The Distress Phone Services provide confidential, non-judgmental, free emotional support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
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Help is Available!
At the Youth Crisis Line, they are there for you if you are worried about something, feel upset or confused, or you just want to talk to someone. The phone lines are available in over 140 languages using a language service. Let them know which language you require, and they will try and provide an interpreter.
If you are in crisis, call 1-800-SUICIDE – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in BC
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If you are in crisis and/or distress and require an immediate response, this is a 24 hour, 7 days a week Distress Line, BC-wide.
A 24 hour phone line, website and smartphone app providing immediate support, counselling or assistance.
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Kids Help Phone is a free and anonymous service that supports young people as they build the skills and abilities they’ll need to improve their emotional health and well-being. In addition to an array of counselling options, they offer young people a wide range of online resources and work tirelessly to share young people’s perspectives on a societal level – locally, nationally, and globally.
Need help right now? Call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellor.
Need help but not urgently? Visit websites to find support:
Kids Help Phone: http://kidshelpphone.ca
BroTalk: http://www.brotalk.ca
Resources Around Me: https://kidshelpphone.ca/resourcesaroundme/welcome.html
Kids Help Phone promises that all calls and live chat are anonymous and confidential. Kids Help Phone professional counsellors provide free support to young people across Canada in both English and French.
24/7 Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Live Chat: Wed- Sun 6pm to 2am EST
http://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/AskUsOnline/Chat-counselling.aspx
App: https://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/PhoneUs/AlwaysThere.aspx
For immediate support and information, call the Women’s 24-Hour Support Line 604-987-3374
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A 24-hour women’s crisis line. Someone is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
A 24 hour, multilingual help line about bullying, gang activity, harassment, intimidation, sexual exploitation and other issues.
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Are you in danger? Is someone you know being threatened? Want to make a difference?
Call the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 and talk one-on-one to a YAV Line support worker 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or e-mail us at info@youthagainstviolenceline.com.
If you’re in any way concerned about your safety or the safety of others, we can help. Anything you say is kept completely confidential and you remain totally anonymous – we don’t have call display either. And, because the YAV Line is a multilingual service, we can talk to you in your language.
Concerned parents, teachers, caregivers, service providers and others are also welcome to call for information and assistance.
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local police department.
A “one stop shop” where young people can find hope, help and support on the North Shore.
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Foundry North Shore is a place where any youth or parent in our community can find easy access to the help they need, when they need it. It is an integrated youth and family initiative that transforms how mental health and substance use services are delivered on the North Shore; providing early intervention to support young peoples’ well being.
Hosted by Vancouver Coastal Health, Foundry North Shore unites over 10 partner organizations that work together to address the health care needs of youth ages 12 to 24 and their families.
Drop In Counselling Hours
Monday & Thursday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday/ Wednesday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Medical Services Drop In
Monday to Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Youth safe house program provided by Hollyburn Family Services
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The North Shore Youth Safe House is a two tier, multi-component resource for youth between the ages of 13 and 18 in need of a safe bed where their immediate basic needs can be met. The upper floor of the home is a four bed 24 hour staffed resource providing short-term emergency accommodation and support services designed to return the youth to a stabilized family home or alternate living environment. The lower level of the home is a separate, two bed longer-term resource designed to provide transitional support towards independent living.
– Are you at risk of harm or abuse?
– Do you need a safe place to stay?
– Are you afraid to go home? Do you have problems at home?
– Are you couch surfing, been kicked out of home or evicted?
– Are you a parent or caregiver in need of a place to turn?
The Safe House is staffed by caring and friendly youth workers 24 hours a day, 7-days a week and utilizes an Integrated Case Management approach to provide the community supports required to meet the complex needs of high risk youth. Residents of the Safe House have access to:
– Family Support Workers, Parent-Teen Mediation and Transitional Youth Workers provided by Hollyburn Family Services under contract with the Ministry of Children and Family Development
– Drug and Alcohol Assessment provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
– On-going and after-care support of Community Youth Outreach Workers funded by the three North Shore municipalities
– Nutritious meals, a clean room and bed, baths, showers, and laundry facilities
– Referral to other required services such as medical help, mental health support, educational and vocational counselling
Referrals:
Individuals may self refer to the North Shore Safe House. We also accept referrals from: Family, Friends, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Alcohol & Drug Counsellors, Social Workers, Police / RCMP, Community Nurses, Mental Health Workers, and other concerned individuals.
If you or someone you know is a North Shore youth, aged 13-18, needing a safe place to stay, call our 24-hour toll-free line at 1-877-78-YOUTH (1-877-789-6884) to speak with someone who can help.
The North Shore Youth Safe House is licensed by Vancouver Coastal Health.
Anxietybc.com is a website full of resources on how to deal with anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line.
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Anxiety can totally suck! It can mess with you in so many ways – like when making friends, with stuff at school and even when you’re trying to sleep. Too much anxiety takes the fun out of life. But you are not alone! Lots of teens experience problems with anxiety. And there is lots you can do to take charge of your anxiety for good.
Anxietybc.com is a website that provides resources for dealing with and improving on your anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line if you just need to talk to someone.
A resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
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We are creating a resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities – though most resources are helpful for everyone – to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
mindyourmind provides resources to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access to community support.
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Mind Your Mind is a community for younger people who are learning to take charge of their mental health. You can read stories and interviews, learn more about mental health, check out a toolbox of skills and find resources.
These resources are designed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access and use of community support, both professional and peer-based.
Through the use of active engagement, best practice and technology, mindyourmind inspires youth to reach out, get help and give help.
They aim to:
•provide a platform for youth, their stories, and their point of view
•ask for youth input and make changes as necessary
•go where youth are– they don’t expect to be a destination
•use art, music, video and other creative modalities to engage youth
•strengthen youth-adult partnerships
Mindshift is a downloadable app with questions and resources to help manage anxiety.
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Struggling with anxiety? Tired of missing out? There are things you can do to stop anxiety and fear from controlling your life. MindShift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it.
MindShift will help you learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help you take charge of your anxiety. This app includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety, as well as specific tools to tackle:
•Test Anxiety
•Perfectionism
•Social Anxiety
•Performance Anxiety
•Worry
•Panic
•Conflict
Think of MindShift as your portable coach helping you face challenging situations and take charge of your life.
MindShift is the work of a joint collaboration between AnxietyBC, a non-profit organization devoted to increasing the public’s awareness and access to evidence-based resources on anxiety disorders, and BC Children’s Hospital, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. Funding for MindShift enhancements was made possible by the RBC Children’s Mental Health Project.
Download at the Apple App Store or Google Play for Android.
At HealthLink BC, you will find medically-approved information on more than 5,000 health topics, symptoms, medications, and tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You can also search the online Directory to find health services near you. Call 8-1-1 from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse any time of the day or night.…
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At HealthLink BC, you will find medically-approved information on more than 5,000 health topics, symptoms, medications, and tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You can also search the online Directory to find health services near you.
Call 8-1-1 from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse any time of the day or night. On weekdays, you can speak to a dietitian about nutrition and healthy eating. At night, we have pharmacists available to answer your medication questions.
Dial bc211 from any telephone for free information and referrals.
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bc211 is a Vancouver-based nonprofit organization that specializes in providing information and referrals regarding community, government and social services in BC. Our help line services include 211, the Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service (ADIRS), the Problem Gambling Help Line, VictimLink BC, and the Youth Against Violence Line.
bc211 is a confidential, multilingual telephone service available in Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Squamish-Lillooet and Sunshine Coast Regional Districts. The line provides free information and referral to a full range of community, social, and government services, and operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
A 24 hour website that provides immediate information, support and resources.
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YouthInBC.com supports young people in distress, and those concerned about them, by providing the community’s youth the opportunity to receive non-judgmental, free online crisis intervention counselling, information and resources from highly trained volunteers. This online support is now easily accessible through smartphones, allowing youth access to real-time, online support anywhere.
YouthInBC.com is a program of the Crisis Centre.
Intensive youth outreach provided by Vancouver Coastal Health.
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A multi-disciplinary and evidence-informed approach to support 13-19 year old youth who are in need of more urgent or intensive mental health and/or substance use services. Outreach workers can provide services in the community.
YURT is for youth experiencing the following:
• Acute disturbance in mood, thinking or behavior which might manifest with suicidal ideation, mood problems or psychotic symptoms
• Moderate to severe primary substance use with or without mental illness
• Functional challenges associated with housing, income and health
• Difficulties accessing health and social services
A “one stop shop” where young people can find hope, help and support on the North Shore.
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Foundry North Shore is a place where any youth or parent in our community can find easy access to the help they need, when they need it. It is an integrated youth and family initiative that transforms how mental health and substance use services are delivered on the North Shore; providing early intervention to support young peoples’ well being.
Hosted by Vancouver Coastal Health, Foundry North Shore unites over 10 partner organizations that work together to address the health care needs of youth ages 12 to 24 and their families.
Drop In Counselling Hours
Monday & Thursday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday/ Wednesday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Medical Services Drop In
Monday to Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Youth Outreach Lead – Capilano Community Services.
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Capilano Community Services offers the following for youth programs:
Capilano youth services are available to all youth in the Upper and Lower Capilano, Pemberton, Pemberton Heights, and Norgate area. However, please contact them if you require services in another geographic area, as they may be able to provide a referral to other community organizations.
Kelsey is a Youth Outreach Worker at Parkgate Community Services.
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Parkgate Community Services Society’s Youth Outreach Workers will meet youth almost anywhere at almost any time. If you are youth and you feel that you need to talk to someone right away, contact one of the Youth Outreach Workers below. If they are not immediately available, they will connect you with another team member, youth worker or appropriate resource.
How can Youth Outreach Workers help you? They can assist you in the following ways:
– Help you take charge of your life
– Connect you with what is happening for youth in the community
– Teach you skills that will help you at school, at work and at home
– Show you how to accomplish your dreams
– Provide workshops on topics like leadership training, drugs & alcohol, etc.
– Help you with family problems
– Help you with girl or guy problems
– Stick up for you when no one else will
– Help you with your problems, no matter how big or small, when you don’t seem to have anywhere else to turn
Nick is a youth outreach worker providing support to youth in the Capilano area of North Vancouver.
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Capilano Community Services offers the following for youth programs:
Capilano youth services are available to all youth in the Upper and Lower Capilano, Pemberton, Pemberton Heights, and Norgate area. However, please contact them if you require services in another geographic area, as they may be able to provide a referral to other community organizations.
Harvest Project’s team consists of our volunteer board of directors plus 4 full-time and 9 part-time staff. As well, more than 130 weekly plus hundreds of periodic volunteers served through the past year and contributed over 19,000 hours of service.
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Harvest Project is a community-based urban relief organization and registered Canadian charity. We connect with more than 1000 people each month – as we provide one-to-one client-coaching and active-listening, a rent bank, a grocery-support program, clothing supports, assistance for workforce re-entry, food-recovery and redistribution, and our retail Clothes For Change Thrift Boutique. All supported by volunteers and donors from every corner of the North Shore.
Harvest Project serves Metro-Vancouver’s North Shore, ‘extending a hand up’ to those in need. We provide assistance to residents from Deep Cove in the east to Horseshoe Bay in the west. Our vision is to enlarge our work as a compassionate presence for North Shore residents, by North Shore residents. We’re working to help the North Shore become the most inclusive, healthy and diverse community in Canada. We aim to collaborate with the other excellent services and not-for-profit agencies operating in our community.
In one of the wealthiest regions in Canada, critical family needs are often hidden and services are scarce for those who find themselves in desperate times. About 1 in 5 North Shore families are headed by a lone-parent – representing thousands of people. These families, and many others, are at-risk of losing access to physical, social and economic resources and opportunities.
Since 1993, Harvest Project has been reaching out to those who are experiencing extreme challenges with family break-downs, illness, job loss, and poverty. Our founder, David Foster, was a young West Vancouver business-person who fell on hard-times, found himself ‘on the street’, and was offered assistance by several local churches and other organizations. He came to embrace a Christian faith and felt inspired to begin Harvest Project as an expression of the Biblical principles of solidarity with those in poverty, caring for marginalized people, and seeking justice for neighbours in-need.
If you are in crisis, call 1-800-SUICIDE – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in BC
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If you are in crisis and/or distress and require an immediate response, this is a 24 hour, 7 days a week Distress Line, BC-wide.
A 24 hour, multilingual help line about bullying, gang activity, harassment, intimidation, sexual exploitation and other issues.
Read More →
Are you in danger? Is someone you know being threatened? Want to make a difference?
Call the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 and talk one-on-one to a YAV Line support worker 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or e-mail us at info@youthagainstviolenceline.com.
If you’re in any way concerned about your safety or the safety of others, we can help. Anything you say is kept completely confidential and you remain totally anonymous – we don’t have call display either. And, because the YAV Line is a multilingual service, we can talk to you in your language.
Concerned parents, teachers, caregivers, service providers and others are also welcome to call for information and assistance.
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local police department.
A “one stop shop” where young people can find hope, help and support on the North Shore.
Read More →
Foundry North Shore is a place where any youth or parent in our community can find easy access to the help they need, when they need it. It is an integrated youth and family initiative that transforms how mental health and substance use services are delivered on the North Shore; providing early intervention to support young peoples’ well being.
Hosted by Vancouver Coastal Health, Foundry North Shore unites over 10 partner organizations that work together to address the health care needs of youth ages 12 to 24 and their families.
Drop In Counselling Hours
Monday & Thursday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday/ Wednesday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Medical Services Drop In
Monday to Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Youth safe house program provided by Hollyburn Family Services
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The North Shore Youth Safe House is a two tier, multi-component resource for youth between the ages of 13 and 18 in need of a safe bed where their immediate basic needs can be met. The upper floor of the home is a four bed 24 hour staffed resource providing short-term emergency accommodation and support services designed to return the youth to a stabilized family home or alternate living environment. The lower level of the home is a separate, two bed longer-term resource designed to provide transitional support towards independent living.
– Are you at risk of harm or abuse?
– Do you need a safe place to stay?
– Are you afraid to go home? Do you have problems at home?
– Are you couch surfing, been kicked out of home or evicted?
– Are you a parent or caregiver in need of a place to turn?
The Safe House is staffed by caring and friendly youth workers 24 hours a day, 7-days a week and utilizes an Integrated Case Management approach to provide the community supports required to meet the complex needs of high risk youth. Residents of the Safe House have access to:
– Family Support Workers, Parent-Teen Mediation and Transitional Youth Workers provided by Hollyburn Family Services under contract with the Ministry of Children and Family Development
– Drug and Alcohol Assessment provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
– On-going and after-care support of Community Youth Outreach Workers funded by the three North Shore municipalities
– Nutritious meals, a clean room and bed, baths, showers, and laundry facilities
– Referral to other required services such as medical help, mental health support, educational and vocational counselling
Referrals:
Individuals may self refer to the North Shore Safe House. We also accept referrals from: Family, Friends, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Alcohol & Drug Counsellors, Social Workers, Police / RCMP, Community Nurses, Mental Health Workers, and other concerned individuals.
If you or someone you know is a North Shore youth, aged 13-18, needing a safe place to stay, call our 24-hour toll-free line at 1-877-78-YOUTH (1-877-789-6884) to speak with someone who can help.
The North Shore Youth Safe House is licensed by Vancouver Coastal Health.
Anxietybc.com is a website full of resources on how to deal with anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line.
Read More →
Anxiety can totally suck! It can mess with you in so many ways – like when making friends, with stuff at school and even when you’re trying to sleep. Too much anxiety takes the fun out of life. But you are not alone! Lots of teens experience problems with anxiety. And there is lots you can do to take charge of your anxiety for good.
Anxietybc.com is a website that provides resources for dealing with and improving on your anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line if you just need to talk to someone.
Blue Wave strives to make a difference in the lives of youth struggling with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and/or mental health issues.
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Blue Wave is a program of the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division which works to support the mental health of youth in British Columbia. Their vision is “To build awareness and acceptance of personal challenges faced by those dealing with mental health issues through education, understanding and support”.
Check out the Blue Wave website for a “Wellness Check”, stories from youth with lived experience, resources and to learn more about their programs: the Janice Lee Blue Wave Bursary, the “Living Life to the Full for Youth” life skills course and Blue Wave social media.
mindyourmind provides resources to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access to community support.
Read More →
Mind Your Mind is a community for younger people who are learning to take charge of their mental health. You can read stories and interviews, learn more about mental health, check out a toolbox of skills and find resources.
These resources are designed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access and use of community support, both professional and peer-based.
Through the use of active engagement, best practice and technology, mindyourmind inspires youth to reach out, get help and give help.
They aim to:
•provide a platform for youth, their stories, and their point of view
•ask for youth input and make changes as necessary
•go where youth are– they don’t expect to be a destination
•use art, music, video and other creative modalities to engage youth
•strengthen youth-adult partnerships
Family Smart’s mandate is to support and empower families and work collaboratively with professionals and systems in understanding and meeting the mental health needs of families. Family Smart…. ◦promotes child and youth mental health ◦provides families with information and skills on how to manage their child’s worries and anxiety ◦shares information on what services or…
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Family Smart’s mandate is to support and empower families and work collaboratively with professionals and systems in understanding and meeting the mental health needs of families.
Family Smart….
◦promotes child and youth mental health
◦provides families with information and skills on how to manage their child’s worries and anxiety
◦shares information on what services or supports are available for families in child & youth
◦mental health
◦provides information to professionals on topics related to child and youth mental health from a parent’s perspective
◦partners with others in creating information and resources that promote awareness and collaboration in child and youth mental health
◦provides information to families that will enable them to know, and seek out, who does what and where to look for services and resources
◦shares our own experiences and knowledge with others to exchange strengths and knowledge
◦promotes prevention, early identification, and appropriate interventions.
Mindshift is a downloadable app with questions and resources to help manage anxiety.
Read More →
Struggling with anxiety? Tired of missing out? There are things you can do to stop anxiety and fear from controlling your life. MindShift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it.
MindShift will help you learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help you take charge of your anxiety. This app includes strategies to deal with everyday anxiety, as well as specific tools to tackle:
•Test Anxiety
•Perfectionism
•Social Anxiety
•Performance Anxiety
•Worry
•Panic
•Conflict
Think of MindShift as your portable coach helping you face challenging situations and take charge of your life.
MindShift is the work of a joint collaboration between AnxietyBC, a non-profit organization devoted to increasing the public’s awareness and access to evidence-based resources on anxiety disorders, and BC Children’s Hospital, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. Funding for MindShift enhancements was made possible by the RBC Children’s Mental Health Project.
Download at the Apple App Store or Google Play for Android.
Youthspace.ca is a safe place for youth to share thoughts, feelings and fears.
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Youthspace.ca is made up of a community of professionally-trained volunteers who are there to support you, whatever you are going through.
All volunteers are trained in emotional support and crisis response. All volunteers are also certified in ASIST Suicide First Aid. They provide a welcoming and inclusive space for all. They strive to be LGBTQQ2-friendly and Trans-Inclusive.
They won’t give you advice, or tell you what to do because they believe you know you best! They work to empower you to live your healthiest life. They will support you in the moment, encourage you to explore your thoughts, feelings, fears, options, ideas, and resources.
You can chat with a volunteer, post in the forum, email a counsellor or search for other resources. Youthspace.ca chat is open 6pm – midnight. You can also text them at: 778-783-0177.
Provides health care services to vulnerable individuals who have medical, mental health and/or socio-economic challenges and no regular access to a family physician.
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Health Connection is an Adult Service (19+): provides primary care services to individuals who do not have a regular family doctor or nurse practitioner, and face complex medical, mental health, addiction, and/or socioeconomic needs (e.g., housing, income, access to food). No scheduled appointment or formal referral is necessary to be seen at the Clinic, but scheduled appointments are available.
The Clinic team includes family physicians, a nurse practitioners, substance use nurse, a chronic disease nurse coordinator and a medical office assistants. In addition, the clinic is collaborating with community agencies to support clients who require assistance with non-medical issues such as housing, income and access to food.
This clinic is a partnership between the North Shore Division of Family Practice and Vancouver Coastal Health.
A 24 hour website that provides immediate information, support and resources.
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YouthInBC.com supports young people in distress, and those concerned about them, by providing the community’s youth the opportunity to receive non-judgmental, free online crisis intervention counselling, information and resources from highly trained volunteers. This online support is now easily accessible through smartphones, allowing youth access to real-time, online support anywhere.
YouthInBC.com is a program of the Crisis Centre.
A confidential counselling website for youth provided by Family Services of the North Shore.
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Family Services of the North Shore provides a resource-based website for youth 14 – 19 years of age where they are encouraged to access confidential counselling services and can do so without their parents’ consent.
Contact www.need2talk.ca or 604 988-5281 to access information and initiate counselling.
Intensive youth outreach provided by Vancouver Coastal Health.
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A multi-disciplinary and evidence-informed approach to support 13-19 year old youth who are in need of more urgent or intensive mental health and/or substance use services. Outreach workers can provide services in the community.
YURT is for youth experiencing the following:
• Acute disturbance in mood, thinking or behavior which might manifest with suicidal ideation, mood problems or psychotic symptoms
• Moderate to severe primary substance use with or without mental illness
• Functional challenges associated with housing, income and health
• Difficulties accessing health and social services
Harvest Project’s team consists of our volunteer board of directors plus 4 full-time and 9 part-time staff. As well, more than 130 weekly plus hundreds of periodic volunteers served through the past year and contributed over 19,000 hours of service.
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Harvest Project is a community-based urban relief organization and registered Canadian charity. We connect with more than 1000 people each month – as we provide one-to-one client-coaching and active-listening, a rent bank, a grocery-support program, clothing supports, assistance for workforce re-entry, food-recovery and redistribution, and our retail Clothes For Change Thrift Boutique. All supported by volunteers and donors from every corner of the North Shore.
Harvest Project serves Metro-Vancouver’s North Shore, ‘extending a hand up’ to those in need. We provide assistance to residents from Deep Cove in the east to Horseshoe Bay in the west. Our vision is to enlarge our work as a compassionate presence for North Shore residents, by North Shore residents. We’re working to help the North Shore become the most inclusive, healthy and diverse community in Canada. We aim to collaborate with the other excellent services and not-for-profit agencies operating in our community.
In one of the wealthiest regions in Canada, critical family needs are often hidden and services are scarce for those who find themselves in desperate times. About 1 in 5 North Shore families are headed by a lone-parent – representing thousands of people. These families, and many others, are at-risk of losing access to physical, social and economic resources and opportunities.
Since 1993, Harvest Project has been reaching out to those who are experiencing extreme challenges with family break-downs, illness, job loss, and poverty. Our founder, David Foster, was a young West Vancouver business-person who fell on hard-times, found himself ‘on the street’, and was offered assistance by several local churches and other organizations. He came to embrace a Christian faith and felt inspired to begin Harvest Project as an expression of the Biblical principles of solidarity with those in poverty, caring for marginalized people, and seeking justice for neighbours in-need.
The Distress Phone Services provide confidential, non-judgmental, free emotional support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
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Help is Available!
At the Youth Crisis Line, they are there for you if you are worried about something, feel upset or confused, or you just want to talk to someone. The phone lines are available in over 140 languages using a language service. Let them know which language you require, and they will try and provide an interpreter.
If you are in crisis, call 1-800-SUICIDE – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in BC
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If you are in crisis and/or distress and require an immediate response, this is a 24 hour, 7 days a week Distress Line, BC-wide.
A 24 hour phone line, website and smartphone app providing immediate support, counselling or assistance.
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Kids Help Phone is a free and anonymous service that supports young people as they build the skills and abilities they’ll need to improve their emotional health and well-being. In addition to an array of counselling options, they offer young people a wide range of online resources and work tirelessly to share young people’s perspectives on a societal level – locally, nationally, and globally.
Need help right now? Call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a counsellor.
Need help but not urgently? Visit websites to find support:
Kids Help Phone: http://kidshelpphone.ca
BroTalk: http://www.brotalk.ca
Resources Around Me: https://kidshelpphone.ca/resourcesaroundme/welcome.html
Kids Help Phone promises that all calls and live chat are anonymous and confidential. Kids Help Phone professional counsellors provide free support to young people across Canada in both English and French.
24/7 Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Live Chat: Wed- Sun 6pm to 2am EST
http://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/AskUsOnline/Chat-counselling.aspx
App: https://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/PhoneUs/AlwaysThere.aspx
For immediate support and information, call the Women’s 24-Hour Support Line 604-987-3374
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A 24-hour women’s crisis line. Someone is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
A 24 hour, multilingual help line about bullying, gang activity, harassment, intimidation, sexual exploitation and other issues.
Read More →
Are you in danger? Is someone you know being threatened? Want to make a difference?
Call the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 and talk one-on-one to a YAV Line support worker 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or e-mail us at info@youthagainstviolenceline.com.
If you’re in any way concerned about your safety or the safety of others, we can help. Anything you say is kept completely confidential and you remain totally anonymous – we don’t have call display either. And, because the YAV Line is a multilingual service, we can talk to you in your language.
Concerned parents, teachers, caregivers, service providers and others are also welcome to call for information and assistance.
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local police department.
Anxietybc.com is a website full of resources on how to deal with anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line.
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Anxiety can totally suck! It can mess with you in so many ways – like when making friends, with stuff at school and even when you’re trying to sleep. Too much anxiety takes the fun out of life. But you are not alone! Lots of teens experience problems with anxiety. And there is lots you can do to take charge of your anxiety for good.
Anxietybc.com is a website that provides resources for dealing with and improving on your anxiety. There is also a 24/7 crisis line if you just need to talk to someone.
Nick is a youth outreach worker providing support to youth in the Capilano area of North Vancouver.
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Capilano Community Services offers the following for youth programs:
Capilano youth services are available to all youth in the Upper and Lower Capilano, Pemberton, Pemberton Heights, and Norgate area. However, please contact them if you require services in another geographic area, as they may be able to provide a referral to other community organizations.
mindyourmind provides resources to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access to community support.
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Mind Your Mind is a community for younger people who are learning to take charge of their mental health. You can read stories and interviews, learn more about mental health, check out a toolbox of skills and find resources.
These resources are designed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access and use of community support, both professional and peer-based.
Through the use of active engagement, best practice and technology, mindyourmind inspires youth to reach out, get help and give help.
They aim to:
•provide a platform for youth, their stories, and their point of view
•ask for youth input and make changes as necessary
•go where youth are– they don’t expect to be a destination
•use art, music, video and other creative modalities to engage youth
•strengthen youth-adult partnerships
Youthspace.ca is a safe place for youth to share thoughts, feelings and fears.
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Youthspace.ca is made up of a community of professionally-trained volunteers who are there to support you, whatever you are going through.
All volunteers are trained in emotional support and crisis response. All volunteers are also certified in ASIST Suicide First Aid. They provide a welcoming and inclusive space for all. They strive to be LGBTQQ2-friendly and Trans-Inclusive.
They won’t give you advice, or tell you what to do because they believe you know you best! They work to empower you to live your healthiest life. They will support you in the moment, encourage you to explore your thoughts, feelings, fears, options, ideas, and resources.
You can chat with a volunteer, post in the forum, email a counsellor or search for other resources. Youthspace.ca chat is open 6pm – midnight. You can also text them at: 778-783-0177.
Dial bc211 from any telephone for free information and referrals.
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bc211 is a Vancouver-based nonprofit organization that specializes in providing information and referrals regarding community, government and social services in BC. Our help line services include 211, the Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service (ADIRS), the Problem Gambling Help Line, VictimLink BC, and the Youth Against Violence Line.
bc211 is a confidential, multilingual telephone service available in Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Squamish-Lillooet and Sunshine Coast Regional Districts. The line provides free information and referral to a full range of community, social, and government services, and operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
A 24 hour website that provides immediate information, support and resources.
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YouthInBC.com supports young people in distress, and those concerned about them, by providing the community’s youth the opportunity to receive non-judgmental, free online crisis intervention counselling, information and resources from highly trained volunteers. This online support is now easily accessible through smartphones, allowing youth access to real-time, online support anywhere.
YouthInBC.com is a program of the Crisis Centre.
A 24 hour, multilingual help line about bullying, gang activity, harassment, intimidation, sexual exploitation and other issues.
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Are you in danger? Is someone you know being threatened? Want to make a difference?
Call the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 and talk one-on-one to a YAV Line support worker 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or e-mail us at info@youthagainstviolenceline.com.
If you’re in any way concerned about your safety or the safety of others, we can help. Anything you say is kept completely confidential and you remain totally anonymous – we don’t have call display either. And, because the YAV Line is a multilingual service, we can talk to you in your language.
Concerned parents, teachers, caregivers, service providers and others are also welcome to call for information and assistance.
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911 or your local police department.
A “one stop shop” where young people can find hope, help and support on the North Shore.
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Foundry North Shore is a place where any youth or parent in our community can find easy access to the help they need, when they need it. It is an integrated youth and family initiative that transforms how mental health and substance use services are delivered on the North Shore; providing early intervention to support young peoples’ well being.
Hosted by Vancouver Coastal Health, Foundry North Shore unites over 10 partner organizations that work together to address the health care needs of youth ages 12 to 24 and their families.
Drop In Counselling Hours
Monday & Thursday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuesday/ Wednesday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Medical Services Drop In
Monday to Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
A resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
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We are creating a resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities – though most resources are helpful for everyone – to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
Sex Sense is a free confidential sexual health referral and information service open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Sex Sense is a free confidential sexual health referral and information service open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Pacific time). The team of registered nurses, clinical counsellors, and sex educators offer information and resources for people living in British Columbia, Canada.
To have your questions answered, you have two options:
– Call at 1-800-SEX-SENSE (1-800-739-7367) throughout BC or 604-731-7803 in the Lower Mainland
– Submit your question through a form on their website.
You can ask about sex, sexuality, and other hot topics, including:
– birth control and emergency contraception
– pregnancy options
– abortion
– sexually transmitted infections (STIs/STDs)
– Pap tests/Pelvic exams
– sexual pleasure
– and more!
At HealthLink BC, you will find medically-approved information on more than 5,000 health topics, symptoms, medications, and tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You can also search the online Directory to find health services near you. Call 8-1-1 from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse any time of the day or night.…
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At HealthLink BC, you will find medically-approved information on more than 5,000 health topics, symptoms, medications, and tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You can also search the online Directory to find health services near you.
Call 8-1-1 from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse any time of the day or night. On weekdays, you can speak to a dietitian about nutrition and healthy eating. At night, we have pharmacists available to answer your medication questions.
Provides health care services to vulnerable individuals who have medical, mental health and/or socio-economic challenges and no regular access to a family physician.
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Health Connection is an Adult Service (19+): provides primary care services to individuals who do not have a regular family doctor or nurse practitioner, and face complex medical, mental health, addiction, and/or socioeconomic needs (e.g., housing, income, access to food). No scheduled appointment or formal referral is necessary to be seen at the Clinic, but scheduled appointments are available.
The Clinic team includes family physicians, a nurse practitioners, substance use nurse, a chronic disease nurse coordinator and a medical office assistants. In addition, the clinic is collaborating with community agencies to support clients who require assistance with non-medical issues such as housing, income and access to food.
This clinic is a partnership between the North Shore Division of Family Practice and Vancouver Coastal Health.
A confidential counselling website for youth provided by Family Services of the North Shore.
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Family Services of the North Shore provides a resource-based website for youth 14 – 19 years of age where they are encouraged to access confidential counselling services and can do so without their parents’ consent.
Contact www.need2talk.ca or 604 988-5281 to access information and initiate counselling.
A resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
Read More →
We are creating a resource guide targeted at LGBTQAI2S+ communities – though most resources are helpful for everyone – to get through the upcoming weeks and months. From food banks to digital events to employment information, we want to help you ride out the pandemic. We are going to get through this. Together.
Youthspace.ca is a safe place for youth to share thoughts, feelings and fears.
Read More →
Youthspace.ca is made up of a community of professionally-trained volunteers who are there to support you, whatever you are going through.
All volunteers are trained in emotional support and crisis response. All volunteers are also certified in ASIST Suicide First Aid. They provide a welcoming and inclusive space for all. They strive to be LGBTQQ2-friendly and Trans-Inclusive.
They won’t give you advice, or tell you what to do because they believe you know you best! They work to empower you to live your healthiest life. They will support you in the moment, encourage you to explore your thoughts, feelings, fears, options, ideas, and resources.
You can chat with a volunteer, post in the forum, email a counsellor or search for other resources. Youthspace.ca chat is open 6pm – midnight. You can also text them at: 778-783-0177.
A 24 hour website that provides immediate information, support and resources.
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YouthInBC.com supports young people in distress, and those concerned about them, by providing the community’s youth the opportunity to receive non-judgmental, free online crisis intervention counselling, information and resources from highly trained volunteers. This online support is now easily accessible through smartphones, allowing youth access to real-time, online support anywhere.
YouthInBC.com is a program of the Crisis Centre.
A confidential counselling website for youth provided by Family Services of the North Shore.
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Family Services of the North Shore provides a resource-based website for youth 14 – 19 years of age where they are encouraged to access confidential counselling services and can do so without their parents’ consent.
Contact www.need2talk.ca or 604 988-5281 to access information and initiate counselling.