THRIVE

Directory of Services

2019 2020

Thrive would like to offer the latest updated edition of the Thrive Directory of Services. Since service providers, programs, services, and contact information are constantly changing, we would like to invite directory users, community groups and stakeholders to direct any omissions, mistakes, or updates to [email protected] or 754-0536 ext. 200. Special thanks to Elizabeth Tuck for research and editing.

Contents FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ...... 1 100 Women Who Care St. John’s ...... 1 Arts NL ...... 1 CBDC – Metro Business Opportunities, Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 2 Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC NL) ...... 3 Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour – Gov. of NL ...... 4 Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) ...... 5 NL Housing Corporation ...... 6 Raise Up Fundraising NL ...... 7 United Way Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 8 Tommy Sexton Centre (AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador (ACNL)) ...... 8 Association for New Canadians (ANC) ...... 9 Canadian Cancer Society – Travel and Accommodations ...... 11 Choices for Youth ...... 12 City of St. John's - Non-Profit Housing Division ...... 15 Community Supports Program (CSP) – Eastern Health ...... 16 Eastern Residential Support Board...... 17 End Homelessness St. John’s (EHSJ) ...... 18 Habitat for Humanity ...... 19 Home Again Furniture Bank ...... 19 Iris Kirby House ...... 20 John Howard Society of NL ...... 21 ENTER: preneur Program: Skills Canada NL ...... 23 Mental Health and Addictions Housing Services – Eastern Health ...... 23 Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Community Living ...... 24 NL Housing Corporation ...... 25 NL Foster Families Association ...... 26 NL Housing and Homelessness Network ...... 27 Pleasant Manor ...... 28 Residential Tenancies Section – Service NL, Gov. of NL ...... 28 Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 29 Shalom Inc...... 30 St. John’s Homestead Inc. – The Homestead Program ...... 30 Shanawdithit Shelter - First Light (Formerly St. John’s Native Friendship Centre) ...... 31 Marguerite’s Place (St. John's Status of Women's Council / St. John's Women's Centre) ...... 32

Stella’s Circle ...... 34 Waypoints ...... 36 Wiseman Centre – Salvation Army ...... 37 Youth Services – Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development ...... 38 CHILD CARE ...... 39 Key Assets NL – Residential Child Care ...... 39 Registered Child Care Centres in St. John’s ...... 40 Registered Child Care Centres in Torbay ...... 44 Registered Child Care Centres in Portugal Cove-St. Phillip’s ...... 44 Registered Child Care Centres in Paradise ...... 45 Registered Child Care Centres in Mount Pearl ...... 46 Registered Child Care Centres in Conception Bay South & Holyrood ...... 47 The Children’s Centre ...... 48 Brighter Futures Coalition of St. John’s ...... 49 Daybreak Parent and Child Centre ...... 50 Early Learning and Child Development Division – Department of ...... 51 Education and Early Childhood Development, GovNL ...... 51 Family and Child Care Connections (FCCC) ...... 52 RECREATION ...... 52 4-H NL ...... 52 Aboriginal Resource Office – Memorial University ...... 53 AAMP - Association for the Arts Mount Pearl ...... 54 Admiralty House Communications Museum ...... 55 Allied Youth ...... 55 Anna Templeton Centre ...... 56 Autism Society of NL ...... 57 Big Brothers Big Sisters ...... 58 Boys and Girls Club of St. John’s ...... 59 Buckmasters Circle Community Centre ...... 60 City of St. John’s – Recreation Division ...... 61 East Coast Trail Association ...... 64 Easter Seals NL ...... 64 For the Love of Learning, Inc...... 65 Froude Avenue Community Centre ...... 66 Girl Guides of Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 66 Girls Rock NL ...... 67

Happy City St. John’s ...... 68 Intersections: A Resource Centre for Marginalized Genders ...... 69 Johnson GEO Centre ...... 69 Kid Sport Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 70 MacMorran Community Centre ...... 70 MAX Arts, Athletics, and Wellness ...... 72 Modo Yoga ...... 73 MUN SAGA (Sexual and Gender Advocacy Resource Centre) ...... 73 Persistence Theatre Company ...... 74 Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium ...... 74 PLAY (Physical Literacy for All Youth) Project ...... 75 Project Grace ...... 76 St. John’s Gay Men’s Chorus ...... 76 Spectrum Queer Choir ...... 77 Rabbittown Community Centre ...... 77 Rainbow Riders - Therapeutic Riding Newfoundland and Labrador Inc...... 78 REAL Program ...... 78 Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 79 Scouts Canada ...... 80 Special Olympics NL ...... 81 Spirit Horse NL – Stable Life...... 81 St. John’s Military Family Resource Centre ...... 82 First Light (Formerly St. John’s Native Friendship Centre) ...... 83 St. John’s Rowing Club...... 84 St. John’s Shambhala Meditation Group ...... 85 The Bowring Park Foundation Inc...... 86 The C.L.B. (Church Lads’ Brigade) NL ...... 86 The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award ...... 88 The Rooms ...... 89 The Works - Memorial University ...... 90 Thrive ...... 90 V-Day St. John’s ...... 92 Virginia Park Community Centre ...... 92 YMCA of Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 93 YWCA St. John’s ...... 94 Autism Society of NL ...... 97

Avalon Employment Inc...... 98 Buckmasters Circle Community Centre ...... 99 CBDC – Metro Business Opportunities, Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 100 Choices for Youth ...... 101 Community Employment Collaboration (CEC) ...... 103 Community Centre Alliance ...... 103 Conservation Corps of NL ...... 104 Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour – Gov. of NL ...... 106 Empower, The Disability Resource Centre ...... 107 Froude Avenue Community Centre ...... 108 Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) ...... 109 John Howard Society of NL ...... 109 Junior Achievement of NL ...... 111 Learning Disabilities Association of NL ...... 111 MacMorran Community Centre ...... 112 Multicultural Women’s Organization of NL (MWONL) ...... 113 Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Community Living ...... 114 NL Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) ...... 115 New Hope Community Centre - Salvation Army ...... 116 NL Association for the Deaf ...... 117 NL Federation of Labour ...... 118 Office of Employment Equity for Persons with Disabilities – Gov. NL ...... 119 Office to Advance Women Apprentices (OAWA) ...... 119 Rabbittown Community Centre ...... 120 Refugee Immigrant Advisory Council ...... 121 Service Canada ...... 122 Single Parent Association of Newfoundland ...... 123 Spinal Cord Injury Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 124 First Light (Formerly St. John’s Native Friendship Centre) ...... 125 St. John’s Military Family Resource Centre ...... 126 Stella’s Circle ...... 127 Student Volunteer Bureau ...... 129 The Vera Perlin Society ...... 130 Virginia Park Community Centre...... 131 Women in Resource Development Corporation (WRDC) ...... 132 Women in Science and Engineering NL (WISENL) ...... 132

WorkplaceNL (Formerly Workplace Health and Safety Commission) ...... 133 Writers For Hire – Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 134 YMCA of Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 135 YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange ...... 136 Youth Canada (Website) ...... 136 Youth Ventures ...... 137 JUSTICE ...... 138 Access to Justice NL – The Canadian Bar Association ...... 138 Office of the Child and Youth Advocate ...... 138 Canadian Mental Health Association – NL Division ...... 139 Citizens' Crime Prevention Association of NL ...... 140 Coalition Against the Sexual Exploitation of Youth (CASEY) ...... 141 Violence Prevention Avalon East ...... 142 Coalition on Richer Diversity (CORD) ...... 143 Crime Stoppers of Newfoundland and Labrador...... 143 Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development - Gov. of NL ...... 144 Department of Justice and Public Safety - Gov. of NL ...... 145 Egale – Canada Human Rights Trust ...... 146 Family Division - Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador ...... 147 Family Justice Services – Dept. of