We work every day to prevent deaths by suicide through our community programs and our online presence
2390 Arbutus Road
Victoria, BC
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Starting as crisis phone service in 1970, NEED as it was called then, began with a few concerned folks from the University of Victoria who wanted to start a phone line to help those thinking of su***de. A decade later, NEED had received over 100,000 phone calls.
1996 saw a school based program introduced called where volunteers would deliver presentations to middle and high schools bringing awareness to the topic of su***de. NEED2 was aiming for a whole schools program where the program would be implemented in each school; 29 classes, 700 students received the presentation that school year.
In 2002 a youth focused version of the crisis line was welcomed which provided some peer based support for youth who needed to access a crisis line. NEED later became a founding partner in developing 1 800 SU***DE in BC.
