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A new partnership between Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (FACSFLA) and Addiction and Mental Health Services – Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (AMHS-KFLA) has been made possible by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Resilient Communities Fund. The $86,100 grant will allow the two
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Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) has confirmed funding from the Government of Ontario for eight new Youth Wellness Hub sites, including Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. According to a release from the Malby Centre, the Hubs provide integrated services for youth aged 12 to 25 years old in a “one-stop-shop”
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As the long dreary months stretched into years of COVID-19 lockdowns and advice against gathering, many people found themselves without much connection to their fellow humans and without many of the joys of life. Enter Wendy Luella Perkins and her inclusive, uplifting meditative practice, ‘Soulful Singing,’ which promotes mindfulness, creativity,
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Ampai Thammachack, the founder of Step Above Stigma, a Canadian charity organization, was named one of the honourees of L’Oréal Paris Canada’s annual Women of Worth philanthropic initiative. Thammachack started Step Above Stigma after struggling with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and watching her friends and family struggle with their
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As a community, we have all been impacted by the tragic death of a child at Mother Teresa School. The therapists at the Maltby Centre have some suggestions to help children who have been exposed to a traumatic event. “It’s important for children to know that expressing emotions is okay,”
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The holiday season can be a challenge for parents, especially managing their children’s mental health needs. The Maltby Centre is offering support to parents through a special free social media livestream – Navigating your child’s mental health over the Holiday Season. The 25-year-old children’s mental health agency in Kingston, Frontenac,
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A donation presented to the Maltby Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, will help fund the expansion of their Mental Health Now – Counselling Access for Youth program, which supports clients aged 18 to 24 who require immediate mental health counselling support. The Maltby Centre provides mental health and autism
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In an effort to increase access to mental health services for young people – particularly young males – the family and friends of one local man who was lost too young are creating a memorial fund in his memory. Tyler Lambert was just 18 years old when he passed away
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The Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) has partnered with the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation office of the Sisters of Providence to offer the Kingston Climate Feelings Circle. According to a release from KFPL, the Circle will be a space to connect with other community members experiencing heavy and
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VESTA Social Innovation Technologies has partnered with Kingston Police Services and with the Sexual Assault Centre Kingston to support survivors of gender-based violence. With the launch of VESTA Community, a web and mobile-enabled anonymous information and reporting platform specifically created to support survivors of gender-based and sexualized violence, the three
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The following is a message from Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (FACSFLA) in regards to the remains of 215 children found at the former Kamloops Residential School: We must do better. We are committed to learning and improving in everything we do. The discovery of the
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Support services such as counseling, mental health, and therapy have moved online, and demand for such services has increased as people deal with not only pandemic worries, but their personal challenges. According to an estimate, approximately 28,000 children and youth across Ontario are on wait lists for mental health care.
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