YWHO Wellington-Guelph News

A new report from the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Closing the Distance: Rural and Remote Mental Health in Canada, highlights the unique mental health realities, strengths, and challenges faced by people living in rural and remote communities across the country. The report paints a national picture of mental health, substance use, and access to care across rural, remote, and urban settings. It reveals critical gaps in mental health and substance use health servi

June is Pride Month, and Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) Wellington-Guelph is excited to be engaging with our community at several local events: Palmerston – Pride in the Park: June 7 Guelph Summer Pride: June 7 YMCA Pride Bench Painting: June 13 Fergus – Out & About Banner Painting: June 15 Pride Month is a meaningful time for our outreach efforts, offering space both to celebrate and to reflect. For us, Pride is an opportunity to acknowledge the ongoing mental health imp

Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) Wellington-Guelph is celebrating the success of this year’s Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign in Erin, which raised $8,446 in support of the YWHO Wellington-Guelph Main Place Erin Hub. From April 27 to May 3, community members showed their generosity by purchasing Smile Cookies at the Erin Tim Hortons restaurant. Through this annual campaign, 100 per cent of proceeds from every Smile Cookie sold are donated to local charities and community