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If you find yourself in need of immediate help, call Emergency Services – 911.

These are examples of situations that you should seek immediate help:

  • Thinking about ending your life or trying to end your life.
  • Feeling scared because you’re experiencing sensations that aren’t real and/or beliefs that can’t possibly be true.
  • Becoming unable to care for yourself, and it’s putting you at risk of serious harm.
  • Experiencing an alcohol or any other drug overdose.
  • Taking a dangerous combination of substances (like medications and alcohol).

You can also

  • Call or text 9-8-8 to have access to 24/7 bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention support.
  • call the crisis line at 1-800-784-2433
  • SMS/Text Kids Help Phone by texting CONNECT to 686868, if you would like to stop the conversation text STOP

For other phone, chat or text support options, visit our Get Support section.

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If you are between the ages of 12-24 and looking for free and confidential health and wellness resources, services and supports – online and through communities across BC, there are a few different Foundry services you can check out.

Foundry Centres

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Foundry centres provide young people between the ages of 12 and 24, along with their families, free and confidential supportive health and wellness services to fit their unique needs. All centres offer 5 services: mental health, substance use support, peer support, medical services and social services in a youth-friendly space. FIND A CENTRE

Foundry Virtual

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Young people ages 12-24 and their caregivers can use the Foundry BC App to access scheduled or drop-in virtual services including counselling, peer support, medical services, substance use services, groups, employment services, Indigenous wellness services and browse our library of tools and resources.  GET SUPPORT ONLINE

If you do not have a phone or would prefer to use our website portal to access services, click here. If you have questions about any of these services please email online@foundrybc.ca.

Foundry Peer Support

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Peer Support Workers are youth and caregivers who identify as having lived/living experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges, and/or supporting youth with their mental health and/or substance use challenges. Peer support provides emotional support, acceptance, validation, and empathy regardless of circumstances. Peer support is available in Foundry centres across BC and through Foundry’s provincial virtual service.

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