Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Website: http://www.211ontario.ca/
Advocacy Description: 211Toronto.ca is the public, online version of the database used by information and referral specialists for the 211 telephone service.
Help Line and Website for easy access to community, social,...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Other Telephone: 1-888-340-1001 (TTY)
Website: http://www.211toronto.ca
Advocacy Description: 211 Toronto is a Help Line and website which provides comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on services provided by nonprofit, community-based organizations or the public sector. In...
Tags: help line
Location: Prince George ,
BC ,
1131-6th Avenue
Type(s) of Advocacy: Disability, Family, Health, Mental Health
Telephone: (250)564-3396
Hours:
Open
# Tuesday...11-8pm
# Wednesday...11-8pm
# Thursday...11-8pm
# Friday...11-8pm
# Saturday...12-7pm
# Closed
# Sunday, Monday
# and all holidays
Advocacy Description: To promote recovery among mental health service users through skill development and empowerment.
Goals
1. To provide a place where mental health service users their families and service providers...
Tags: mental health consumers, schizophrenia
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2 Carlton Street Ste 701
Type(s) of Advocacy: Debt, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: 416-598-2656
Website: http://www.acelaw.ca
Hours:
M, T, W, F 9 am to 5 pm; Thursdays 1 to 5 pm
Advocacy Description: Free legal services for low income seniors in the Greater Toronto area. Scope of practice focused on legal issues particularly impacting on seniors including but not limited to health law, consent...
Tags: consumer law, elder abuse, health law, home care, long term care, mental capacity law, retirement home tenancies, tenancy law
Location: Port Hardy ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Health, Mental Health
Telephone: (250) 902–0432
Website: http://www.avi.org
Advocacy Description: Provides general advocacy services for persons who suffer from HIV, Hepatitis C and/or mental illness, administers a needle exchange service, condom distribution, and HIV, Hepatitis C and sexual...
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
163 West Pender
Type(s) of Advocacy: Mental Health
Telephone: (604) 689-7938
Website: http://www.aramentalhealth.org/
Advocacy Description: The ARA Mental Health seeks to work in a cooperative, non-competitive way, with the existing services in enhancing the quality of life for people living in the community. Advocacy services in a...
Tags: appeals, child apprehensions, consumers, mental illness, survivors, tribunals
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
1424 Commercial Dr
PO Box 21503
PO Box 21503
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: (604) 687-1867
Other Telephone: (604) 687-6732 (TTY)
Website: http://www.bwss.org
Hours:
Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm
and Wednesdays 9am to 8pm
Closed Stat Holidays
Advocacy Description: Battered Women's Support Services provides support and advocacy for women who have experienced abuse, as well as, training and education about violence against women. In 2008, we revisioned our...
Tags: aboriginal women, counselling, crisis support, domestic violence, social enterprise, support groups, violence against women
Location: Stephenville ,
NL ,
54 St. Clare Avenue
P.O. Box 501 Stn. Main
P.O. Box 501 Stn. Main
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Mental Health, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers
Telephone: 709-643-4444
Hours:
8:30 - 4:00 Mon-Fri
Advocacy Description: Working for Peace, Equality and Justice for women and their families.
Tags: women's equality, women's rights
Location: Edmonton ,
AB ,
10527 - 96 St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Legal Aid, Mental Health
Telephone: (780) 423-2285
Website: http://www.bissellcentre.org
Advocacy Description: Emergency Community Support Services: Adult Supports, Mental Health Program, Robert Tegler Friendship Room (Drop In); subsidiary supports: STI and Public Health Nurses, AADAC, PDD, AISH, Aboriginal...
Location: Prince George ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Mental Health
Telephone: (250) 564-8644
Website: http://www.cmhapg.ca
Advocacy Description: General advocacy, accompaniment and tribunal representation available to persons with mental illness. Lifeskills services, community outreach and some housing programs available.
Location: St. John's ,
NL ,
70 The Boulevard, 1st Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Mental Health
Telephone: 709-753-8550
Other Telephone: Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-737-4668
Website: http://www.cmhanl.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Newfoundland and Labrador Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association is a voluntary, non-profit charitable organization established in 1964 to promote a better understanding of mental...
Tags: advocacy, mental health, mental health services
Location: multiple cities ,
ON ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Welfare, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Tags: African, childcare, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, employment services, intercultural, multicultural, neighbourhood house, south asian, women's centre, women's shelter
Location: Montréal ,
QC ,
3680 Jeanne-Mance, #470
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Debt, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers
Telephone: 514-849-5599
Website: http://www.coco-net.org/index.html
Advocacy Description: We are the Centre for Community Organizations (Centre des organismes communautaires), a provincial, nonprofit group based in Montreal aimed at building organizational and community capacity primarily...
Tags: Community Organizations
NB ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Mental Health
Telephone: 506-465-8677
Advocacy Description: Peer support for mental health consumers.
Location: Revelstoke ,
BC ,
P.O. Box 1587
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare
Telephone: (250) 837-4779
Advocacy Description: We are offering at this time one to one advocacy in the areas of child protection, family law, income security, tenancy, seniors issues, and mental health issues.
Ranging from attending apptments to...
Location: St. John's ,
NL ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Health, Mental Health
Telephone: 709-636-4709
Website: http://www.channal.ca/
Advocacy Description: Consumers' Health Awareness Network Newfoundland And Labrador (CHANNAL) is a provincial organization that exists to build and strengthen a self-help network among individuals who live with mental...
Tags: advocacy, mental health, mental health consumers, peer support, skill building, social support, survivors
Location: Kingston ,
ON ,
302 Victoria St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Debt, Housing and Tenants, Mental Health, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 613-545-9640
Website: http://www.dawnhouse.ca
Hours:
open 24 hours daily 365 days a year
Advocacy Description: Advocacy support, counselling, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing and household items provided.
Location: Smithers ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Addictions, Family, Health, Legal Assistance, Mental Health
Telephone: (250) 847-5211
Advocacy Description: Provide services such as family support, alcohol and drug program, mental health, FASD, legal support, residential school legacy project, and HIV/AIDS awareness program.
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
355 Church St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, LGBTQ, Mental Health
Telephone: 416-595-9230
Website: http://www.fsatoronto.com/
Advocacy Description: Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 90 years, we have been assisting families and individuals through counselling, community development,...
Tags: counselling, family counselling, HIV/AIDS counselling, LGBT counselling, support groups
Location: New Westminster ,
BC ,
519 7tth Street
Second Floor
Second Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Mental Health
Telephone: (604) 522-3722
Website: http://www.fraserside.bc.ca
Advocacy Description: Provide referral and counselling services as well as operate an emergency shelter for families that is accessible only upon the Ministry's referral.
