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Mental Health Roundtable

Umbrella was pleased to be involved in a mental health roundtable conversation about the important role of peer support in our health care system. Minster of Mental Health and Addictions, Hon Jennifer Whitesside and MLA Grace Lore were the leads and some great conversati...
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Youth Volunteer Fair

Today at St Michaels University, Kaija and Jake are engaging with youth to learn more about where and how they would like to volunteer. Umbrella doesn't have many volunteer positions outside of our volunteer board, but we are eager to hear what we could do differently. W...
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Recovery Month – Trevor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people Meet Trevor. Trevor is currently the General Manager at HeroWorks in Victoria and he is passionate about recovery, our co...
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Recovery Month – Kristin

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Kristin. Kristin and her husband own Banyan Construction and Kristin is also a scientist. She holds a B Sc from UVI...
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UVIC Mental Health Fair

Today UVIC is hosting a Mental Health Fair, and Umbrella is pleased to be a part of it. Sean and Josh, our Albina Dream Team, manned the Umbrella table and interacted and engaged with students and other service providers. Lots of great conversations and exchange of ide...
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Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

Welcome to Season Two of Umbrella's podcast Comfortably UN-Numb. For our first episode Blake invited back a previous employee and client favourite, Conor. Conor worked with Umbrella for many years and was instrumental in the growth of many of our programs and services. ...
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Recovery Month – Conor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Conor. Conor was a previous Umbrella employee who worked in programs like the ER and in our AMCS program at VGH, Out...
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United Way Kickoff

Today at Centennial Square was the annual United Way kickoff. Umbrella was pleased to be among the many service providers around the square engaging with the community and each other. Manning the Umbrella table were Sharlene, Evan and our new Fund Developer Terri (didn'...
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Healing yard at F-House

Umbrella was so excited to receive a Community Wellness Grant to upgrade the backyard at Foundation House. This generous grant allowed us to hire Koi Dragon Landscaping and have them turn what was a boring, uninspiring yard into an oasis of healing and sanctuary. The re...
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Recovery Month – Eileen

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Eileen. Eileen worked hard for her recovery and completed the Mental Health and Addictions program at Camosun Colleg...