Peer Outreach Support Services & Education (POSSE) is a FREE service providing training, street level outreach, information and support to encourage safer decision making in reducing the risks associated with drug use, sex, homelessness, violence and discrimination. POSSE is a harm reduction and human rights project, run by youth for youth between the ages of 15-24, living in Halton.
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Our Vision is to be a responsive leader committed to promoting social development in Waterloo Region where all people actively participate in finding solutions to improve quality of life.
Our Mission is to advance community through participation and knowledge.
Our Goals:
1. Increase citizen participation in social, economic and political life of the community.
2. Build social cohesion through relationships, collaboration and community action.
3. Increase understanding of social resources, assets, issues, needs and context of the local community by those who need this knowledge to take action.
4. Develop the social infrastructure of the community – people, organizations, services, policy.
5. Reduce inequitable access to knowledge resources particularly those resulting from emerging technologies.
The power of knowledge to impact changeConnecting peopleJoin us at Scholarship award event on Sept 11 New book chapter out - community mental healthOffered at CCBR starting this fall. See more here.See full scholarship information here & hereCo-authored by CCBR staff. Read more here.