CIF Crisis Grants

The Crisis Grant is intended to assist mental health and substance use consumers who are experiencing significant financial strain due to unexpected circumstances. Quick Links: Crisis Grant Application – version 29 Eligibility Criteria Definition of “Unexpected Circumstance” Referral Process Grant Deadlines Selection Process Notification Grant Pickup For More Information Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for an Crisis Grant, an […]

Talking With Your Doctor

Room A 520 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Get the most out of your time with your doctor! Peer facilitators lead this 1.5 hour interactive workshop to empower patients to be active participants in their health care. An active patient asks questions, voices concerns and has opinions about their care which they share with their doctor(s) and other healthcare professionals. Using the PACE framework, […]

Plan for Wellness & Recovery (PWR)

Online

Develop an individualized plan to help maintain wellness and manage periods of feeling unwell. Throughout this 5-session workshop, participants are encouraged to reflect on themselves, what they are like when they are well, identify stressors, and develop wellness strategies to improve their well-being. Your Plan can help: Topics include: By having and using your Plan, you […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Talking With Your Doctor

VCH Raven Song Community Health Centre 3rd Floor – 2450 Ontario Street, Vancouver, BC

Get the most out of your time with your doctor! Peer facilitators lead this 1.5 hour interactive workshop to empower patients to be active participants in their health care. An active patient asks questions, voices concerns and has opinions about their care which they share with their doctor(s) and other healthcare professionals. Using the PACE framework, […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Mental Health First Aid Training

Room 202 520 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This is a 2-day training: July 4 and 5, 2023 Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health or substance use crisis. The 2-day Mental Health First Aid course focuses on the four most common mental health […]

Mental Health First Aid Training

Room 202 520 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This is a 2-day training: July 4 and 5, 2023 Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health or substance use crisis. The 2-day Mental Health First Aid course focuses on the four most common mental health […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Coping with Uncertainty

Online

This is a 4-session workshop series: 4 Fridays, July 7 – 28, 2023 Feeling stressed by the news of the day? Join others to explore strategies to help cope with uncertainty and manage stress. Developed during the pandemic, this virtual 4-session series will look at stress, worry, anxiety, and common thinking traps that can affect […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Coping with Uncertainty

Online

This is a 4-session workshop series: 4 Fridays, July 7 – 28, 2023 Feeling stressed by the news of the day? Join others to explore strategies to help cope with uncertainty and manage stress. Developed during the pandemic, this virtual 4-session series will look at stress, worry, anxiety, and common thinking traps that can affect […]

Talking With Your Doctor

VCH Kitsilano-Fairview Mental Health Team Room 104/105 – 2110 W 43rd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Get the most out of your time with your doctor! Peer facilitators lead this 1.5 hour interactive workshop to empower patients to be active participants in their health care. An active patient asks questions, voices concerns and has opinions about their care which they share with their doctor(s) and other healthcare professionals. Using the PACE framework, […]

Peer Work Network Meeting

This Month's Topic - Art Journaling  Presenter - Sarah Andrusco  Contact peerworknetwork@vch.ca to get the Zoom link  

Coping with Uncertainty

Online

This is a 4-session workshop series: 4 Fridays, July 7 – 28, 2023 Feeling stressed by the news of the day? Join others to explore strategies to help cope with uncertainty and manage stress. Developed during the pandemic, this virtual 4-session series will look at stress, worry, anxiety, and common thinking traps that can affect […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

Online

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Coping with Uncertainty

Online

This is a 4-session workshop series: 4 Fridays, July 7 – 28, 2023 Feeling stressed by the news of the day? Join others to explore strategies to help cope with uncertainty and manage stress. Developed during the pandemic, this virtual 4-session series will look at stress, worry, anxiety, and common thinking traps that can affect […]

Voices & Visions Support Group

VCH Raven Song Community Health Centre 3rd Floor – 2450 Ontario Street, Vancouver, BC

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters! Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak […]

Your Recovery Journey

Room B 520 West 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This is a 5-session workshop series: 5 Wednesdays, August 2 - 30, 2023 Increase your ability to meet your personal recovery goals by enhancing your self-determination and quality of life. Many wonder if it is indeed possible for a person living with mental health and/or substance use challenges to accomplish goals, reconnect with self and […]