At Beat the Streets, we are committed to empowering girls through youth development programs like You Grow Girl. With the support of the Canada Post Community Foundation, we have made a lasting impact on the lives of 103 girls, providing them with the tools and skills they need to thrive.

Thanks to the Summer Jobs Canada Grant, Beat the Streets has received funding to hire six talented individuals in various roles within our organization.

This blog post delves into the essence of experiential learning, exploring its benefits and why organizations like Beat the Streets embrace it to teach social-emotional skills to low-income youth.

This blog post explores the concept of SEL, its significance in education and health policies, and the benefits it offers to low-income youth.

Since our time in September, we have had around 15 volunteers who have completed more than 2000 hours with us, produced 7 pilot programs and served over 230 youth with our volunteers.

Hi, my name is Kertreina Burrowes , I am a third year justice student at the University of Guelph Humber.

Volunteer and Field Placement Positions are open!

On October 3, 2022, ParticipACTION released its 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and youth after taking a break in 2021 due to covid.

Find out how public health measures are affecting the mental health of children and adolescents and why Beat the Streets Toronto is using social-emotional learning to tackle this challenge.

Social-emotional learning (SEL) gets a lot of focus in our programs—but just exactly what are the benefits of it and how long do these benefits stick around for? Fortunately, SEL is evidence-based and has been proven to have long-term effects decades down the road in a child’s development, making SEL programs a valuable investment for the future and development of our youth and children.

There are inspirational women all around us, but the first one that comes to mind is my mother. Women who inspire other women is truly amazing, and essential to creating powerful women.

There are many types of ways to coach a team and different styles to use. In this blog Arely tales about some of the styles, there are to coaching.

Managing time can be hard if you don’t know how to do it. This post will talk about the importance of time management, the benefits of it, and some tips.

If you’re looking for a sport to do or put your child in that will teach him/her great life skills and get them physically fit – then wrestling may be just the sport for you!

Read all about one of the four main activities that will make up our You Grow Girl programme.

To celebrate the launch of our new mentorship program, our BTS summer students are creating a blog series on people who motivate and inspire them. In this blog Simi tells us about Jessica O. Matthews, the Nigerian-American innovator and CEO.

Beat the Streets Receives 2 Ontario Trillium Foundation grants to deliver programs encouraging active, confident and resilient youth.

Read about some of my favorite fruits, how I enjoy them the most and health benefits for you.