LifeRing meetings on Vancouver Island continues to exceed our capacity of volunteers. Our next FREE Convenor Workshop is coming up on June 1st and 2nd, 2013 and will take place here in Victoria.Perhaps you would like to start your own group in the community or at an existing agency? Well help you do that! Maybe you just want to help us run existing ones. That is fine also.Please see attached flyer and connect with our Convenor Coordinator for more information on how to get involved.
I think this is a very good program. It helps us to understand suicide and what to do if you know someone who is thinking about it.Feedback after a SAY PresentationI think this presentation is good for people to realize that they are not alone and that they have someone to talk to.Feedback after a SAY PresentationI lost a friend to suicide and almost lost another one last week, but I managed to talk them out of it because of the tips I received in your course.I'd like to thank you for the tips on saving my.Feedback from a SAY presentationEach year, between 25 and 40 youth in BC end their own lives by suicide.1 in 20 Southern Vancouver Island youth have made an attempt so serious they required medical treatment.1 in 10 Southern Vancouver Island youth have seriously considered suicide in the past year.PLEASE help us in our work.From the Blog
The Victoria Fred Whitehouse Branch is one of five branches of the National Association of Federal Retirees located on Vancouver Island and within the FSNA British Columbia Coastal and Islands Region. With over 4700 members, the branch serves federal retirees in the Greater Victoria area.The name 'Victoria-Fred Whitehouse' commemorates the acknowledged founder of FSNA, Mr. Fred Whitehouse, who was a resident of Victoria. Mr. Whitehouse, then president of the Civil Service Federation, acted as the guiding hand in establishing the FSNA and was elected the first National Secretary-Treasurer in 1963.