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Welcome to Community Support Services

Empowering Seniors, Fostering Connections

A cornerstone of Jewish Seniors Alliance, Community Support Services is dedicated to enhancing the lives of adults aged 55 and older through compassionate and effective senior peer support with senior volunteers aged 55+, as well as friendly visiting/walking and phone calls with volunteers who are 18+ helping seniors. Our mission is rooted in the belief that every senior deserves to live a life filled with joy, dignity, and meaningful connections.

Empowering Lives, Fostering Connection

Explore our Community Support Services that empower, strengthen, uplift, and enhance the lives of seniors within our community.

Become a Volunteer

Join a network of compassionate individuals dedicated to making a difference. Our volunteers receive extensive training and ongoing support, equipping them with the skills to meet the unique emotional needs of seniors. Beyond making a positive impact, volunteering offers the opportunity to develop new skills, build lasting friendships, and lead a more meaningful life through:

Senior Peer Support Volunteer

Friendly Visiting/Walking Volunteer

Request a Volunteer

Know someone who would benefit from having a volunteer? We’re here to help. Find out how. 

Many older individuals experience feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief & loss, and a variety of life transitional challenges. The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver can provide you with a trained volunteer who will provide emotional support and community resources through home visits.

Volunteers by Your Side 

Our compassionate volunteers help through the following: 

  • Home Visits
  • Empathic Communications
  • Helping you navigate through the empowerment process
  • Listening to and validating your concerns without judgement
  • Promoting self-awareness for a sense of purpose and belonging in your community

When with us, you can rest assured that all support services are entirely confidential and free of charge.

For more information, please visit the Refer A Client page.

Senior Testimonials

Sometimes I don't have anybody who calls me, when my volunteer calls, it gives me the opportunity to have a conversation with somebody.

Senior Testimonials

When I have doubts and concerns, and I talk to my volunteer, it gives me clarity and I feel better.

Senior Testimonials

I have many health conditions and when my volunteer listens to me, I feel heard.

Senior Testimonials

My volunteer phone calls have really helped me a lot when I am feeling depressed. It provides me with relief through talking to her.

Senior Testimonials

When I share my thoughts, feelings, and concerns, I feel better and more hopeful.

Senior Testimonials

JSA has been a great help to me when I have had difficulty in finding help in the community. I do not have any family to help me and I have been sick for a long time.

Senior Testimonials

Having a person who listens to me, talking about common topics, makes me feel more connected. The checking on me is great.

Senior Testimonials

JSA Volunteer is a lifeline, it helps me by allowing me to express myself instead of keeping everything inside. I feel I am not being judged when I talk to her.

Senior Testimonials

She has helped me a lot in my grieving process. Although I am alone, I did not have kids, I had 5 sisters that already passed away. She is very compassionate, a great listener, and friendly.
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Volunteer Testimonials

I liked the overall training, especially the role plays. I loved watching my classmates play out the difference scenarios like real life people. The reactions and statements are very common and can happen in any situation, therefore, very helpful in preparing us for the real world.

Volunteer Testimonials

That we covered serious topics such as implicit bias and elder abuse in a professional but informal manner. I also liked interacting with people of so many different ages, backgrounds, and life experiences.

Volunteer Testimonials

I particularly appreciated the interaction and the experience of the trainers. Our trainers had an excellent ability to apply the training to real life examples. Kindness of the staff and knowledge of the presenters.

Volunteer Testimonials

Role playing was the most helpful. The intentional work to establish trust in the group. Content on boundaries (with role play), empathy v. sympathy, setting limits. Facilitators Grace and Miguel were highly skilled/knowledgeable, warm, encouraging, and engaging.

Volunteer Testimonials

I liked the fact that it was interactive and participation in role plays was a necessary part of the training. Role playing while not easy is an effective way to learn. The content was very relevant and covered a comprehensive range of topics.

Volunteer Testimonials

It has been great to see my clients evolving and myself as well. It is hopeful that our presence is helpful to the client, but I hear from from caregivers that it's helping them as well.

Volunteer Testimonials

Being a volunteer with one of the clients and meeting many times during his end-of-life journey through palliative and hospice care.

Volunteer Testimonials

Connecting with my clients as I too needed to connect as I felt isolated.

Volunteer Testimonials

When I would show up on Mondays with my client and knowing how much it was appreciated.