Treatment and Prevention Information
Provides information on arthritis medication, treatment team members, surgery, and complementary and alternative therapies to help make informed decisions about arthritis. Also provides pain management information and resources.
Substance Use Treatment Program
Provides residential addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting to adults and youth in BC who need help with severe substance use. Treatment includes assessment and stabilization, medication therapy, peer support, life-skills development, and harm reduction education. The program is approximately three months long and includes after-care support for up to a year following treatment.
13686 94A Avenue, Surrey, BC
Air Travel Assistance
Provides free airline flights to low-income residents who must travel for non-emergency medical care that is not available in their community.
Telephone Counselling
Offers confidential toll-free telephone counselling and text-based support to help young people with challenges and or experiences they are facing. Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The program is staffed by trained professional counsellors with a wide variety of backgrounds including social work, psychology, sociology, and child and youth services.
Live Chat Counselling
Offers confidential one-to-one real time counselling to help young people with challenges and or experiences they are facing. A counsellor is available through live chat on the web, or on the Always There app.
The program is staffed by trained professional counsellors with a wide variety of backgrounds including social work, psychology, sociology, and child and youth services.
Peer-to-Peer Community
Offers a variety of online support forums where youth can anonymously share their personal experiences, offer inspiration and ask questions to connect, comfort and support each other. Links to wellness resources and other mental health online services are also available.
Mental Health Information and Resources
Provides online information about mood disorders and other mental illnesses to inform you about your own or a loved one's illness. Topic areas include finding help, research, depression, peer and trauma support, recovery stories, workplace mental health, and medication.
Chinese and Korean Help Lines
Provides confidential, culturally-sensitive telephone support, information and referral to the Korean community and Chinese community in both Cantonese and Mandarin. Trained volunteers provide emotional support and referrals to community resources that can help to address a wide range of life issues.
Substance use Publications and Resources
Provides a wide range of projects, reports, publications and initiatives aimed at providing all people in BC access to happier, healthier lives, whether using substance or not. Website offers a current list of active projects, facts and statistics, research bulletins, publications and resources.
Tool Kit for Active Living and Support
Offers a free information tool kit and six phone-based sessions, to help adults with chronic conditions, chronic pain or diabetes, manage their physical and emotional well-being.
The tool kit is mailed to the participants and they then meet in small groups by phone or computer audio. Those who wish to not participate in the phone calls can choose to have the tool kit mailed to them only.