We at The Red Door are happy to share a variety of resources with our community, especially with our teachers tasked with teaching Healthy Living and Healthy Sexuality. Each presentation includes Notes for Facilitators containing tips on how to best lead conversations about these sensitive topics with your students.
PowerPoint Presentations on Healthy Sexuality
Posters and Videos on Healthy Sexuality
Consent: What it is, and what it is not
Support Groups & Organizations
The Nova Scotia Health Authority – providing health services to Nova Scotians
Halifax Sexual Health Centre – offering on-site, confidential services by experienced nurses and doctors
- t: (902) 455-9656 to book appointments
Open Arms Kentville – a registered charity that provides services for folks in need of spirituals guidance, shelter, food, and help finding appropriate services
- Breakfast program Monday – Friday from 8 – 11am at the Kentville Resource Centre, 32 Cornwallis St.
- Inn from the Cold emergency shelter service operates from November to April
The Youth Project – offering programs and services including support groups, referrals, supportive counselling, a resource library, educational workshops and social activities for youth 25 and under
Valley Youth Project – providing a safe space for 2SLGBTQI+ youth & allies to meet, share, and foster a safe and welcoming community
- Twice monthly drop-in meetings, 1st & 3rd Wednesdays @ 6:30-8:30pm at NSCC Kingstec Campus, 236 Belcher St., Kentville
prideHealth – connecting members of the LGBTQ+ community to services in the health care system and resources in their communities
The Nova Scotia Women’s Choice Clinic – self-referral line for women seeking pregnancy termination
- Toll Free: 1-833-352-0719
Gender Creative Kids – providing resources and support for gender creative kids and their families
Rainbow Health Ontario – a database of reliable, up-to-date health resources for LGBT2SQ+ communities
Portal Youth Outreach Association – a registered non-profit charitable organization that has a drop-in community space and resource centre for Annapolis Valley youth age 12-19 who are at risk or currently experiencing homelessness. Clients can seek mentoring, advocacy, supportive counselling, programs to support resiliency and find connections for rapid re-housing.
Mental Health & Addiction Services
The Nova Scotia Mental Health Crisis Help Line – available 24 hours, seven days a week
- Toll Free: 1-888-429-8167
Mainline – a project of the Mi’Kmaq Native Friendship Centre, Mainline supports people struggling with addiction through harm reduction programs
- t: (902) 423-9991
- Toll Free: 1-877-904-4555
Opioid Treatment Program – self-referral service for people struggling with opioid addiction
- Toll Free: 1-855-273-7110
The Beacon Program – a voluntary admission program that provides hope, support and empowerment for youth ages 18-30 struggling with mental illness
- t: (902) 678-8361 for more information or to schedule a tour of Beacon House
Laing House – a peer support based drop-in centre for youth aged 16-29 living with mental illness
- t: (902) 425-918
- e: info@lainghouse.org
Teen Mental Health – an information portal providing up-to-date, scientific information about all things relating to teen mental health
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