“And the Day Came When the Risk It Took to Remain Tightly Closed as a Bud Was More Painful than the Risk It Took to Bloom.”

EMERGENCY HELPLINES

If you are in crisis and unable to reach New Bloom Counselling, please call 911 or the crisis line 24-hour Mental Health Public Access at

250-748-1133/250-754-4477 or the Suicide Prevention Centre at 1-800-784-2433 or the Kids Help Line at 1-800-668-6868 or Seniors Distress Line at 604-872-1234.

Please find below a resource list of phone numbers and online links for your quick reference during emergencies:

Cowichan Women Against Violence: 250-748-7273
Somenos Transition House: 250-748-7000
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner: 250-754-2141
Cowichan Tribes/Ts’ewulhtun Health: 250-746-6184
First Nations Health Authority Indian Residential Schools Survivors Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 OR Survivors Society at 1-800-721-0066 for additional support.
RCMP: Shawnigan Lake 250-743-5514 / Duncan 250-748-5522 / LadySmith 250-245-2215
Victim’s Services: Shawnigan Lake 250-743-5514 / Duncan 250-746-2160 / LadySmith 250-245-6061
Youth Safe House: 250-753-8266
Duncan Mental Health: 250-709-3040
Canadian Mental Health Association- Child and Youth Services for Disordered Eating, Sexual Assault Intervention, Family Capacity/Parenting and Youth Outreach: 250-746-5521
Alcohol & Drug Information and Referral Service at 11-800-663-1441
Discovery Youth & Family Substance Use Services: 250-519-5313
Anxiety BC: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/mental-health-substance-use/resources/anxietybc
Kelty Mental Health: https://keltymentalhealth.ca/mental-health
Autism BC: https://www.autismbc.ca/
Autism Canada: https://autismcanada.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-ZvlBRBbEiwANw9UWgkQzzAy0keqo3FRIVR5UElTIVdSi53Llf7RB2fHZ3sl35nVEswZ4BoCi_AQAvD_BwE
Autism Community Training: https://www.actcommunity.ca/
Family Justice Access Centre Victoria: 250-356-7012, Duncan: 250-746-1325, Nanaimo: 250-741-5447
Aboriginal Community Legal Worker-Legal Services Society: 250-748-1160
Legal Aid BC Call Centre: 1-866-577-2525