Piloting our Street Team in 2 other communities!
We are so thrilled to announce that Good Night Out (GNO) has received funding from the Federal Government of Canada, through Women and Gender Equality to pilot a late night outreach team in Victoria and Nelson.
Good Night Out has successfully operated a team in Vancouver’s downtown since 2017. This work has been identified as a “Promising Practise” to end gender based violence, and this grant allows Good Night Out to trial a version in 2 other communities (Victoria and Nelson, BC), operating on select dates until Winter 2025.
The teams will be modelled after GNO Vancouver’s Granville Street Team. to support the safety of those partaking and working in local hospitality and night life sectors. This funding also includes educational workshop programming as well as a tool kit series documenting our work.
There will be 90 minute bi-monthly community engagement opportunities happening over the course of the project. We will post on our socials as soon as they are announced. There is an honourarium for participating. If you want to be informed via email about when these are happening, send us an email.
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Public Workshop # 1 - April 16
Stakeholder Workshop #1 , Protective Cannabis Spaces - April 8
Site Leads in Victoria and Nelson Start - April 1
Nelson Team comes to Vancouver for training - March 22
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Community Consultation #1 : Victoria. Sign up here
Public Workshop # 2, Bystander Intervention for Festival Season - June (date TBD)
The Victoria team will be launching in Summer, as there is a little more work do around determining the route and hours of the team.
To book a meeting and learn more about the Victoria Team, please email our Site Lead
The Nelson team is a partnership with “Team Consent,” who have been doing amazing community outreach since 2022 and are already up operating.
Get in touch with them via Facebook or by sending them an email.
We are very grateful to Women and Gender Equality Canada for funding this project.
