunteers.
Participants labeled “transient” participate on a weekly basis. Many of our participants have become volunteers. Through accessing our life-makeover program, many develop the confidence to reconnect with friends, family and community. We have been able to redirect our participants to volunteer opportunities and employment opportunities with our community partners.
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