Lakeside Family Services provides quality care to disadvantaged and distressed individuals and families in the community through casework and counselling, preventive and developmental programmes, as well as assistance to the needy. Started in 1993, Lakeside serves children, youths-at-risk, families, the elderly, the incarcerated and ex-offenders, and the homeless through its two family service centres, one extension centre, a transition Shelter for the Homeless, and two Before & After School Care Centres. With a vision of changing lives and transforming communities, Lakeside Family Services offers a helping hand regardless of race, language, or religion.