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Peer Support Program - Okanagan

Spinal Cord Injury BC

Offers in-person peer mentoring and a virtual peer group, to help people with spinal cord injuries and those with related disabilities, overcome the challenges of living with a disability. Peer events, weekly and monthly coffee groups are also available in some communities.

South Asian LGBTQ Support Services

Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society

Offers advocacy, education and counselling to LGBTQ south Asians, their friends, families and allies in the Greater Vancouver area. Services include outreach, volunteer opportunities, information and referral services.

Peer support includes groups for queer south Asian youth and friends; social group for south Asian lesbian, bisexual and trans women; and a group for queer south Asian men and friends.

Youth Counselling and Family Support

Day One Treatment Society

Provides counselling to young people between 12 - 25 years of age through the Youth Addictions Outreach Worker. Includes screening, assessment, ongoing treatment counselling and/or referrals to detox, and residential treatment resources. Additional services provided to the community include parent support, interactive school presentations and rapid response to school based incidents involving alcohol and other drugs and community consultations. Serves the Kamloops and Merritt communities.

Saferide

Vancouver Recovery Club

Provides a mobile response unit dedicated to providing safe transportation, within the healthcare system, for clients with alcohol and drug problems who are seeking relief from their addictions.

The program receives emergency and non-emergency shuttle requests from its partnering agencies including the Vancouver Police Department, Emergency Health Services, and the Vancouver Fire Department. Also works in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the City of Vancouver.

Sexual Assault Response Team

Boundary Women's Coalition

Provides immediate emotional support and information to individuals who have been sexually assaulted within the past 7 days. The team provides accompaniment to the hospital, safety planning, and coordinates police involvement as requested by the survivor.

Stopping the Violence Counselling

Boundary Women's Coalition

Provides individual and group counselling to women who have experienced current or past relationship abuse, sexual assault, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse at any age.

Community Drivers

Chilliwack Community Services

Provides safe, reliable and sensitive door-to-door transportation to medical and other appointments in the Fraser Valley, from Hope to Vancouver.

Needle Clean-up Hotline

ASK Wellness Society

Offers a telephone hotline for the community to report, or coordinate the clean-up, of discarded needles and syringes in public places anywhere in Kamloops.

Substance Use Information and Referral

East Kootenay Addiction Services Society

Provides resources for youth, adults, and caregivers dealing with difficulties from their own or someone else's substance use. Resources include substance use information, an online video library, web links, and self-assessments.

Also provides referral information on approved residential treatment and detox facilities, school based educational programs, community education, outreach, and harm reduction programs.

Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment

Elkford Women's Task Force Society

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 designed to prevent violence.

Showing 241 - 250 of 533 Resources

Peer Support Program - Okanagan

Spinal Cord Injury BC

Offers in-person peer mentoring and a virtual peer group, to help people with spinal cord injuries and those with related disabilities, overcome the challenges of living with a disability. Peer events, weekly and monthly coffee groups are also available in some communities.

South Asian LGBTQ Support Services

Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society

Offers advocacy, education and counselling to LGBTQ south Asians, their friends, families and allies in the Greater Vancouver area. Services include outreach, volunteer opportunities, information and referral services.

Peer support includes groups for queer south Asian youth and friends; social group for south Asian lesbian, bisexual and trans women; and a group for queer south Asian men and friends.

Youth Counselling and Family Support

Day One Treatment Society

Provides counselling to young people between 12 - 25 years of age through the Youth Addictions Outreach Worker. Includes screening, assessment, ongoing treatment counselling and/or referrals to detox, and residential treatment resources. Additional services provided to the community include parent support, interactive school presentations and rapid response to school based incidents involving alcohol and other drugs and community consultations. Serves the Kamloops and Merritt communities.

Saferide

Vancouver Recovery Club

Provides a mobile response unit dedicated to providing safe transportation, within the healthcare system, for clients with alcohol and drug problems who are seeking relief from their addictions.

The program receives emergency and non-emergency shuttle requests from its partnering agencies including the Vancouver Police Department, Emergency Health Services, and the Vancouver Fire Department. Also works in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the City of Vancouver.

Sexual Assault Response Team

Boundary Women's Coalition

Provides immediate emotional support and information to individuals who have been sexually assaulted within the past 7 days. The team provides accompaniment to the hospital, safety planning, and coordinates police involvement as requested by the survivor.

Stopping the Violence Counselling

Boundary Women's Coalition

Provides individual and group counselling to women who have experienced current or past relationship abuse, sexual assault, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse at any age.

Community Drivers

Chilliwack Community Services

Provides safe, reliable and sensitive door-to-door transportation to medical and other appointments in the Fraser Valley, from Hope to Vancouver.

Needle Clean-up Hotline

ASK Wellness Society

Offers a telephone hotline for the community to report, or coordinate the clean-up, of discarded needles and syringes in public places anywhere in Kamloops.

Substance Use Information and Referral

East Kootenay Addiction Services Society

Provides resources for youth, adults, and caregivers dealing with difficulties from their own or someone else's substance use. Resources include substance use information, an online video library, web links, and self-assessments.

Also provides referral information on approved residential treatment and detox facilities, school based educational programs, community education, outreach, and harm reduction programs.

Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment

Elkford Women's Task Force Society

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 designed to prevent violence.

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