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If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1
Hope for Wellness Helpline: 1-855-242-3310, available 24/7/365 to Indigenous people across Canada; telephone or online chat in English and French. (Note: Supports in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut are not available 24/7, please call for times when a language speaker is available.)
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (Available 24/7 and offered in multiple different languages).
Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 toll free. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for you or someone you know who is thinking about suicide.
Trans Lifeline: Canada 877-330-6366, Monday through Friday: 1 PM – 9 PM Eastern. Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans. Because we guarantee trans/nonbinary-identified operators, we have a limited number of operators. We’re always working on expanding coverage to meet our community’s needs better.
Lanark County Interval House and Community Support (LCIHCS) 1-800-267-7946 OR 613-257-5960 OR TTY: 613-257-1952, 24/7.
Offers emergency and on-going programs to women and children living in or escaping from domestic violence.
2-1-1 Ontario: 2-1-1 is a helpline that easily connects people to the social services, programs and community supports they need.
ConnexOntario: Mental Health, Addiction, and Problem Gambling Information. 24/7 access, via text, chat, email or phone: 1-866-531-2600. The Connex Ontario database makes it easy to search for treatment services for mental health, gambling and addictions in Ontario. Our database includes programs funded by the Ministry of Health, as well as those from charitable organizations and other government resources.
Health 811: Connect with a registered nurse day or night for free, secure and confidential health advice. Call 8-1-1 (TTY: 1-866-797-0007).
Assaulted Women’s Helpline: Get 24/7 crisis counselling and referrals to shelters, legal advice and other help. Support is available in over 200 different languages, including 17 Indigenous languages.
Website link: https://www.awhl.org/
Phone: Toll-free: 1-866-863-0511 Toll-Free Tty:1-866-863-7868
Distress Centre Lanark, Leeds and Grenville: A non-judgmental and empathic volunteered ran free, confidential and anonymous telephone support service. The distress line allows a safe and comfortable space to reach someone in your time of need. If you are feeling alone, and don't know where to turn call the Distress Centre.
Website link: https://developmentalservices.com/services-distress
Phone: (800) 465-4442
Email: [email protected]
Male Survivors Of Sexual Abuse: The Centre for Sexual Violence Response, Support & Education: A 24/7 crisis and referral hotline, individual and group counselling, peer support, and telephone and online counselling.
Phone: 1-866-887-0015
SMS: #SAFE (#7233)
The Missing and Murdered Lanark, Leeds and Grenville: A non-judgmental and empathic volunteered ran free, confidential and anonymous telephone support service. The distress line allows a safe and comfortable space to reach someone in your time of need. If you are feeling alone, and don't know where to turn call the Distress Centre.
Website link: https://developmentalservices.com/services-distress
Phone: (800) 465-4 red Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis line: Available 24/7.
Website link: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/contact/
Phone: 1-844-413-6649
Queer Connection Lanark - home
YAK Youth Services
FoodcoreLGL Food Inventory of Leeds, Grenville & Lanark: Look at the community meal calendar for your area if you or someone you know needs help getting food.
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