We’re redeveloping our site into an 11-storey building purpose-built to suit the needs and interests of the community. The first four floors, operated by FIRST, will provide safe and inclusive community amenities with three times more space for our low-barrier services and programming. The seven floors above will offer safe, secure homes for Indigenous peoples operated by the Lu’ma Native Housing Society. Regardless of circumstance, all people deserve the dignity and care that a safe, purpose-built space can provide.
Revitalizing the corner of Hastings and Gore is a community-informed neighbourhood rejuvenation that centres reconciliation and healing. We cannot do this important work without you.
Secured Funds: $28 million
Funds to Raise: $9 million
If you would like to make your gift by cheque, please make your cheque(s) payable to First United and write “First Forward” in the memo.
Mail cheques via Canada Post to:
FIRST UNITED
320 East Hastings Street,
Vancouver, BC, V6A 1P4
Mail cheques by courier (UPS, FedEX, etc.) to:
FIRST UNITED Administration
368 Powell Street
Vancouver, BC, V6A 1G4
For gifts of $3,000 or less, you can e-transfer. Add FIRST UNITED as a recipient and send your e-transfer to:
Send us an email at [email protected] letting us know that you’ve made a donation by e-transfer and include your full name and address so we can issue your charitable tax receipt. For gifts of more than $3,000, please send a wire transfer.
Need to make a bank transfer for an amount larger than $3,000? No problem. You can make a wire transfer using the following information:
Our legal name: First United Church Community Ministry Society
Our address: 320 E Hastings St, Vancouver V6A 1P4
Institution number: 003
Transit number: 07120
Account number: 1009059
Swift Code (international): ROYCCAT2VIC
Routing/ABA (U.S.): 02100021
Then send us an email at [email protected] letting us know that you’ve made a donation by wire transfer and include your full name and address so we can issue your charitable tax receipt.
If you would like to make a donation by phone using a credit card, our campaign team is happy to help. Give us a call at 604.336.3047.
Donating online via credit card, direct debit, Apple Pay or PayPal is easy! Go to our First Forward donation page to make a one-time gift or pledge.
Complete our First Forward Securities Donation Form and then email it to [email protected]. Please note that securities must be received in our accounts by the last business day of the calendar year in order to be eligible for a charitable tax receipt for the same year.
Whether it’s a gift of charitable annuities or a future contribution through a bequest, our campaign team can help. Give us a call at 604.336.3047.
Donations are tax deductible, and we welcome one-time donations or pledged gifts over a period of several years, with pledge payments completing in 2027. Interested in making a pledge?
Download our gift agreement and pledge form.
For information about corporate giving opportunities or our recognition program for gifts over $10,000, please contact us.
Enthusiastic support from both the public and private sectors has propelled First Forward. Check out some of our pivotal achievements.
Date 9 Nov, 2023
Category Blog, First Forward, Redevelopment
FIRST UNITED Executive Director Amanda Burrows (centre) pictured with Vancouver City Councillors Lenny Zhou, Rebecca Bligh, Lisa Dominato, Mike Klassen, and Christine Boyle, Lu’ma Native Housing Society President Dave Baspaly, and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Joan Phillip. Photo by Maxine Bulloch. Vancouver, British Columbia, November 6, 2023 Construction is underway on 103 units for Indigenous residents and […]
Date 12 Jul, 2023
Category Blog, First Forward, Redevelopment
Timeline In 2017, community engagement, redevelopment and capital campaign feasibility studies set the stage for an incredibly ambitious project— the redevelopment of our site at 320 E Hastings. Five years later, site work got underway 2022 April– Street Use and Salvage & Abatement permits are received, clearing the way for preliminary work to begin on […]
Date 11 Jul, 2023
Category Blog, First Forward, Redevelopment
Honouring the History of Our Old Building We’ve dedicated this summer edition of First Things First to our former building—to honour its history and legacy in the Downtown Eastside. Read just some of the significant events and milestones that took place in our old building. Featured photo by Walter E. Frost 1973 (City of Vancouver […]
We’re grateful for the dedication and support of our First Forward Cabinet members, who are as committed as we are to moving FIRST into its new home in 2025.
We’re grateful for the generous contributions of individuals, organizations, and foundations to this project. Thank you for helping us to move First Forward!
You can’t put a price on dignity. But you can help us build a space that embodies it.