If you’re worried that a child or youth in your life may be struggling with disordered eating, body image or related issues, please contact us for support: embody@familyservices.bc.ca
Call 911 if you believe that your life or someone else’s life is in danger.
BC Mental Health Support Line: Free and available 24 hours a day: 604-310-6789
Suicide hotline: If you are in distress or worried about someone else. Free and available 24 hours a day: 1-800-SUICIDE / 1-800-784-2433
BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre provides mental health, eating disorders, and substance use information, resources, and peer support to families across BC, and children and youth up to age 24. All services are free of charge.
Phone: 604-875-2084
Toll-free from anywhere in BC: 1-800-665-1822
Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders
Looking Glass supports individuals struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating. The foundation provides programs and services including confidential one-to-one and small group peer support programs, low-barrier counselling, scholarships, and support for caregivers. These low-barrier programs are available province- wide, and do not require clinical diagnoses or referrals.
Phone: 604-314-0548
Toll-free from anywhere in BC: 1-888-980-5874
Foundry BC is a province-wide network of integrated health and wellness services for young people ages 12-24. Foundry enables young people to access five core services in one convenient location: mental health care, substance use services, physical and sexual health care, youth and family peer supports, and social services.
Young people can access these services by walking into one of 16 local Foundry centres, exploring online tools and resources at foundrybc.ca, connecting virtually through the free Foundry BC app, or emailing:info@foundrybc.ca
HeretoHelp is a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. The project aims to provide quality information, resources, and support for individuals dealing with mental health and substance use issues.
Toll-free from anywhere in BC: 1-800-661-2121
A free online resource for anyone 14+ in Canada. Whether you’re dealing with an eating disorder, or are concerned about your relationship with food, exercise or your body, they’re there to help. Their virtual resources include Peer Support Groups, Mentoring, workshops, and educational materials.
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) provides information, referrals, resources, and support to anyone in Canada impacted by an eating disorder.
Toll-free : 1-866-633-4220
Email: nedic@uhn.ca
Live chat services are available in EST:
- 9am – 9pm Monday (phones until 5pm)
- 9am – 9pm Tuesday
- 9am – 9pm Wednesday (phones until 5pm)
- 9am – 9pm Thursday
- 9am – 5pm on Friday
- 12pm – 5pm on Saturday
- 12pm – 5pm Sunday