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The Restorative Community Health Society (RCHS) was established to assist in piloting a Restorative Wellness reconciliation effort. RCHS collaborates closely with Restorative Counselling and RWP Groups to identify, address and deliver responsive care to those in need.
The society is also committed to Indigenizing mental health and addiction services to create 'safe spaces'. Culturally informed services and trauma-informed practices that consider the unique unmet needs of underserved community members in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada. The society considers culture, mindfulness and spirituality to be a significant part of personal wellness and therefore make it a priority to weave these elements into all services offered. |
The RCHS Board of Directors remains committed to indigenous-led and matriarchal / land-based values as a starting place for healing. Our board and volunteers are comprised of a large and diverse network of wisdom keepers, contracted clinical counsellors, social workers, trauma-informed psychiatrists and medical doctors, students and RWP group facilitators.
Charitable Status: As of October 2024 the Society is awaiting CRA approval to become a charitable foundation, and has partnered with Bethlehem Centre Society (Charitable No. 892912668RR0001) for grant funding until RCHS attains an independent charitable tax number.
Note: Bethlehem Centre Society, RCHS and Restorative Wellness Programs share a physical address for services at 2371 Arbot Rd, in Nanaimo, BC.
Please refer to this wonderful resource that discusses working with Elders:
https://www.lenpierreconsulting.com/_files/ugd/b6049a_8210084bec2642eda315036eb2747c90.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3sRnL3Roj3MzeSnkk5uga_hvvXcAhK5L8u2yYyFTxB2A3xWYpoyGbCby0_aem_Ab4rtEuXK4w-458No-KZiwJ76q-spJc3HRSQ2GrS5GgYkQpZhb8d1YYEElfZ3O8jYP4
Hear Briefly About "An Indigenous Code of Ethics" Here
Charitable Status: As of October 2024 the Society is awaiting CRA approval to become a charitable foundation, and has partnered with Bethlehem Centre Society (Charitable No. 892912668RR0001) for grant funding until RCHS attains an independent charitable tax number.
Note: Bethlehem Centre Society, RCHS and Restorative Wellness Programs share a physical address for services at 2371 Arbot Rd, in Nanaimo, BC.
Please refer to this wonderful resource that discusses working with Elders:
https://www.lenpierreconsulting.com/_files/ugd/b6049a_8210084bec2642eda315036eb2747c90.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3sRnL3Roj3MzeSnkk5uga_hvvXcAhK5L8u2yYyFTxB2A3xWYpoyGbCby0_aem_Ab4rtEuXK4w-458No-KZiwJ76q-spJc3HRSQ2GrS5GgYkQpZhb8d1YYEElfZ3O8jYP4
Hear Briefly About "An Indigenous Code of Ethics" Here
Meet a Few of Our Executive Board and Directors at Large
For Future Generations:
We LOVE Student Volunteers <3
Practicum Students through RCHS have dedicated almost 2942 hours to supporting culturally-informed mental health services as of Jan 2024.
Shawna Dash (far right) is one of the amazing MA Counselling Psychology Students who helped to build our programming and charitable work.
Shawna completed her Clinical Practicum with RWP: The Restorative Wellness Project Ltd. Groups and Individual Counselling & Volunteers as a Board Member at Large at RCHS. See what Shawna had to say about her experience HERE.
We raise our hands to all the volunteers at RCHS, educational institutions committed to decolonizing services and supporters of our longitudinal research on strength-based and culturally informed approaches to health.
Special thanks to:
Adler University (MA Counselling Programs) for both Social Justice Practicum Students & Clinical Practicum Students!
Big warm thanks to UVIC Faculty of Law and UBC Faculty of Medicine, for your support in our shared work and for the many students helping us along the way. And to both Yorkville University and Concordia University Psychology Department for allowing us to host your students!
It is because of the many collaborative efforts of many hands that we have come so far in providing safe and non-shaming spaces for all.
How we serve communities
A Restorative Vision
Donations to RCHS assist with:
Prioritizing and normalizing accessible support for healthcare professionals and service providers at risk of burnout in community (We count too!)
Making responsive, low-barrier 1:1 trauma counselling and full-fidelity clinical groups available to all indigenous or non-indigenous community members regardless of insurance coverage or financial limitations.
Providing virtual care to those that otherwise would not have access to the care they need in their own communities, or who have physical limitations to attending care in person.
Outreach responses (intensives) after critical incidents ex: Clinical Team travelled with berries and bannock to Port Alberni to lend support to Residential School Survivors in Summer of 2022.
We believe the clients to be the best judge of their most basic and pressing needs and seek to assist them in achieving stability through fundraising to make basic necessities, grocery/gas cards, available to community members (RWP clients), Elders and Healthcare Providers who are in need or facing dire challenges.
Prioritizing and normalizing accessible support for healthcare professionals and service providers at risk of burnout in community (We count too!)
Making responsive, low-barrier 1:1 trauma counselling and full-fidelity clinical groups available to all indigenous or non-indigenous community members regardless of insurance coverage or financial limitations.
Providing virtual care to those that otherwise would not have access to the care they need in their own communities, or who have physical limitations to attending care in person.
Outreach responses (intensives) after critical incidents ex: Clinical Team travelled with berries and bannock to Port Alberni to lend support to Residential School Survivors in Summer of 2022.
We believe the clients to be the best judge of their most basic and pressing needs and seek to assist them in achieving stability through fundraising to make basic necessities, grocery/gas cards, available to community members (RWP clients), Elders and Healthcare Providers who are in need or facing dire challenges.
Listen to what clients have to say about our services:
*If interested in making a donation payment for annual memberships at RCHS (Restorative Community Health Society) only please email or e-transfer to donation@restwp.com or click below
