Social & Community Services Organizations in Halifax

<b>Our Vision</b>

<b></b>People living life to the fullest, flourishing in a community of belonging, dignity and choice.

<b>Our Mission</b>

<b></b>As a leader in continuing care, we build meaningful relationships with our clients everyday and make a positive difference in the communities we serve.

Nova Noble Cause Society (NNCS) is a group of passionate workers who give priority to mankind. Members of this society are enthusiastically supporting newcomers, children and elders to make Nova Scotia a beautiful place to live in. Our mission is to bring joy and happiness with art, culture, values & life-skill activities. Our aim is to remove the gaps among different generations and communities. With a clear vision, we focus on the needs of Senior Citizens, Students and Newcomers and to assist them to reach their potential.

<span style="font-weight: 400">Open Harbour works to sponsor a refugee group to begin a new life in Halifax each year. A sponsorship starts on the day of arrival and extends for the 12 months afterward. It includes financial, social, and emotional support. We greet our new Nova Scotians at the airport, set them up with a furnished apartment, enroll them in job training and English classes, help them get to medical appointments, register their children in school - and a lot more! </span>

<b>OUR MISSION</b>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To privately sponsor and resettle refugees to Halifax irrespective of circumstances or creed. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To coordinate the settlement, integration, and empowerment of the new Nova Scotians we sponsor. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">To spread awareness of issues affecting refugees.</span></li>
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<div class="cushycms">Out of the Cold is a community-based, volunteer-run organization that works to provide shelter & community supports to the homeless & precariously housed. The specific work for the 2015-2016 season is being planned currently, and this website is under construction.</div>

Parker Street Food Bank provides help to people in need. We are a food and furniture bank, but strongly believe in the adage, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". Some of the opportunities for self-sufficiency have included courses in flooring installation, windows and doors installation, automotive parts clerk, siding, carpenter's assistant training and basic computer skills. We also provide back packs filled with school supplies for young students in September and at Christmas time we provide the ingredients for a traditional turkey dinner as well as toys for the wee ones. We also operate an Emergency Fund to help those in financial crisis, such as helping with utility or heating bills.

Welcome to Parkinson Canada in Halifax, you are not alone. Our team of staff and trained volunteers offer information, education and services for Atlantic Canadians living with Parkinson’s, their families/caregivers and the health professionals on their treatment teams. Parkinson Canada has a number of  local programs, education and fundraising events that are support through volunteers.  Contact us for more information and to learn how you maybe able to help Parkinson Canada support the 10,000 Atlantic Canadians living with Parkinson's disease.

<span style="font-family: Calibri">Phoenix has been helping youth, families and the community thrive since 1987. We provide care and opportunities for individuals, and create conditions where they can thrive and bring those qualities to their full potential. We are dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of youth in a respectful, dignified, and innovative manner, while also being a voce of social justice in their lives. Our programs can now be captures in three important areas: <b>Crises Management</b> (emergency shelter, health services, counselling, drop-in centre), <b>Community based Prevention</b> (clinical therapy, outreach and community development) and <b>Housing and Employment Skills </b>(employment and education, parent support, trustee program, recreation and arts, independent and semi-independent housing). </span>

 

Prescott Group is a non-profit community based social enterprise that offers vocational opportunities, programs and services and community employment support to adults with intellectual disabilities in the Halifax area. Prescott Group's social enterprise is made up of Atlantic Bag Manufacturers, Fireside Kitchen and Prescott Mailing Services. Prescott Group also provides coaching and support to clients who work at local businesses and organizations. Our goal is to enhance the independence of persons with intellectual disabilities through personal development, social enterprise and employment opportunities.

A Community Development Initiative looking to empower residents of Mulgrave Park, in the North End of Halifax, by creating sustainable projects with entrepreneurial action.

The RCMP Veterans Association is a national non profit organization with branches in each province.  Nova Scotia is the largest in Canada with over 900 members.  Membership is made up of serving and retired members of the RCMP, RCMP civilian staff and family members. It is a social group but mostly a support group that helps each other out and the community.  The skills the organization spans all aspects of the RCMP, which expertise in many areas.

<h2>About Us</h2>
Red Bear Healing Home is a non-profit society registered with the Province of Nova Scotia (June 23, 2011). Red Bear Healing Home is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and managed by an Executive Director.
<h2>Mission</h2>
Building Respect for all Life through Sustainable Living
<h2>Principles</h2>
Red Bear Healing Home upholds the following principles:
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<li>The Seven Sacred Teachings / Laws of Love ♦ Respect ♦ Wisdom ♦ Honesty ♦ Courage ♦ Humility ♦ Truth. Interpretations are available on-line by searching for The Seven Sacred Teachings. It is also now available on itunes.</li>
<li>The Teachings of the Four Directions - see Rupert Ross, Returning to the Teachings</li>
<li>The Teachings of the Sacred Tree</li>
<li>Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth</li>
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The Resilience Research Centre studies resilience from all aspects.
"In the context of exposure to significant adversity, resilience is both the capacity of individuals to navigate their way to the psychological, social, cultural, and physical resources that sustain their well-being, and their capacity individually and collectively to negotiate for these resources to be provided in culturally meaningful ways." (Ungar, 2008 and Ungar, 2011)