Empowering People & Communities

Enhancing the abilitiy of individuals to cope in times of need.

• 90% of Independent Living Skills participants report improvement in their self-care
  
• 75% of Resource Centre clients report they reached their personal development goals
• 95% of 211 callers follow up on information provided to them

Program Directory

• 24 Hour Crisis Line (Distress Centre of Niagara)
• Advocacy (Niagara Centre for Independent Living)
• Community Support (Bethlehem Housing and Support Services)
• Core Counselling (Family Counselling Centre)
• Disaster Management Volunteers (Canadian Red Cross)
• Education (West Niagara Palliative Care Services [Rose Cottage])
• Family Violence Counselling (Bethlehem Housing and Support Services)
• Graffiti Removal (Mainstream: An Unsheltered Workshop)
• Hospital Response (24 Hours) (Niagara Region Sexual Assault Centre)
• Independent Living Skills Specialist [ILS] (Canadian National Institute for the Blind [CNIB])
• Information and Referral (211) (Information Niagara)
• Medical First Responders (St. John Ambulance – Lincoln County [St. Catharines])
• Member Support (Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada – Niagara Peninsula Chapter of Hope)
• Mental Health Resource Centre (Canadian Mental Health Association [Niagara Branch])
• Peer Support (Brain Injury Association of Niagara)
• Prep for the Future (Community Living – Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln)
• Public Education/Health Promotion (Canadian Mental Health Association [Niagara Branch])
• Recreation and Life Skills (Community Living – Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln)
• Resource Centre (Mainstream: An Unsheltered Workshop)
• Search and Rescue Niagara (St. John Ambulance – Niagara Falls)
• Stand Up (Thorold Community Activities Group)
• Support Services (Epilepsy Niagara)
• Therapeutic Support Services (Community Living – St. Catharines)
• Victim Crisis Support Service (Victim Services Niagara)
• Volunteer Placement (Information Niagara)
• Volunteer Services (Canadian National Institute for the Blind [CNIB])
• Volunteer Training and Development (Canadian Mental Health Association [Niagara Branch])
• Volunteer Transportation Services(Canadian Red Cross)
• Women’s Transportation (Design for a New Tomorrow)
• Work Action Centre (Start Me Up Niagara)