Turning Lives Around

 

1000 Credit Counselling, at Employment & Education Centre1000 Islands Credit Counselling
Phone: 613-498-2111 / 1-800-926-0777
Website: www.1000islandscreditcounselling.com
Provides financial counselling and crisis relief to clients with credit problems from across Leeds and Grenville. Instructs in lifestyle and cash flow management, debt management and reduction plans, and aims to strengthen awareness and education on credit and financial management.

Brockville M.E. Association
Phone:  613-342-5333
Website:  www.brockvilleme-fm.ca
Provides support and services to people suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia across Leeds & Grenville.  This includes a monthly newsletter and the “Keep Moving, Keep Mobile” program – a gentle yoga and meditation program designed specifically for sufferers to maximize their muscle flexibility and to increase their stamina.  They offer monthly support group meetings and guest speakers provide information on a wide range of topics pertinent to ME/FM.  Resources include a variety of books, videos and audiocassettes as well as a list of professionals available to help sufferers of ME/FM.

Canadian Red Cross
Phone:  613-342-3523
Website:  www.redcross.ca
Makes available to Leeds & Grenville residents Warm Hand/Warm Hearts (hats mittens and sweaters provided to children, as well as mom and newborn kits), safety services, disaster services, home healthcare equipment, Link to Health, Vision Care, Share the Warmth, back to school packs, abuse prevention programming, babysitting, people savers, volunteer resources, life call, and child safe.

Epilepsy Association
Phone:  613-542-6222 / 1-800-393-4430
Website:  www.epilepsyresource.org
This agency aides Leeds & Grenville residents affected by epilepsy by providing counselling, advocacy, and educational services, and a toll-free  phone service for rural clients and educational presentations.

Family Counselling Services
Phone:  613-498-2300
Website:  n/a
Families from across Leeds & Grenville benefit from the ongoing services geared at clients with an array of social adjustment difficulties.

LGIHLeeds & Grenville Interval House
Phone:  613-342-4724
Website:  leedsgrenville.shelternet.ca
Abuse victims (women and children) benefit from the short-term emergency accommodation, along with support and crisis counselling, and the outreach program. This agency also provides a children’s witness-of-abuse counselling program and a 24-hour crisis line.

Leeds and Grenville Rehabilitation and Counselling Services
Phone:  613-342-6214
Website:  www.lgrcs.on.ca
Across Leeds & Grenville, this agency supports severely mentally ill individuals and victims of various forms of abuse through counselling, case management, life skills training, educational, vocational, social and recreational programming. United Way funding helped individuals participate in  social, recreational and wellness programs.

Tri-County Dental Coalition
Phone: 613-269-3400 x243
Website: www.mdchc.on.ca
Working to ensure that all people have access to dental care, the Tri-County Dental Coalition operates out of Rideau Community Health Services (formerly Merrickville District Community Health and Services Centre).