Volunteering and Civic Participation
Volunteering refers to giving one's time freely towards helping an organization or a cause. Benefits of volunteering include work experience and the knowledge that one is helping others. This is not an exhaustive list of resources and services, but highlights those which might be of interest to individuals with mental health issues.
Publicly Funded / Free Services
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La plateforme Autisme-Asperger-Québec (AAQc) se veut une plateforme informative, éducative et inclusive sur l’autisme, les troubles du spectre de ...
QC, Canada
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All ages
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Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting good mental health, developing and implementing support systems and services and encouraging public action to ...
311 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1L 8M3 Map
613-737-7791
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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16 years and up
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Centre 507 is an adult drop-in centre collaborating with partners to provide healthy meals, welcoming community, and access to resources.
Our programs improve ...
507 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 1Z5 Map
613-233-5626
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Citizen Advocacy sets up one-to-one matches between volunteer advocates and people with disabilities that can have profound effects on both. Citizen Advocacy ...
312 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4X5 Map
613-761-9522
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Community-based, non-profit organization offering a wide range of social and community services.
Services offered to Blackburn Hamlet, Beacon Hill, ...
1980 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, ON, K1J 9L3 Map
613-741-6025
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Fostering Forever Friendships is a Not-for-Profit Organization that runs a day program for adults with exceptionalities in Ottawa, ON.
The day program ...
Ottawa, ON
343-551-7021
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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18 - 45 years
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Jewish Family Services of Ottawa (JFS) :
Syrian Refugees and Mental Health: Training, Case Conferencing and Counselling/Jewish Family Services(JFS) (English)
Settlement workers, Sponsors, ESL Teachers, Volunteers, and Interpreters have been the front line support for Syrian Refugees. As the main source of support ...
2255 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2B 7Z5 Map
613-722-2225
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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LiveWorkPlay helps the community welcome people with intellectual disabilities to live, work, and play as valued citizens. This includes people with autism, ...
2197 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1H 7X3 Map
613-235-9550
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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18 years and up
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Every military family’s journey is unique, with its own challenges, circumstances, and related need for different programs and services. Military Family ...
330 Croil Private, Ottawa, ON, K1V 1J1 Map
613-998-4888
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Pride Centre of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa is student-run service that strives to promote, advocate for, and support gender, sex, ...
85 University Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 8Z4 Map
613-562-5800 x3161
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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343 Preston Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 1N4 Map
888-999-8101
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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18 years and up
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South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre works with the diverse community of South-East Ottawa and with partners throughout the region to provide and advocate ...
1355 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8K7 Map
613-737-5115
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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24-hr helpline for francophones living in Ottawa, Gatineau and their surroundings.
Ottawa, ON, K1L 8E3 Map
613-741-6433
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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We provide compassionate support, tailored coaching and practical education for everyone impacted by dementia while building a dementia inclusive community.
2327 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa, ON, K1G 4J8 Map
613-523-4004
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Tone Magazine is a freely distributed magazine about a wide range of complementary and alternative health and medicine issues. Their website has a directory of ...
122-100 Didsbury Street, Ottawa, ON, K2T 0C2 Map
613-513-7574
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Volunteer Ottawa is a non-profit, charitable organization that helps link volunteers to organizations. Services include an online database of volunteer ...
2197 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1H 7X3 Map
613-736-5270
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Offers a variety of programs including
* Counselling and Referral
* Early Years Centre for children ages 0-6
* Children and Youth Services
* Services for ...
2 MacNeil Court, Ottawa (kanata), ON, K2L 4H7 Map
613-591-3686
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides a broad range of mental health, legal, parenting, and abuse support programs geared at boys, men, fathers and their families.
* Therapy & ...
26 Mansur Terrace, Toronto, ON, M3J 3R1 Map
647-479-9611
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All ages
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Through its programs and services, the Ministry of Community and Social Services:
•helps adults with a developmental disability live, work and participate ...
ON, Canada
1-800-461-2156 (Toll Free)
Area Served: Ontario
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16 years and up
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FIA is a registered children's charity providing facilitated peer to peer support groups to children, from Grade 4 through to College & University as well ...
29 Madison Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 2S2 Map
647-239-2740
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Youthspace.ca offers emotional support and crisis intervention to youth in Canada under 30yrs. Our highly-trained volunteers are online every night (6 PM to ...
Victoria, BC Map
Area Served: Canada
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Up to 30 years
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Organisme francophone canadien dédié à la prévention du syndrome d'alcoolisation foetale (SAF). Donne de l'information sur le TSAF (trouble du spectre de ...
370 Rue des Forges, Trois-rivières, QC, G9A 2H1
1-873-559-1108
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Support for Operational Stress Injury (SOSI) Program supports veterans and current employees of the RCMP having difficulty with their daily functioning as ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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18 years and up
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Private Practice Professionals and Commercial Businesses
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Kanata, ON, K2L 4B4 Map
613-257-9391
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
Accepting patients: Unknown
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19 - 45 years
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