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Supports for our region

Below are resources and support services to help cope with grief and loss:

• Island Health Mental Health and Substance Use – Free grief counselling services to anyone needing support. Appointments are available by calling 250-731-1311 or walk-in (4780 Roger St, Port Alberni)
• Kuu-us Crisis Line - 24-hour mental health phone support for adults 250-723-4050 or youth 250-723-2040 or toll-free 1-800-588-8717 kuu-uscrisisline.com
• BCBH Bereavement Helpline - free, confidential, anonymous, helpline focused on connecting callers with resources for their specific type of loss. 1-877-779-2223
• Canadian Virtual Hospice - support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss, and grief, to people living with illness, family members, people working in healthcare, educators, and researchers.
• Care For Caregivers - free peer-support service for staff in care-giving professions. Call or text 1-866-802-7337 (PEER) or access resources online.
• MyGrief.ca - free, online resource to help move through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace (also:kidsgrief.ca, youthgrief.ca)