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: Vancouver ,
BC ,
411 Dunsmuir St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: (604) 684-8171
Website: http://www.411seniors.bc.ca/
Advocacy Description: A social recreation center for seniors with an information and referral facility, and three major advocacy projects: seniors advocacy project, multicultural seniors advocacy project and Women Elders...
Location: Abbotsford ,
BC ,
2420 Montrose Avenue
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: 604.859.7681
Advocacy Description: An non-profit community-based agency with services for the multicultural community, seniors, families, unemployed, people with low incomes, youth and those with special needs.
Tags: child care, community centre, community kitchen, community living, counselling, development disabilities, ESL, meals on wheels, pro-bono clinic, settlement workers, victim assistance, youth services
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: Chilliwack ,
BC ,
9046 Young Rd.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: (604) 792-2760
Website: http://www.anndavis.org
Hours:
Mon to Fri
9am - 5pm
(later appointments available on request)
Advocacy Description: Support with the disability process including the initial application, reconsideration, and tribunal. Options, information, and support in general terms and specified areas such as HIV/AIDS & Hep...
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: Vancouver ,
BC ,
370 – 1199 West Pender Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: Seniors Information & Help Line: 604-437-1940 (local) | 1-866-437-1940 (toll free)
Other Telephone: Office: 604-688-1927 (Vancouver)
Website: http://bcceas.ca/
Hours:
Seniors Information & Help Line
Do you have a question or problem? Talk to someone and get a referral to our legal programs.
10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday
604-437-1940 (local)
1-866-437-1940 (toll free)
Advocacy Description: BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support is a non-profit organization delivering programs and initiatives that work to prevent elder abuse. We advocate for legal and social justice for older adults....
Tags: elder abuse, elder law clinic, senior's help line, victim services
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
411 Dunsmuir Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders
Website: http://www.bcceas.ca/
Location: Province-wide ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Immigrants and Refugees, Seniors and Elders, Welfare
Telephone: (250) 387-6121 (Victoria)
Other Telephone: (604) 660-2421 (Vancouver)
Website: http://www.gov.bc.ca/eia
Advocacy Description: The BC government ministry in charge of services such as welfare and disability.
Location: Canada-wide ,
XX ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Seniors and Elders
Advocacy Description: Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) information on the Service Canada site.
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
Location: Chilliwack ,
BC ,
8850 Young Rd.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Seniors and Elders, Welfare
Hours:
Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30
Advocacy Description: Information, advice, referrals & representation on a variety of issues including, but not limited to:
Income Assistance - Disability applications and appeals
Housing - Residential tenancy...
Location: Richmond ,
BC ,
120 - 7000 Minoru Blvd.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: (604) 279-7077
Website: http://www.chimocrisis.com
Advocacy Description: Provides direct support for people in crises.
Location: Windsor ,
ON ,
235 Eugenie Street West, Suite 105A
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (519) 966-5010
Other Telephone: TTY: (519) 966-0361
Website: http://www.citizen-advocacy.ca/
Advocacy Description: Citizen Advocacy provides support for and solutions to immediate problems and concerns of seniors and/or persons with disabilities. Through direct contact with the Citizen Advocacy staff, clients...
Tags: disability services, seniors' advocacy, seniors' services
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 appointments...
Location: Corner Brook ,
NL ,
63 Broadway
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, Housing and Tenants, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: (709) 634-4322
Advocacy Description: The Community Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (CCHH) is an advisory committee. The CCHH is responsible for increasing community awareness about housing and homelessness issues, and for working...
Tags: homelessness
Location: Greenville ,
BC ,
108 Cooper Avenue
PO Box 91
PO Box 91
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Children and Youth, Debt, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women, Workers
Telephone: 250-621-3450
Hours:
8 am to 5:00 pm
Advocacy Description:
Labor dispute
Unjust dismissal
represent clients who have been unjustly dismissed
Housing issues-eviction - mediators
Income tax forms - free of charge
Medical malpractice
Human rights advocates for...
Tags: aboriginal justice, aboriginal rights, disability forms, eviction, human rights, income tax forms, labour dispute, medical malpractice, Nisga'a, old age benefits, unjust dismissal
Location: Edmonton ,
AB ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (780) 482-8625
Other Telephone: (780) 482-8124 (outreach)
Website: http://www3.telus.net/westsen
Advocacy Description: Helps seniors in isolation or needing assistance with information about services and benefits, and supports seniors in accessing available resources.
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Family, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: 604-558-4740
Website: http://www.parentsupportbc.ca
Hours:
Monday - Friday
Advocacy Description: Help for grandparents or other relatives raising a family member’s child.
Tags: grandparents
