BC Centre on Substance Use, BC Bereavement Helpline, Parents Forever

The British Columbia Bereavement Helpline (BCBH) is a provincial leader in providing education, support, advocacy, networking, and information resources for the bereaved, their caregivers, and professionals. The BCBH is committed to assisting the bereaved and their caregivers in coping and managing grief, and recognizes the unique factors that come with a sudden death due to substance use. In addition to a helpline, the BCBH provides support programming for the bereaved and training for community members to establish support groups.

Parents Forever is a professionally supported, mutual support group for parents and family members of adult addicted children (18 years of age and up) and is managed by Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, which has been providing services to parents for over 20 years.