Nonprofit Organizations in Halifax

Jack.org is Canada's only charity training and empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health. Through Jack Talks, Jack Chapters, and Jack Summits, young leaders identify and dismantle barriers to positive mental health in their communities. Jack.org is working towards a Canada where all young people understand how to take care of their own mental health and look out for each other. A Canada without shame, where all those who need support get the help they deserve. With thousands of young leaders across every province and territory in Canada, we’re only just getting started.

JA Nova Scotia provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Programs focus on three educational pillars: financial literacy, workplace readiness, and entrepreneurship. JA recruits volunteers from the business community to collaborate on the delivery of programs, which exposes students to real world business perspectives and ideas. Step into the classroom and help students take steps in the right direction! As a Junior Achievement volunteer, you bring the real world of work to students by facilitating our hands-on, interactive learning experiences. Junior Achievement programs are brought to life with your investment of time and expertise, are fun to deliver, and provide immediate feedback and satisfaction. With school and community support, corporate endorsement and it’s easy to get involved and make a big difference. Show students what it takes to accomplish their goals! The time is right for you to become an active role model in your community. Your commitment could vary from a single school day to hourly visits over the course of several weeks. Choose from a number of programs that match your background, skills and interests. Take your work back to class and let their success be your inspiration! JA of Nova Scotia provides the training, materials and support to make your volunteer experience fun, meaningful and easy to deliver, at no cost to schools or groups.

The Junior League of Halifax is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Halifax reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism.

Providing highly trained Service Dogs to individuals with various disabilities. Our focus is developing our Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Service Dogs. Committed to ethical training and treatment.

A NS based nonprofit that trains and placed medical service dogs to disabled individuals. We are a very small, close knit group. Our main program is training Mobility Dogs for Ehlors-Danlos Syndrome. Our other program places medical service dogs with survivors of sexual violence who have become disabled due to their conditions (ex. PTSD, mobility, brain injury). We are completely volunteer run and always looking to expand out team!

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Karate Nova Scotia is the only body which the Province of Nova Scotia recognizes for Karate.  Our goals are to provide a provincial organization to promote, encourage and stimulate interest in karate in Nova Scotia and celebrate the excellence in all styles of karate affiliated under Karate Nova Scotia.  Participating in karate extends far beyond the self-defense aspect into training for the mind by increasing concentration, focus and determination.  It not only increases fitness but also self confidence, self-awareness and self-esteem.  Participating in karate molds skills which carry over into all other aspects of life.

Kids Help Phone is a Canadian service and world leader known for our expertise and continuous innovation as Canada’s only 24/7 counselling and information service for young people. Since 1989, our trained, professional counsellors have been listening to kids, often when no one else can or will. We are always there – supporting young people wherever and whenever they need us most. Our free and anonymous service supports young people as they build the skills and abilities they’ll need to improve their emotional health and well-being. In addition to an array of counselling options, we offer young people a wide range of online resources and we work tirelessly to share young people’s perspectives on a societal level – locally, nationally, and globally. We could not do this important, life-changing work without the generous support of our donors and sponsors. Kids Help Phone raises the majority of our revenue from foundational, corporate, and individual donations. Thanks to our generous donors we can always be there, proudly supporting the 6.5 million young people in Canada between the ages of five and 20 in both English and French.

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French. The challenges facing young people in Canada have grown more complex, and youth need access to the supports that are most relevant to them. To achieve our vision, it’s critical that we meet these challenges — and quickly. Kids Help Phone has been accredited since 2013 by Imagine Canada’s Standards Program for excellence in the charitable sector in five key areas: - financial accountability and transparency - fundraising - staff management - volunteer involvement - board governance Kids Help Phone has a pioneering history of creating innovative supports for critical issues young people face. We began in 1989 as a unique telephone counselling service, launched to provide free, accessible support to any young person reaching out from coast to coast to coast. Our focus was supporting young people experiencing abuse, but almost immediately, young people let us know they needed more from the service than one focus and one way to reach us. For over 30 years, we’ve evolved our response and offerings. We concentrate on staying relevant to youth, recognizing the complexity of issues they face, and we help to ensure our professional counsellors and volunteer crisis responders are ready to address young people’s continuum of emotional and mental health needs, from crisis situations to the everyday concerns of growing up.

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French. We began in 1989 as a unique telephone counselling service, launched to provide free, accessible support to any young person reaching out from coast to coast to coast. Our focus was supporting young people experiencing abuse, but almost immediately, young people let us know they needed more from the service than one focus and one way to reach us. For over 30 years, we’ve evolved our response and offerings. We concentrate on staying relevant to youth, recognizing the complexity of issues they face, and we help to ensure our professional counsellors and volunteer crisis responders are ready to address young people’s continuum of emotional and mental health needs, from crisis situations to the everyday concerns of growing up.

Kids Help Phone is a charity, known for our expertise and continuous innovation as Canada’s only 24/7 professional counselling, information, and referral service for young people. Since 1989, we have offered kids, teens, and young adults a critical lifeline of hope and support through our free, anonymous service, which research shows significantly improves youth mental health through our phone, Live Chat and Always There chat app. But technology is changing, and so must we – to create a future where every young person will access the support they need, in the way they need it most. That’s why we’re preparing to launch a 24/7 Texting Service using trained volunteers.

Our club falls under the Kin Canada umbrella. We are a not for profit organization (you may have heard of our local Kinsmen Clubs) who raises funds through projects and fundraisers and inturn gives it back to the community through donations request. We have been a major supporter of Multiple Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, the IWK amongst many, many more. We have been doing this nationally since 1920. Our club has been in existence since 1963 and just celebrated our 60th anniversary. Our motto is "Serving the Community's Greatest Need".