youth services
COLLINGWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE
Resources
Mental Health and Wellness
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre:
www.http://keltymentalhealth.ca | 604-875-2084
Kelty Mental Health is located in BC and can offer services including the following: professional help; information on mental health, substance abuse, eating disorders, and more; options for other support and treatments facilities in BC; free educational events for families, educators, and clinicians.
Crisis Centre BC:
http://www.crisiscentre.bc.ca | 604-872-1811
Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of B.C.‘s goal is to reduce youth suicide through education about suicide prevention and stress management and operate YouthInBC.com (http://youthinbc.com/) : a web-based hotline for youth in distress covering all of BC. If you are in crisis and require immediate response, call the Distress Line at 604-872-3311 or 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433).
RISE Community health centre:
https://www.cnh.bc.ca/rise/ | 604 558 8090
The RISE (Resilient, Integrative, Socially Just and Equitable) Community Health Centre connects Renfrew-Collingwood community members who have difficulty accessing health care to a health care team and social supports. RISE also provides health promotion programs and events to the broader Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood. Although their main location has moved to the Evergreen Health Centre (5198 Joyce Street), RISE will continue to provide services throughout the Renfrew-Collingwood Community at Collingwood Neighbourhood House.
Sex Education
YouthCO HIV and HEP C Community Outreach:
www.youthco.org | 604-688-1441
A non-profit organization building capacity with youth between the ages of 15-29 throughout BC to reduce vulnerability to HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C through peer support, peer education and shared leadership.
Options for Sexual Heath (OPT):
https://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/ | 1-800-739-73673
A reliable sexual health services and support provided non-judgmentally and confidentially. “If you’ve got questions we’ll help you get the answers — it’s not weird to ask.”