Community Resources
Kid's Help Phone 1 800 668-6868
According to their website, Kids Help Phone's telephone counselling is
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anonymous (we don't have call display) confidential available from anywhere in Canada |
* Toll-free (doesn't cost anything) *Immediate (open 24/7) *Staffed by professional counsellors |
Kid's Help Phone has also recently launched an online resource for kids and teens, where you can find lots of information and ask questions online. Click here to access it.
Metro Help Line 421-1188
· Available to residents of Metro Halifax, all ages.
· Offers information, referrals, lay counselling, and crisis and suicide intervention.
· Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m., daily
The Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team 429-8167 or 1-888-429-8167 (toll free)
(MHMCT) provides intervention and short term crisis management for children, youth and adults experiencing a mental health crisis. We offer telephone intervention throughout the Capital District and mobile response in areas served by Halifax Regional Police including Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford. Our support is confidential, non-judgmental and respectful.
MHMCT also supports families, friends, community agencies and others to manage mental health crisis through education, outreach and consultation.
Telephone response: 9 a.m. – 5 a.m. Mobile response: 1 p.m. – 1 a.m.
(above information taken from their website)
· An online parenting community
· Although this service was closed down in 2006, there is still an active Links Library attached to the site, with many helpful resources.
· Information about recreational opportunities available to people of all ages at a reasonable cost through the HRM.