http://org.kidshelpphone.ca/en/about-us/
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, multilingual and confidential support for young people in Canada.
Members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the services offered by Kids Help Phone and to make the phone number, text number and the link to their website available to students.
The following is from the Kids Help Phone website:
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The challenges facing young people in Canada have grown more complex, and youth need access to the supports that are most relevant to them. To achieve our vision, it’s critical that we meet these challenges — and quickly.
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Purpose
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Kids Help Phone unlocks the hope young people need to thrive in their world.
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Promise
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For the youth of Canada who, like us, believe everyone deserves to Feel Out Loud, Kids Help Phone is the ‘Unlock The Hope’ Youth Charity, the Empowering, Trusted Changemaker, that delivers a personalized well-being experience for all youth, so they can thrive in their world, no matter where life takes them.
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Our values
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We are, and believe in being: courageous, collaborative, innovative, resilient and trustworthy
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Resources Around Me
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Resources Around Me is an interactive tool of well-being supports. You can search for physical or virtual well-being supports (e.g. programs, services, tools, etc.) available nearest your community and across Canada using Kids Help Phone’s directory of vetted (trustworthy) resources.
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Peer-to-Peer Community
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The Peer-to-Peer Community is a space to connect with other youth and tell your story, provide encouragement or get support (or all of the above!).
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Contact
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Call 1-800-668-6868 (service available in over 100 languages, with the help of trained interpreters)
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Text 686868
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Message online at KidsHelpPhone.ca
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