Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment
Provides free, confidential counselling for children and youth who have witnessed and or experienced abuse, threats, violence in the home, or other relationship violence.
The program provides group and individual counselling for children, youth and caregivers, as well as community presentations, and school-based educational activities designed to prevent violence.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - West Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - East Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Here4Peers
Offers a mental health awareness program to high school students in the Delta school district. The program provides students with effective tools and healthy coping strategies for dealing with stress, and provides accurate information on accessing help for themselves, their peers or loved ones.
Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment
Provides free, confidential counselling for children and youth who have witnessed and or experienced abuse, threats, violence in the home, or other relationship violence. The program offers safety skills and strategies, and supports children to understand they are not at fault for abusive action of others.
Homicide Grief Support Groups
Offers group support in a safe, non-judgmental environment to families and friends of individuals who have survived the loss of a loved one by homicide. Groups meet once a week for eight weeks.
Participants come together to support each other, listen to others who have experienced a similar loss, and as well learn grief and mourning tools to help in their daily lives.
Community Programs
Provides community-based education, health and cultural programs for Aboriginal families living in the Northern Vancouver Island area. Programs include social services, children and family programming, and services that offer cultural awareness, education and support.
School-Based Mental Health Outreach Program
Provides counselling programs for students and families experiencing stress at home, such as addictions, grief, mental health, stress, and anxiety, which affect the student's ability to manage at school. Families are referred by the school and services are offered in the school and or family home.
Therapeutic Counselling
Offers therapeutic counselling and life-skills support services to youth who are experiencing anxiety, depression, and substance use issues resulting from childhood trauma and abuse. Family counselling is also available.
Young Carers Program
Provides support and education to young caregivers who providing significant care to a family member. The need for care may include supporting a family member with physical or mental illness, disability, addiction or other difficulties such as financial issues or divorce.
Services include individual support and counselling, workshops, family counselling, First Nations family support, advocacy, and referrals to other service providers.