Youth Support Line - Northern BC
Provides free, confidential, 24-hour phone support for youth who may be facing some kind of difficulty in their lives.
Crisis workers offer non-judgmental support; listening and helping callers make their own decisions, and as well providing information for community resources such as social services, self-help and support groups, and emergency services.
Therapeutic Counselling
Offers therapeutic counselling and life-skills support services to youth who are experiencing anxiety, depression, and substance use issues resulting from childhood trauma and abuse. Family counselling is also available.
Young Carers Program
Provides support and education to young caregivers who providing significant care to a family member. The need for care may include supporting a family member with physical or mental illness, disability, addiction or other difficulties such as financial issues or divorce.
Services include individual support and counselling, workshops, family counselling, First Nations family support, advocacy, and referrals to other service providers.
Peer Support Program - Northern 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.
Peer Support Program - Vancouver Island
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.
Peer Support Program - Okanagan
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.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - West Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Depression and Anxiety Support
Offers individual and group counselling, stress management seminars, and workshops to help individuals, parents and couples heal from depression and anxiety. The centre promotes a holistic model of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. Support groups are available in-person or online.
Saferide
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.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - East Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.