Why support mental health?
Mental illness affects one in five Canadians during their lifetime. Mental wellness is as crucial as physical health, and supporting it is essential to building and sustaining healthy communities.
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Mental illness can affect any of us. Any day.
At the Mental Health Foundation, we have a better future in mind for all ages and stages, from childhood to the elderly, with no gaps in service. Long stigmatized and hidden, mental health and addictions issues have been at best, under-supported; at worst, ignored. With your help we are changing those perceptions.
The funds we raise go to support essential programs and services, patient supports, research, education & awareness, and facility enhancements.
Hope Blooms
When Sandra had trouble in school as a child, she didn’t connect it to mental health. But as life became more challenging, so did her problems. Struggling to keep up with work, as she had in school, Sandra wondered when things would become easier for her. She asked...
Access 24/7
Adult Intake Services The Mental Health Foundation is proud to support Access 24/7, ensuring mental health and addiction services for adults are easily accessible. Adult mental health and addiction intake services are available over the phone or in-person at Edmonton...
Kickstand & Kickstand Connect
Kickstand offers free integrated mental health services for young people ages 12-25 in Alberta. The Mental Health Foundation is proud to partner with Kickstand, ensuring mental health and addictions services for youth are easy to access across the province. While...
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Canada’s youth will be affected by mental illness and problematic substance use
total cost of mental health problems and mental illnesses in Canada per year
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Albertan adults will experience a mental health challenge by the time they are 40.
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