Homeless Enumeration in Hastings County

This spring, during the week of April 17th - April 23rd 2018, there will be a homelessness enumeration taking place in Belleville, Madoc, Quinte West and Bancroft through a partnership between CDC Quinte and Bridge Street Church. The count will be undertaken as part of a provincial requirement, with the definition used to define homelessness being The Canadian Definition of Homelessness. You can...

30 Ways to Practice Self-Care: Take Care of Yourself

You have probably heard about Self-Care, but what is it really and what are some ways to practice it? This wonderful article by CHIEF HEALTH is a great place to start! Practicing self-care on a daily basis can provide many benefits such as, preventing illness, managing disease, and making informed decisions about your health. Take good care of yourself and it’ll help you take care of others....

New Hub will improve access to key social services

A group of local agencies are teaming up to provide a hub of services under one roof. The new Enrichment Hub will combine the local Canadian Mental Health Association, Continuing On In Education, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties and Agilec. As part of this large-scale collaboration, the four agencies will be moving to a new facility at 250 Sidney Street in Belleville on...

Friendship Quilts

People never cease to amaze me!   I met an amazing lady today, Larie was her name.  She likes to sew so she sits with her fellow seamstresses on the Quinte Quilters Guild and sews....  They drop by our office every so often and provide our clients with Friendship Quilts!  Today she brought us SIX! You heard me SIX beautiful hand crafted quilts! WOW! Thank you to the Quinte...

Documentary screening and discussion on homelessness

October 10th, 2017 - Panel Discussion @ 6:00 pm - Film @ 7:00 pm The Empire Theatre will host a screening of the documentary “Us & Them” on October 10th, along with a panel discussion on homelessness, with the United Way and Poverty Round Table Hastings and Prince Edward. (Photo: Submitted / United Way of Hastings and Prince Edward) The United Way and Poverty Roundtable of...

Finding Help in Dark Times

This article brings attention to all the available help in our communities. "There's no shame in asking for help", the group says. By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:26:50 EDT PM Feels of depression, sadness, anger, numbness, worry and more are normal in times of grief and other stressful situations, experts say. But help is just a click or phone call away, with...