Crisis Line Awareness Week: March 23-29, 2014
Provincial funding has been assured through March 31, 2015, for the 1800SUICIDE (1.800.748.2433) and 310Mental Health Support (310.6789) phone lines. These are networks that enhance access to 24-hour BC crisis lines through easy to remember, toll-free numbers and routing technology that directs calls to the nearest crisis line network partner. This cost-effective service is not only life-saving, it decreases demand on overburdened police, ambulance and hospital resources. In fact, efforts to replicate the success of these networks are currently underway at a national level across Canada.
Elizabeth Newcombe is the Executive Director of the Vancouver Island Crisis Society. Listen to People First Radio this Thursday when Elizabeth joins us by phone to share information on the Vancouver Island Crisis Society’s programs and resources.
