Smithers and District Transit
Provides low-cost transportation options for residents of Smithers and Telkwa who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities.
Outreach Support Worker
Provides in-home support and counselling for families and their children to enhance parenting and behaviour management skills, increase healthy births, and support child development.
Y Mind Teen
Offers a free support group for young adults who experience anxiety. Participants learn healthy coping skills, connect with other young people in the community, and get support all in a safe and friendly environment. Programming is supervised by trained mental health professionals.
The program includes take-home resources to help manage anxiety in between weekly meetings, and a 14 week YMCA gym membership to encourage youth to manage their anxiety through physical activity.
Y Mind Youth
Offers a free support group for young adults who experience anxiety. Participants learn healthy coping skills, connect with other young people in the community, and get support all in a safe and friendly environment. Programming is supervised by trained mental health professionals.
The program includes take-home resources to help manage anxiety in between weekly meetings, and a 14 week YMCA gym membership to encourage youth to manage their anxiety through physical activity.
Stopping the Violence Counselling
Provides counselling to women who have experienced current or past relationship abuse, sexual assault, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse at any age. The program provides a safe place for women to make decisions that feel right for them, learn coping skills, and regain a sense of safety and control.
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. Children learn about violence and abuse issues through education, art, and play activities suitable to their age.
Victim Services
Provides justice-related information and referrals, emotional support and practical assistance to victims or witness of crime, criminal harassment, trauma, and or physical or sexual assault.
Services include safety planning, referrals to community services, and accompaniment to police and court appearances. Police-based crisis intervention, support and education is also available in the community by the local RCMP detachment.
Mobile Outreach
Provides drug checking, harm reduction supplies and education, Naloxone, snacks and water, hygiene items, and community resources information to individuals in Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, Summerland and surrounding areas.
Medical Transportation
Provides transportation to medical appointments for seniors in the community so they can continue to live independently in their own homes.
Vancouver Island Crisis Line
Provides 24-hour crisis line support including suicide assessment, crisis intervention, access to mental health crisis response services, and island-wide community resources. Also offers crisis text services and online chat.