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Individual and Couple Counselling: The Centre offers individual and couple counselling to adult residents of Greater Victoria. Counselling is available days, evenings and weekends. Our volunteer counsellors are trained and supervised to work with the following life issues: * relationship/communication * changes in status or roles (grieving/loss, divorce, marriage, career changes) * self esteem and assertiveness * conflict resolution * stress and anxiety management * anger * situational depression Clents with issues outside of our scope of practice will be helped to connect with appropriate services. Groups: Groups such as Self Esteem, Communication, Anger Management, Women's Support, etc. are offered three times each year beginning at the end of January , the end of April and the end of September. Please call to recieve information on the next session of groups.

We have a Annual picnic and a Christmas party for members. Members and the general public are invited to send in financial requests for items such as wheelchairs, computers, bathroom aids, and other items necessary to help them live more indepently. We do fundraisers during the year, have pamphlets and booklets available about cerebral palsy.

Halton Pro-Life is a non-partisan, non-denominational human rights organization, promoting respect for all human life from conception to natural death through education on the Life issues, which include, but are not limited to: abortion, post-abortion healing, assisted suicide & euthanasia, prenatal development, human sexuality and adult & embryonic stem cell research. We support only peaceful means to promote our message.

The AIDS Network is a registered charitable organization that offers services and education to people living in the communities of Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand, Norfolk and Brant. Established in 1986, we are the only organization in the region that offers services and support to men, women, children and families who have been affected by HIV/AIDS.

The HSC Foundation, in partnership with the Health Sciences Centre, is uniquely poised to impact the future of health care in Manitoba. To this end, and through the extraordinary support of many donors, the HSC Foundation has raised more than $85 million since it was created in 1981.

For the past 28 years the supporters of the High River District Health Care Foundation have been enhancing the quality of health care available in our community. They have helped health care professionals help our friends, family and neighbours though donations of medical equipment, facilities improvements, program funding and educational scholarships. The Foundation is simply an expression of our communities' concern for those who need our help most.

Hospice Calgary embraces children, teens and adults who are coping with life-threatening illness, sudden or expected death. At Sage Centre and Rosedale Hospice - our two centres of care - our specialists provide: 1) individual counselling 2) group support 3) workshops 4) 24-hour end-of-life care. The generosity of donors allows us to offer our counselling and group support to all, regardless of financial means. Thank you for your support. To learn more, please go to www.hospicecalgary.com.

Hospice Care Ottawa, an amalgamation of Friends of Hospice Ottawa and the Hospice at May Court, is a community based charitable organization. We offer services for clients and their loved ones to experience palliative and end-of-life care in a supportive and peaceful setting, surrounded by caring that reflects as closely as possible a comfortable home environment.

Our 22,000 sq. ft. community palliative care facility offers 24-hour care delivered by certified and licensed healthcare professionals and trained volunteers. 10 private home-like bedrooms and bathrooms for end-of-life palliative care, 24-hour physician coverage and nursing care with expert pain and symptom management, 4 family bedrooms, living rooms, TV room, dining room, kitchen, warm fireplaces, communication room, etc; a playroom for children, a chapel for spiritual reflection and outdoor garden to connect with nature. Our facility exceeds the Canadian Standards for Residential Hospice care. Our annual budget is $1.6M+. Government provides 45% of the annual funding needed to deliver care. The remainder must come from the community. We all want to make a difference - to help friends in need. Your investment in the work of Hospice Greater Saint John will help people when they need it the most – many of whom may be your friends, neighbours and loved ones. Thank you!

The Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County is a registered non-profit charitable organization governed by a Board of Directors. The Society works in partnership with the Cape Breton District Health Authority Palliative Care Service and other community programs to meet the many needs of palliative care patients and their families.

The Institute conducts two kinds of research: original research and reviews of existing literature. While it is of high academic quality and intended for professionals and students alike, the research is written in plain language to be accessible to the general public. The deVeber Institute is a free resource for the media, the public, students, and others. Drawing on the diverse strengths of our Board of Directors and Advisory Council, we answer your questions, simple or complex, on bioethical and social topics.