COMMUNITY RESOURCES

CENTRAL ALBERTA SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE

A201, 5212 48 Street Red Deer, AB

The Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre (CASASC) is committed to ending the culture of sexual violence and helping to build safer communities for all Central Albertans through promoting awareness and healing, education, empowerment and renewal.

VANTAGE COMMUNITY SERVICES

4920 54 St, Red Deer, AB

403-340-8995

http://www.vantagecommunityservices.ca/

mhanson@vantagecommunityservices.ca

Vantage Community Services helps youth, adults, and families by providing counselling, transitional housing for youth, life skills training, and in-house treatment for mental illness. We have a skilled, multidisciplinary team that helps clients find creative solutions to get their lives back on track.

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY OF ALBERTA

4811 48 Ave Red Deer, AB

403-342-5760

https://www.schizophrenia.ab.ca/

gamundson@schizophrenia.ab.ca

The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta's mission is to improve the quality of life for those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis through education, support programs, public policy and research.

TURNING POINT
RED DEER

4611 50 Ave, Red Deer, AB

403-346-8858

https://turningpoint-ca.org/

administration@turningpoint-ca.org

For over 30 years Turning Point Society (formerly the Central Alberta AIDS Network Society) has continued to respond to the multidimensional health concerns/needs of our community through a harm reduction approach. Simply put, harm reduction refers to policies, programs and practices that aim primarily to reduce the adverse health, social, and economic consequences of risk-taking behaviours such as drug use.

CANADIAN MENTAL
HEALTH ASSOCIATION

5017 50th Avenue Red Deer, AB

403-342-2266

https://reddeer.cmha.ca/

info@reddeer.cmha.ab.ca

The CMHA Central Alberta Region was founded in 1964. Like the other eight Alberta regional branches, we are separately incorporated as a non-profit charity and respond to grass-root needs. Over the past thirty years, we have played a major role in addressing the education, housing, income, and support needs of our community and the individuals with mental illness, brain injuries and addiction living in Central Alberta.

SHIFT CALGARY

110 1603 10 Ave SW Calgary, AB

403-237-8171

http://www.shiftcalgary.org/

shift@hivcl.org

Mon - Fri 9am - 12pm; 1pm - 4pm

Shift provides support services to adults currently and formerly working in the sex industry to improve their quality of life and achieve individualized goals.

Shift has a harm reduction and rights-based approach to sex work.

This means that the safety and human rights of sex workers are their focus.

ANSWERS SOCIETY
EDMONTON

Edmonton, AB

825-436-9560

https://www.answersociety.org/

info@answersociety.org

Phone Hours: 10 am - 5 pm

ANSWERS is an inclusive outreach organization designed to aid sex workers with needed resources (housing assistance, mental/physical health referrals, legal or financial help) while also educating the public and legislators towards changing the laws, harms and myths surrounding sex work.

ANSWERS works to destigmatize consensual sex work and normalize rights, respect and equality for sex workers.

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES EDMONTON

Edmonton, AB

780-454-1194

https://www.jfse.org/

Office Hours: 9am - 5pm M-F

JFS helps people who are suffering social, economic, mental and emotional adversity and are in need of assistance. JFS has been proudly serving the local Edmonton

community for over half a century, walking side by side with individuals and communities as they go through challenging times.

Their foundation is Jewish but their services are inclusive and accessible to people of all backgrounds; they welcome everyone to their organization.

LEFTOVERS FOUNDATION
RED DEER

Red Deer, AB

https://rescuefood.ca

Kaity Engles (Red Deer City Coordinator)

kaity@rescuefood.ca

The Leftovers Foundation's mission is to reduce food waste and prevent the greenhouse gas emissions caused when good food is left to rot. Since 2012, they’ve been connecting food donors with service agencies through the efforts of amazing volunteers across Alberta and Manitoba.

As of July 18 2023, Leftovers has opened up their Red Deer branch to combat food waste here in Central AB, and have already rescued and repurposed over 100lbs of food waste.

RED DEER
FOOD BANK

7429 49 Ave #9,

Red Deer, AB T4P 1N2

403-346-1505

https://reddeerfoodbank.com/

info@reddeerfoodbank.com

The Red Deer Food Bank covers an area of 20,000 square kilometres in Central Alberta.

Many think that the food donated to the food bank only goes into food hampers. It is true the Red Deer Food Bank, with your help, assisted over 19,000 people in 2019. Approximately 40% of them were children.

With that being said, the food bank also provides food to other agencies right here in Red Deer. Agencies such as the Boy's and Girl's Club, The Mustard Seed, Potter's Hands, Women's Outreach, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and kids camps.

CUTTER LAW
CYBERBULLYING GUIDE

Sacramento, CA, USA

916-290-9400

https://cutterlaw.com

thall@cutter-outreach.com

(Please be aware that CA is an hour behind Alberta if calling or emailing)

Cutter Law approached us themselves with a desire for their Cyberbullying Guide to be put on our resources page.

This guide gives information on what cyberbullying is, how to recognize it, and how to prevent it from happening to you or your children.

While the statistics in their guide are American, you can see Canadian statistics here and here.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

CENTRAL ALBERTA SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT CENTRE

VANTAGE COMMUNITY SERVICES

SCHIZOPHRENIA SOCIETY OF ALBERTA

TURNING POINT RED DEER

CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

SHIFT CALGARY

ANSWERS SOCIETY EDMONTON