Campbell River Beacon Club

The CR Beacon Club is a safe haven for members, judgment free environment that encourages members' stability, encourages and supports empowerment and self-advocacy. The Beacon Club provides life skills, recreational activities, job training, peer support and nutritional lunches/suppers for our member to encourage strong coping skills and strategies.

Mental Illnesses impact our community, not just people that are under-housed and visible on our streets. Mental illness affects people of all ages, education, income levels, and cultures. In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness - how many people do you know? Of those, how many are experiencing a mental illness, whether or not they disclose it?

• Approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives.
• About 1% of Canadians will experience bipolar disorder (or “manic depression”).
• By age 40, about 50% of the population will have or have had a mental illness.
• Schizophrenia affects 1% of the Canadian population.
• Anxiety disorders affect 5% of the household population, causing mild to severe impairment.
• Suicide accounts for 24% of all deaths among 15-24 year olds and 16% among 25-44 year olds.
• Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women from adolescence to middle age.
• Almost one half (49%) of those who feel they have suffered from depression or anxiety have never gone to see a doctor about this problem.