Publications

Surrey Survival Guide (Community Resources)

Other community resources are available in our Surrey Survival Guide. It is in booklet format and available for download here. We make every effort to ensure the information is up-to-date. If you are aware of more current information, please notify us by email or call 604.596.4321.

Clients Rights and Responsibilities

We provide services centered on you and your family. We do our very best to make OCS services and facilities safe, welcoming, respectful, and inclusive of all. To find out more about our clients rights and responsibilities, click here.

High Fashion & High Tea

On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, we hosted a special afternoon of High Fashion & High Tea in support of our next affordable housing project. Our wonderful guests, donors, and sponsors enjoyed a vibrant fashion show blending South Asian and Western influences, featuring stunning contemporary designs by the fabulous Sandeep Chohan of Art of Thread and Davi Bains-Gill of Armaan.

It was a truly beautiful day dedicated to a vital community cause—changing lives and Building Hope. Funds raised from this event will directly support the second affordable housing build by Options Community Services and Habitat Housing Society.

Enjoy a glimpse of this unforgettable event in our >>> Image Gallery <<<

Compliments of Diamond Edge Photography

Through their Eyes

"A Journey of Homelessness in Surrey" was a community-based project created inside Hyland House Newton Homeless Shelter through Options Community Services and funded by SPARK BC.

This project is a photojournal of a few residents at Hyland Shelter and their perspective of Homelessness. Clients were given a digital camera and attended several workshops resulting in the collaborative selection of photos and layout before being sent off to be bound. Through their Eyes is a unique perspective from the clients as they convey what homelessness has been for them, and what they would like the community to know.

The Homeless (and those at risk of being homeless) within Surrey face a very unique and difficult daily life. Their lived realities are only understood by those involved and often not among the general public.