Programs & Services

Our programs connect with diverse groups of people living with HIV, their families and friends, and HIV-negative people navigating sex and substance use.

Welcome to Ribbon

Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers includes people living with HIV and HIV-negative people. We provide a mix of free programs and services in English, Spanish, and several other languages.

We do not require people to have health care coverage, Canadian citizenship, or an address. Many of our programs require confirmation that a person is living with HIV.

Monthly Calendar

This month at Ribbon

Our monthly calendar features special events, regular programming, and opportunities for our communities to connect with each other. We provide programs and services at no cost to community members.

This mOnth’s CaleNdar

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find our free programs and services

One on one services

Ribbon offers free programs and services to support and empower our communities.

Peer Navigation

Peer Navigators have been there too: sharing an HIV diagnosis, navigating sobriety and substance use, aging with HIV, and encountering stigma.

Case management for people living with HIV

Case managers connect people to benefits, services, resources, and practical support to live well with HIV.

Dental hygiene clinic

We can help take care of your smile! The UBC dental hygiene program offers a free, in-person clinic at Ribbon.

Income tax clinic

Volunteers trained by the Canada Revenue Agency file income tax returns for people with simple tax situations and modest income.

Counselling

Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation provides women living with HIV who are new to British Columbia with free, confidential therapy, online or in-person.

Case management for HIV prevention

Support for HIV-negative people to navigate sex, substance use, and HIV prevention.

Access to food

We offer produce, protein, and pantry items to support and empower community members in living full, healthy lives.

Groups & activities

Ribbon staff and volunteers host a range of skill shares, drop-ins, workshops, celebrations, and special events by and for our communities

Financial Support

Funding towards medical needs, public transit, identification, gender affirming care, cultural needs, stable housing, and nutritional support during pregnancy and postpartum is available to eligible community members.

HIV Education

No one knows more about HIV than people living with the virus. Learn from our team as we work to overcome HIV stigma with accurate, up-to-date facts and information are our best tools.

Community Voices

Many communities make Ribbon possible. Together, our voices and experiences challenge the HIV stigma that harms us all. Connect with us for expertise from people living with HIV and our communities.

Substance Use Support

Ribbon Peer Navigators support people of any HIV status at the Rapid Access Addictions Clinic and in our regular goal-setting groups focused on rewarding change.

Sex work community

Past and present sex workers can access confidential drop-in programs, including access to nursing, food, case management, peer support, and community.

Sex work drop-in programs

We operate a confidential evening drop-in program for male and gender diverse sex workers, and a weekly program known as Trans Lunch Club for gender diverse sex workers.

Be a Ribbon Insider

The Ribbon Insider is our monthly enewsletter. It highlights upcoming groups, activities, events, and other opportunities within the HIV response.

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