OUR Spaces stands for Vancouver Out Under the Rainbow Spaces Society, and is a registered non-profit society in British Columbia.

We invite and encourage you to take part in the efforts to build a new Centre for our community. All endeavours of this magnitude involve every person, every organization, and every ounze of enthusiasm the community can muster.

Volunteer! Hold a fundraiser! Come to a meeting! Tell your friends!

This is your Centre. Make it happen.

Vision Statement
Realizing the dream… of creating physical spaces to celebrate, support and enhance the diverse cultures of Vancouver's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited, Queer and Allied communities through arts, leisure, recreation and services.

Mission Statement
The Vancouver OUR Spaces Society exists to facilitate the envisioning, funding, building and maintaining of a multipurpose gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two spirited, queer and allies’ Community Centre.

Our mission outlines our purpose and for whom we will work to accomplish the purpose. It sets the basics and defines the boundaries within which we will work.

The task we have set for ourselves, in an interplay of priority, are:

We will raise funds and access other resources to build a building and will endeavor to include the following components in our plans:
- Space that allows for a Cultural Hub
- Space for the arts and arts education
- Space for Health & Education
- Space for Recreational & Leisure Facilities
- Space for the community to assemble

To educate people about why multipurpose spaces are needed

To raise money

To coordinate volunteers, who will be drawn both from the members of the society and from the GLBT2SQA community at large

To collaborate with and involve partners, stakeholders and other organizations

Some stakeholders are: Youth, Families, Singles, Seniors, Couples, Individuals, Sports & Leisure Groups, Cultural Groups.

Mandate
Our mandate is to facilitate the envisioning, funding, building and maintaining of a multi-purpose gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer, two-spirited and allies community centre in Vancouver.

Our Bylaws are those set out in Schedule B of the Society Act. For a copy please click here.

Board of Directors 2011/2012:
David Myers, Richard Engelhardt, Laura McDiarmid, and Sakino Sepulveda

CONTACTS

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