YSB’s 2020 Annual Report is here
Click through to our annual report for 2019-2020, see what we’ve been up to and join us in celebrating 60 years of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa
It’s here! Let’s Stay Up Ottawa!
It’s here! Join us and be part of Stay Up Ottawa! YSB’s newest signature event (previously known as YSB’s SleepOUT for Youth), brings the city together to help prevent and end youth [...]
Our Downtown Drop-in is open as of Monday!
YSB is proud to announce that starting Monday, June 22, 2020 our Downtown Services and Drop-In (DSDI) centre at 147 Besserer St. will be open from Monday to Friday, 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. for [...]
Leave a Legacy to Change a Young Life
May is Leave a Legacy month in Canada. Leaving a gift in your will to an organization close to your heart is an easy yet deeply profound way to create a legacy that lives on through the people [...]
Impact doubled, at a most critical time
YSB is proud to announce that $20,000 was raised for YSB’s programs and services for youth recently, thanks to our donors and our extraordinary partner – the Taggart Parkes Foundation. Created by [...]
Mental Health Services at YSB during COVID-19
Information Line for Child and Youth Mental Health and Youth Addictions Services We heard you! YSB has expanded the role of the crisis line and online chat to provide information about child and [...]
Name our new Ontario Health Team!
The Ontario Ministry of Health is introducing Ontario Heath Teams (OHTs) to organize and deliver care that is more connected to people in their local communities. Infants, children, and youth are [...]
Hope is a Place, and Big Rig Brewery presents HOPE Volleyball Summerfest is helping us build it
YSB was grateful to be selected as one of five charity partners at this year’s Big Rig Brewery presents HOPE Volleyball Summerfest, held July 13th at Mooney’s Bay. The tournament and concerts [...]
AVENUE Q and YSB – welcoming places for vulnerable youth
Over 11 nights in June at Ottawa’s Gladstone Theatre, the Toto Too Theatre presented Avenue Q, a three-time Tony winning, part-puppet, part-human musical that explored the journey of a young [...]
Student-run Café will change young lives this year
On June 5, students and faculty of L'école secondaire publique L'Alternative gathered together to celebrate a goal they reached with the support of their community.They presented YSB with a [...]