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BC Disaster Stress

Canadian Mental Health Association - BC Division

Provides resources to support BC communities with the stress and mental health concerns resulting from wildfires, floods and other natural disasters.

Resources include community talk events, telephone support, web links, mental health information, and tools to help manage stress, overcome challenges and feel better.

Available B.C. wide

310 Mental Health Support

Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia

Provides a toll-free number connecting callers to a BC crisis line. Offers emotional support, information on appropriate referral options, and a wide range of support relating to mental health concerns.

Available B.C. wide

Find a Community Response Network

BC Association of Community Response Networks

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.

Available B.C. wide

Suicide Grief Support

British Columbia Bereavement Helpline

Offers a support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Trained facilitators provide a safe, non-judgemental, compassionate environment where participants can share experiences, learn grief and mourning tools, and receive community connections, practical information and support. Provided in partnership with the BC Crisis Centre.

Available B.C. wide

Vision Mate

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind - BC and Yukon Division

Provides one-to-one peer support to a person who is blind or partially sighted. Clients are matched with someone living in their community who has sight loss, for one or two hours a week, in the person's home or in the community.

Activities may include help with errands or with an outing or visit, reading, organizing around the home, and going for walk.

Available B.C. wide

Community Outreach and Awareness

Canadian Council of the Blind - BC Yukon Division

Provides information and referral, advocacy, community networking, mentorship, and public awareness to help those with vision loss in BC. Local chapters may also offer recreational and social activities, community education, and special events.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health and Addiction Resources

The Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction

Offers online information, resources and publications on a variety of mental health and addiction topics. Topic areas include: mental health in the workplace; managing depression; coping with suicidal thoughts; and women living with depression during pregnancy and after delivery.

Available B.C. wide

Health Coach Program

University of Victoria

Offers free, telephone-based coaching to support people living with chronic conditions to become better self-managers. Health coaches and participants are paired based on gender, age and or shared chronic health conditions.

Participants are supported with setting goals and actions to better manage their health, being motivated to start and maintain health-behaviour changes, and becoming more self-confident.

Available B.C. wide

Eating Disorder Peer Support Group

Victoria Eating Disorder Peer Support

Offers a weekly peer support group for adults with an eating disorder or who struggle with food, exercise or body image that affects their quality of life or interferes with day-to-day living.

Peer facilitators are not counsellors but individuals who are in various places of recovery themselves. The group currently meets virtually by zoom only; see website how to join a meeting.

Available B.C. wide

Peer-to-Peer Community

Kids Help Phone

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.

Showing 411 - 420 of 531 Resources
Available B.C. wide

BC Disaster Stress

Canadian Mental Health Association - BC Division

Provides resources to support BC communities with the stress and mental health concerns resulting from wildfires, floods and other natural disasters.

Resources include community talk events, telephone support, web links, mental health information, and tools to help manage stress, overcome challenges and feel better.

Available B.C. wide

310 Mental Health Support

Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia

Provides a toll-free number connecting callers to a BC crisis line. Offers emotional support, information on appropriate referral options, and a wide range of support relating to mental health concerns.

Available B.C. wide

Find a Community Response Network

BC Association of Community Response Networks

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.

Available B.C. wide

Suicide Grief Support

British Columbia Bereavement Helpline

Offers a support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Trained facilitators provide a safe, non-judgemental, compassionate environment where participants can share experiences, learn grief and mourning tools, and receive community connections, practical information and support. Provided in partnership with the BC Crisis Centre.

Available B.C. wide

Vision Mate

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind - BC and Yukon Division

Provides one-to-one peer support to a person who is blind or partially sighted. Clients are matched with someone living in their community who has sight loss, for one or two hours a week, in the person's home or in the community.

Activities may include help with errands or with an outing or visit, reading, organizing around the home, and going for walk.

Available B.C. wide

Community Outreach and Awareness

Canadian Council of the Blind - BC Yukon Division

Provides information and referral, advocacy, community networking, mentorship, and public awareness to help those with vision loss in BC. Local chapters may also offer recreational and social activities, community education, and special events.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health and Addiction Resources

The Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction

Offers online information, resources and publications on a variety of mental health and addiction topics. Topic areas include: mental health in the workplace; managing depression; coping with suicidal thoughts; and women living with depression during pregnancy and after delivery.

Available B.C. wide

Health Coach Program

University of Victoria

Offers free, telephone-based coaching to support people living with chronic conditions to become better self-managers. Health coaches and participants are paired based on gender, age and or shared chronic health conditions.

Participants are supported with setting goals and actions to better manage their health, being motivated to start and maintain health-behaviour changes, and becoming more self-confident.

Available B.C. wide

Eating Disorder Peer Support Group

Victoria Eating Disorder Peer Support

Offers a weekly peer support group for adults with an eating disorder or who struggle with food, exercise or body image that affects their quality of life or interferes with day-to-day living.

Peer facilitators are not counsellors but individuals who are in various places of recovery themselves. The group currently meets virtually by zoom only; see website how to join a meeting.

Available B.C. wide

Peer-to-Peer Community

Kids Help Phone

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.

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