Friends & Advocates Peel

Contact Information:

239 Queen Street East, Unit 6

Brampton, ON, L6W 4B6

Canada

Phone: 905-452-1002

Fax: 905-452-1036

Email:

[email protected] [1]

Website:

http://www.fapeel.org [2]

Geography served:

Peel Region, Dufferin County and North Etobicoke, Central West LHIN 5 and Mississauga Halton LHIN 6

Target population:

Adults 16yrs +, including individuals with CD

Services provided:

Consumer Initiative: Offering support to those who have experienced mental/emotional distress resulting in social isolation. Friends & Advocates Peel provides members with opportunities to develop strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills through over 30 activities per month. These activities are of three different types:

1. Governance - Members are directly involved with the decision making for the entire organization.
2. Discussion Groups - Members participate in discussions of light-hearted to serious topics.
3. Social & Leisure - An ever changing series of social activities designed by and for the members

Language capabilities:

English

Organization description:

Established in 1986, Friends & Advocates Peel is a Community Based, Adult, Mental Health, Social Rehabilitation Organization.

Friends & Advocates Peel provides a variety of support services to those who have experienced and are recovering from, mental/emotional distress, which has led to social isolation, so that they can gain confidence and maintain themselves as active participants, in their own community, as they themselves would define it.

In the Central West LHIN, Friends & Advocates Peel was appointed to establish a Consumer/Survivor Network (CSN). Funding for the CSN was flowed through F&A Peel to establish the network, and since that time, meetings have been held in 5 communities in the L.H.I.N., and a database of mental health or concurrent disorders consumers/survivors has been created. From each geographic area, representatives have been elected to meet, interact, and to put forth recommendations to the L.H.I.N. board concerning their local needs.

Who can refer:

No referrals necessary. Just simply call the office to make an appointment at a place and time convenient to you.

How to access:

Call Friends & Advocates Peel at the phone number listed above OR

E-mail the Member Support Supervisior at the e-mail address listed above