Division:
819 Skyhawk Squadron
Address:
11415 84 Avenue
Delta, British Columbia V4C 2L9 Canada
Phone:
(604) 599-4572
Fax:
(604) 599-4574
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Youth / Young Adults
See Multi-Service Agencies, especially Boys and Girls
Club, for youth programs and job training opportunities as well as Deltassist
for youth drug and addiction counseling. Immigrants requiring services in own
language please see PICS and Virsa for assistance.
Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland
Division:
Delta - Big and Little Sister Program
Address:
34 East 12 Avenue #VancouverBritish Columbia V5T 2G5 Canada
Phone:
(604) 873-4525
Fax:
(604) 873-2122
The Big and Little Sister program matches Lower Mainland girls, ages 7-17, with a volunteer Big Sister in a one-to-one mentoring relationship. For a minimum of 1 year, each match meets once a week to spend 3-5 hours together. Matches enjoy doing a wide range of activities together including crafts, playhing sports, watching movies and just hanging out.
Big sisters are women over the age of 19 who commit to spending 3-5 hours once a week for a minimum of 1 year with their Little Sister. Big Sister volunteers are screened by qualified professional staff counsellors and they receive training and ongoing support throughout their match.
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Canadian Mental Health Association, Delta Branch
Division:
Youth Net Delta
Address:
14 1835-56 Street
Delta, British Columbia V4L 2L8 Canada
Delta, British Columbia V4L 2L8 Canada
Phone:
(604) 943-1878
Youth Net Delta is an interactive mental health promotion program for high school youth aimed at reducing the stigma of mental illness and creating a supportive climate for youth to access help for mental health concerns.
Youth Net offers youth facilitated discussion groups about mental, stress and mental illnesses loosely structure around 5 questions:
What is Mental Health?
What is Mental Illness?
What issues are you dealing with?
How do you deal with them?
Do you know who you could trust in your school, community and personal life to help you?
Discussions are led by youth; generally university students who are studying in an appropriate academic field and often have personal life experiences with mental illness.
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Delta Youth Orchestra/Delta Symphony Society
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Address:
Box 131
Delta, British Columbia V4K 3N6 Canada
Delta, British Columbia V4K 3N6 Canada
Phone:
(604) 878-4655
Fax:
(604) 943-9603
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Fraser Health
Division:
Fraser Health Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI)
Psychosis Sucks
Fraser South (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley)
Phone:
(604) 538-4278
Fraser Health Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) promotes early detection, educates about psychosis and provides direction for seeking help.
The main objectives of the EPI Program are to increase understanding of psychosis, decrease stigma associated with having this disorder and provide direct treatment.
Early detection of psychosis greatly increases the chance of a successful recovery.
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Pacific Community Resources Society
Division:
Kinnections: Delta, Surrey, White Rock and Langley
Phone:
(604) 476-9153
Kinnections is a mentoring program focused on supporting youth as they transition into adulthood and out of government care by establishing a supportive long-term connection with a mentor. Kinnections is fully funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Who is eligible?
You are eligible for Kinnections if you meet the following criteria:
Aged 15 to 18, or currently 19 and meet all the eligibility criteria on their 19th birthday.
On a Youth Agreement or in the long-term or continuing care of the Province of BC.
Live in a community where Kinnections is offered.
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