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...
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...
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...
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...
by ccsadmin | Oct 1, 2020 | VIMHS News
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society has officially opened 20 spaces offering “bridge housing” in Campbell River. Bridge housing provides homeless citizens with a bed, showers and meals, as well as many of the support services found in permanent...
by ccsadmin | Sep 11, 2020 | Media Scan, VIMHS News
The new bridge housing project going into the former Rosebowl restaurant has had over four times as many applicants as it can take. The facility is expected to be open in approximately two weeks, according to Taryn O’Flanagan, the executive director of the Vancouver...
