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New affordable housing with mental health and addiction supports opens in Nanaimo

New affordable housing with mental health and addiction supports opens in Nanaimo

by ccsadmin | Dec 18, 2020 | Media Scan, VIMHS News

A three-story complex of low-rent housing has begun welcoming residents in Nanaimo. The doors officially opened on 285 Rosehill St. at Terminal Ave on Dec. 1, providing 23 studio apartments for those with mental health and addiction services. Owned and operated by the...
16 Days of Activism campaign aims to eliminate gender-based violence

16 Days of Activism campaign aims to eliminate gender-based violence

by ccsadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | VIMHS News

Orange the world – it’s the message being spread during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. The campaign begins on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and runs until December 10, World Human...
Here’s our VIMHS Currents newsletter for November 2020

Here’s our VIMHS Currents newsletter for November 2020

by ccsadmin | Nov 23, 2020 | VIMHS News

It’s that giving time of year…VIMHS updates from Campbell River and Nanaimo…Stats, infographics, and the continuum of housing…COVID stress syndrome…Mental health challenges among women and girls who are homeless…and more.  Download a PDF copy of our...
Bridge housing and supportive housing in Campbell River

Bridge housing and supportive housing in Campbell River

by ccsadmin | Nov 21, 2020 | People First Media, VIMHS News

Provinces across Canada face similar issues as attempts are made to provide housing to homeless citizens. In British Columbia, the provincial government is acting on several fronts, across a spectrum of programs, from emergency shelters to temporary, transitional, and...
VIMHS Rosehill Apartments in Nanaimo are now available for rent

VIMHS Rosehill Apartments in Nanaimo are now available for rent

by ccsadmin | Oct 22, 2020 | VIMHS News

23 units of new rental housing are now available in Nanaimo at VIMHS Rosehill Apartments (located at 285 Rosehill Street). Rental rates are governed by BC Housing’s Community Housing Fund. “There is an urgent need to create more options for those...
Mental Illness Awareness Week 2020: Navigating Mental Health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Illness Awareness Week 2020: Navigating Mental Health during the COVID-19 pandemic

by ccsadmin | Oct 4, 2020 | VIMHS News

The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) has announced the five Canadians who have been named as the “2020-21 Faces of Mental Illness.” The announcement came just before the start of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which will be held from...
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