Episode 23: Grief

Young Person Specific - Resources and Support:

• Youth in BC Distress Line: Call 604-872-3311 or 1-866-872-0113 (toll-free) to speak with counsellors and trained volunteers who are committed to helping youth in crisis. Available 24 hours a day.
• Helpline for Children: If you are a child or youth and would like to talk to someone call the Helpline for Children at 310-1234 (no area code needed), toll-free anywhere in B.C. to access emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health and substance use. Available 24 hours a day.
• Kid’s Help Phone: Call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a professional counsellor. Available 24 hours a day.
• Foundry BC: https://foundrybc.ca/ Offers virtual drop-in counselling sessions, youth and family peer support, groups and primary care to young people ages 12-24 and their caregivers!
• Kids Help Phone – Live Chat: https://kidshelpphone.ca/live-chat-counselling Chat counselling lets you connect one-on-one, real time, with a Kids Help Phone counsellor, on the web or from a smartphone. Chats are for youth up to age 20. Available Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm to 11pm Pacific Time.
• YouthinBC Online Chat: https://youthinbc.com/ Get support, information and resources for youth in B.C. and Yukon. Online chat is available from noon to 1am Pacific Time.
• Youthspace.ca Online Chat: https://youthspace.ca/ A community of volunteers who can provide emotional support, crisis response, and more. Available 6pm to midnight Pacific Time. Also available by text at 778-783-0177.
• Go ask Alice: Ask questions anonymously: https://goaskalice.columbia.edu/
• National Alliance for Grieving Children: https://childrengrieve.org information and resources
• Children and Youth Grief Network: https://www.childrenandyouthgriefnetwork.com/ information and resources
• Kids Grief: https://kidsgrief.ca/ information and resources

Anyone - Resources and Support:

• BC Bereavement Phone line: Toll free 1-877-779-2223. Mon-Fri 9am – 5pm (PT)
• BC Crisis Line: Call 1-800-784-2433 offers over the phone support to people having a crisis, feeling overwhelmed or are concerned about someone who may be. Available 24 hours a day.
• Crisis Services Canada: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
• Crisis text line: Text HOME to 686868 in Canada
• Hope for Wellness Phone Line (offers over the phone support to Indigenous peoples who feel they are in crisis or feeling overwhelmed): 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free)
• Hope for Wellness Online Chat (offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada): https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/
• BC Bereavement Helpline website: https://www.bcbh.ca/index.php
• Grief online course by Kelty’s Key: https://www.keltyskey.com/courses/complicated-grief
• To find a grief share group near you: https://www.griefshare.org/findagroup
• Hey Peers: https://www.heypeers.com/ online peer chat groups and online peer support groups for specific topics, including grief.
• Soaring Spirits – Focused towards those who have lost a partner: https://soaringspirits.org/
• CMHA Kelowna Virtual Counselling (Kelowna BC based): https://cmhakelowna.com/programs-and-services/virtual-counselling/
• Connect Counselling (Kelowna BC based): https://www.connectcounsellingsociety.ca/
• Mamas for Mamas (Kelowna BC based): https://www.mamasformamas.org/

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