Mission and Core Values

Programming Framework

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MISSION

 To provide safe, supportive places where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life.

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VISION

All children and youth discover and achieve their dreams and grow up to be healthy, successful, and active participants in society.

Core Values

Belonging

We welcome everyone in a safe, accepting environment based on belonging and positive relationships.

Respect

We ensure that everyone—children, youth, families, volunteers, staff—is heard, valued, and treated fairly.

Encouragement & Support

We encourage and support every child and youth to play, learn, and grow to achieve their dreams

Working Together

We work together with young people, families, volunteers, our communities, and government

Speaking Out

We speak out for children, youth, and families so that we can make our world better

Programming

HIGH FIVE Quality at PLAY

BGC St. Alban's Club is a proud HIGH FIVE accredited organization.

HIGH FIVE provides an evidence-based approach to quality experiences for kids, empowering them to excel in life. 

HIGH FIVE Accreditation ensures children's recreation programs meet Canada's highest quality & safety standards, focusing on healthy development through principles like a caring leader, making friends, playing, mastering skills, and participation, giving parents trust, boosting program quality, and helping kids stay active for life. BGC St. Alban's Club is dedicated to these values and proudly aligns with HIGH FIVE standards.

Today, HIGH FIVE® holds to the five Principles that the research indicates are essential for quality programs:
  • A Caring Leader
  • The opportunity to make Friends
  • The opportunity to Play,
  • The opportunity to Master Skills and
  • The opportunity to Participate.
HIGH FIVE’s unique and proprietary approach is built on a Quality Framework, consisting of:
  • Training and Development for staff
  • Program Assessments using the scientifically-validated QUEST 2 Tool
  • Establishing Policies and Procedures to manage risk
  • Creating Awareness of high quality programs for kids

Developmental Asset Building

The children and youth program staff at BGC St. Alban’s Club are trained in and use the Search Institute’s Developmental Asset Framework. These 40 Developmental Assets are concrete, common sense, positive experiences and qualities essential to raising successful young people. These assets have the power during critical adolescent years to influence the choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible adults.


Search Institute organizes the 40 developmental assets into eight categories. The first four categories (20 assets) are “external assets”—relationships, experiences, and opportunities provided by nuclear and extended families, caring adults and peers, neighbourhoods, and institutions within communities. The other four categories are “internal assets,” which focus on the commitments, values, skills, and outlook on life that guide young people’s choices.