Canadian Mental Health Association Halton Region Branch Annual Report 2016/2017 Halton Region Branch Filiale de la région de Halton

Message from the Chair and the CEO

2016-2017 has been a remarkable year for us at the Canadian the previous year as more and more riders hit the road to Mental Health Association Halton Region Branch, one to be raise awareness and funds. We also continued to build our proud of and celebrate as we continue to work towards our Free Walk-In Counselling Service, expanding it from one Vision of “mentally healthy people in a healthy society”. location one day a week to three locations three days a week and more than tripling the number of people we supported. Our Board and staff eagerly embarked on a strategic We are encouraged and energized by our community’s planning process to create our goals and objectives support for mental health and addictions that is key to for the next three years. We are focusing on providing creating and sustaining a caring and nurturing community. accessible, high-quality, holistic programs that recognize the importance of timely and effective mental health and To our staff and volunteers: your passion and dedication addiction services. We also look to further specialize our amaze us each and every day. To our donors: your generosity services to meet the unique needs of diverse groups in and compassion are incredible, and our clients’ lives are our community, including those who identify as LGBTQ or changed because of you. To our supporters: thank you for Indigenous, newly arrived residents, and individuals and your engagement and partnership. And to our clients: it is our families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. privilege to be part of your recovery journey.

A great source of pride for us was our 2016 Annual Mental Health Week Speaker Series featuring Margaret Trudeau who spoke to a packed room about her lived experience with bipolar disorder. It was an evening when our community came together to be inspired by Ms. Trudeau’s courage, and we were honoured to have her with us to share her recovery journey.

As the CMHA Ride Don’t Hide movement continues to sweep across the country, the local momentum for this national bike ride for mental health inspires us. At the second annual Robert Struthers Radhika Subramanyan Halton Ride Don’t Hide in 2016, our participation tripled over Chair, Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Mental Health Association Halton Region Branch

Our Mission Our Vision Our Values To improve the well-being of Mentally healthy people in a R espect our community through high- healthy society. E xcellence quality mental health and A ccountability addiction services. C ollaboration H ope

Board of Directors 2016/2017 Chair: Robert Struthers Accreditation Vice Chair and Chair of the Governance Committee: We are completing our third Michele Sparling year of Accreditation with Exemplary Standing with Secretary: Ali Mir Accreditation and Chair of the Audit Committee: Tony Nikolovski focusing on renewal. Chair of the Advancement Committee: Heather Anderson Chair of the Quality Committee: Stephanie O’Keefe Directors: Carole Caron, Marion Goreski, Michelle Haigh, Nimanthika Kaneira, Tracey McKinley

Financials

CMHA Halton Region Branch – Statement of Operations For the year ended March 31, 2017

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Mississauga Halton Local Health Integrated Network...... $6,083,002 Case Management Services...... $3,122,505 Donations and Fundraising...... $307,261 Health Promotion, Education and Other. . . .$437,780 United Way...... $70,300 Crisis Intervention Services ...... $2,090,724 Public Education Seminars and Others . . . . $311,743 Administration...... $976,278

Total Revenue ...... $6,772,306 Total Expenditure ...... $6,627,287

Revenue Trend

/ $6,772,306

/ $6,460,664

/ $6,271,841

/ $6,235,035

/ $6,131,512 Our Impact Most people don’t talk to others about what they’re going through. Having someone like your Case people living with mental health and Manager is such a blessing to families in the Halton 6,198 addiction concerns were supported to community. improve their wellness, well-being, and quality of life through our services – the mother of a CMHA-HRB client

people learned more about mental health, 8,656 addictions, and community services at events, presentations, and courses and He taught me that I was brilliant. He taught me that through Information and Referral I was resilient. Words cannot describe what he has done for me as a person and what he has and will We Helped More People* do for others. I could never be happier and more at more who have a mental health concern and peace with who I am. 44% an addiction – a CMHA-HRB client speaking about more who were in crisis and required telephone her Case Manager 30% and/or in-person support to stay safe more received free walk-in counselling to 200% improve their wellness and coping Thank you for your services. You make the world more at community awareness events a safer, welcoming place even if just a little. One 170% candle can light up a hundred others. Thank you for being that candle. more shelter residents with mental health – an attendee of our annual Mental Health Week and addictions support 58% Speaker Series *Compared to 2015-2016

Promoting Community Awareness to Improve Lives We proudly presented our Annual Mental Health Week Speaker Series featuring Canadian icon, author, and mental health advocate Margaret Trudeau who shared her personal journey through mental illness and her message of resilience with an audience of over 700. We hosted our second annual Halton Ride Don’t Hide community bike ride for mental health awareness. Our dedicated riders, sponsors, and donors raised over Denis Olivier (centre front), Community and Corporate Mental Health & $68,000 for CMHA-HRB services to improve and support Addictions Educator, teaches Mental Health First Aid at Police College. wellness in our community. We facilitated a session at the CMHA National Conference on the development and processes of one-Link, a single point of access for local mental health and addiction service referrals.

Growing our Services to Change Lives Ali Mir, Board of Directors Secretary (left), Case Managers Louisa Orlando (left) and Jason Barr, Director of Client Services and Linda Horsky lead hikes on local We launched our new Community Outreach Team, a mobile and Program Development (right), meet trails as part of the Mood Walks team of mental health specialists who travel throughout with John Oliver, MP for Oakville program Halton to provide short-term crisis case management for people experiencing a crisis related to their mental health. We expanded our Free Walk-In Counselling program from Oakville into Burlington and Milton, tripling the number of counselling sessions available weekly.

We developed a wide range of new presentations and Robert Struthers, Board of Directors Margaret Trudeau speaks at our workshops in our Health Promotion Program to provide Chair, and Radhika Subramanyan, Chief Mental Health Week Speaker Series Executive Officer, with Margaret Trudeau richer skills-based education to workplaces and groups. at our Mental Health Week Speaker Series

Supporting and Valuing Diversity to Enrich Lives We collaborated with the Halton Multicultural Council and Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) to provide specialized education and support to newcomers in our community, including Syrian refugees, to help them learn about coping strategies and local resources. We created a specialized Case Management position to provide support to people at local correctional institutions Ride Don’t Hide who identify as LGBTQ and offer related training to the Left-top: Shawn Saulnier, Regional Chair Gary Carr, institutions’ staff teams. former NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk and his wife Joanie, and Milton Mayor Gord Krantz Left-bottom: The Bell Riders team celebrating a successful ride Right: Families hitting the road

Future Directions • Improving access so that all community members receive the support they need to improve their health, wellness, and well-being. • Continuing to rigorously focus on quality and becoming the leader in providing and growing high- quality, safe mental health and addiction services. • Increasing our capacity to meet the needs of Melanie McGregor (left), Communications and Advancement Specialist, and our community through a committed staff team, Radhika Subramanyan, Chief Executive Officer, present the CMHA Media Award to Ted Michaels, News Anchor with CHML AM 900 innovation, partnerships, and integrated services.

Thank you to our generous sponsors .

Ride Don’t Hide 2016

Platinum Sponsor Silver Sponsor Start/Finish Line Sponsor

Community Sponsors

2016 Mental Health Week Speaker Series

Presenting Sponsor Sponsors

Thank you to our funders for helping us help our community .

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