Peer Support Groups
Offers a variety of support groups around the province for those with mental illness and mood disorders, their family and friends. Support groups are facilitated by trained volunteers with lived experience of mental health concerns.
The support groups are peer-led and offer a safe place to share stories, struggles and accomplishments, listen to others as they share similar concerns, and receive informal education about mental health challenges.
Victim Services Program
Provides information, support and referrals to seniors who are victims of abuse or a crime, including family or sexual violence. Assistance may include information about the justice system, practical and emotional support, and assisted referral to other programs.
Community Support Groups
Provides an online listing of autism support groups available throughout the province. Groups offered include community groups to support families; adult groups for youth and adults on the autism spectrum; and sibling groups for siblings of individuals with autism and related disabilities.
Find a Community Response Network
Provides an online listing of community teams throughout BC that are dedicated to prevent abuse, neglect, and self-neglect of adults through education, advocacy, resources, outreach, and support planning.
VictimLink BC
Province-wide, toll-free, confidential telephone service to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence including: sexual assault, violence in relationships, elder abuse, sudden death of a loved one, break and enter, and victims of human trafficking exploited for labour or sexual services.
Victim service workers provide information, referrals and crisis support including: community, social, health, justice and government resources; victim services; transition houses; counselling resources, and information about the justice system.
Youth Against Violence Line
Provides trained support workers who talk with young people and concerned adults about bullying, gang activity, sexual exploitation, harassment, and many other youth-related issues. Information is safe, confidential and anonymous.
Support workers are available by telephone, email or texting. Concerned parents, teachers, caregivers, service providers and others are also welcome to call for information and assistance.
Information and Referral Services
Provides telephone and email support to families and health professionals across BC on a wide-range of topics relevant to autism services. Topics include diagnosis, autism treatment and diagnostic procedures.
Online Peer Support Chats
Provides a safe, confidential space for individuals who are affected by an eating disorder or disordered eating, to chat online about their experiences and benefit from the empathy and understanding of their peers while avoiding sensitive subjects such as weight, dieting and specific eating disorder behaviours. There are 10 live chats per week and participants can join as many as they like.
Looking Glass Residence
Provides residential treatment in a home-like setting for young men and women with anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, and other eating disorders. Care and support is provided by a multi-disciplinary team of medical and mental health professionals.
Support includes individual, group and family therapy, meal support and nutrition, and medical and psychiatric treatment. Operates in partnership with the government of BC.
200-2006 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Hand in Hand Peer Support
Offers a peer support program that matches adults and older youth with a trained volunteer who provides compassionate, judgment-free support and listening during eating disorder recovery. Support is provided in-person or over video call.
The program supports individuals wherever they are in their unique recovery journey and, through the consistent and personalized support of a mentor, helps them to discover what they can achieve, as they are ready.