{"id":13812,"date":"2025-11-24T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/?page_id=13812"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:38:00","slug":"ladresse-an-essential-support-system-for-vulnerable-youth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/ladresse-an-essential-support-system-for-vulnerable-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Adresse: an essential support system for vulnerable youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thanks to the generosity of several donors, a gym has been set up in a high school in a Montreal neighborhood, providing young people with atypical educational trajectories with a safe and stimulating training space. <\/strong><\/p>

The program offers high-intensity training sessions, supervised by a qualified coach and a social worker from the CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’\u00cele-de-Montr\u00e9al, without any combat element.<\/p>

The goal<\/strong>: to help young people develop discipline, self-esteem, and better lifestyle habits in a supportive environment where positive outcomes are experienced daily.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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An essential support system for vulnerable youth<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The program welcomes vulnerable youth, both during school hours and through after-school activities. Each session includes a discussion about nutrition and healthy lifestyles, which encourages dialogue and strengthens the bond of trust between young people and the team of professionals.<\/p>

By helping them recognize their strengths and celebrate their small successes, L\u2019Adresse<\/b> directly contributes to the development of self-esteem, perseverance, and positive relationships with their peers and the adults who support them. The program also facilitates access to specialized psychosocial resources, while promoting the physical benefits of regular physical activity.<\/p>

The nutrition part of the program, which is always popular, is still a key part of the psychosocial approach. These informal chats about food and lifestyle happen in a positive setting, which makes it easier to talk and boosts the program’s impact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Julien B\u00e9rub\u00e9, the program’s social worker, works closely with the sports coach, school administrators and staff, and several community organizations in the neighborhood.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWe always strive to ensure that the school gym is used as often as possible and reaches as many young people as possible.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulien B\u00e9rub\u00e9, social worker at CIUSSS-du-Centre-Sud-de-l\u2019\u00cele-de-Montr\u00e9al<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A total of 280 young people<\/strong> used the gym during the 2025 school year. And this number keeps growing every year.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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L’Adresse Created over ten years ago, L\u2019Adresse (formerly Boxing for School) is a youth intervention initiative focused on physical activity, motivation, and academic perseverance. Thanks to the generosity of several donors, a gym has been set up in a high school in a Montreal neighborhood, providing young people with atypical educational trajectories with a safe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":13859,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13812","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationsanteurbaine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}