British Columbia Schizophrenia Society
A Reason to Hope, the Means to Cope
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The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society and the MIND Foundation are volunteer-based organizations dedicated to helping families cope with serious mental illness.
For over 20 years our dedicated volunteers have assisted us in providing support to families, educating communities about mental illness, raising funds to increase awareness and promote research into the causes of schizophrenia, and advocating for improved services for people with mental illness. If you or someoney you know wish to support our work, you can also donate online to BCSS / Mind Foundation here.
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October 2007 - Friends Monthly E-News
Click Here to read. You can sign up to recieve our e-newsletters by email at http://www.elist.bcss.org
Online Support Groups for Family / Supporters
Private, facilitated online support groups for family members available 24 hours, 7 days @ www.support.bcss.org
Mind Foundation of BC - 2007-2008 Board of Directors
The Mind Foundation of BC (MFBC) raises funds for the programs and services offered by the BC Schizophrenia Society, in addition to funding schizophrenia research.
Volunteering with BCSS
For more information on volunteering with us, please click on linked heading above.
Partnership Education
Partnership Education is based on a personal storytelling model. It is a unique and powerful presentation that helps people in the community to understand the nature and prevalence of chronic and severe mental illness.
Subscribe to our E-Newsletters
Sign up here for our e-newsletters for family members, mental health professionals, educators and aboriginal community members to keep posted on BCSS events, resources and advocacy.
Volunteer with BCSS and MIND
We’re always looking for dedicated volunteers to help deliver education programs, increase awareness and raise funds. Please click on the link above for more details
Family Support Buddy Program
The program matches volunteers with persons who are family members of persons with a serious and persistent mental illness. The volunteers, who are also family members of a person with a mental illness, provide peer listening and some information during a weekly phone call or visit. The program is now underway in selected regions of BC and is being looked at for implementation as far away as New Zealand.