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Available B.C. wide

PDLink Program

Parkinson Society British Columbia

Offers peer support to people with Parkinson's and their carepartners by connecting them with someone who has had experiences similar to their own. Once paired, participants can communicate over the phone or by email. The program is helpful to those who do not live near a support group or who prefer one-to-one conversations.

Available B.C. wide

Air Travel Assistance

Hope Air

Provides free airline flights to low-income residents who must travel for non-emergency medical care that is not available in their community.

Available B.C. wide

Telephone Counselling

Kids Help Phone

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.

Available B.C. wide

Live Chat Counselling

Kids Help Phone

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.

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.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health Information and Resources

Mood Disorders Society of Canada

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.

Available B.C. wide

Chinese and Korean Help Lines

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation

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.

Available B.C. wide

Substance use Publications and Resources

University of Victoria

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.

Available B.C. wide

Tool Kit for Active Living and Support

University of Victoria

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.

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.

Showing 381 - 390 of 533 Resources
Available B.C. wide

PDLink Program

Parkinson Society British Columbia

Offers peer support to people with Parkinson's and their carepartners by connecting them with someone who has had experiences similar to their own. Once paired, participants can communicate over the phone or by email. The program is helpful to those who do not live near a support group or who prefer one-to-one conversations.

Available B.C. wide

Air Travel Assistance

Hope Air

Provides free airline flights to low-income residents who must travel for non-emergency medical care that is not available in their community.

Available B.C. wide

Telephone Counselling

Kids Help Phone

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.

Available B.C. wide

Live Chat Counselling

Kids Help Phone

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.

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.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health Information and Resources

Mood Disorders Society of Canada

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.

Available B.C. wide

Chinese and Korean Help Lines

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation

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.

Available B.C. wide

Substance use Publications and Resources

University of Victoria

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.

Available B.C. wide

Tool Kit for Active Living and Support

University of Victoria

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.

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.

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