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Host Chapter: Halifax Categories: Adults, Children and Youth, Parents and Caregivers

Weekend Recreation & Respite

Weekend Rec and Respite is a monthly opportunity for individuals with diverse needs ages 5-18 whos families are not currently accessing provincial funding for respite to have the opportunity for respite in a group program setting. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekend Recreation and Respite is proudly supported by the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia.


Registration:

 

Registration: NOW OPEN! 

All applications will be processed by our Recreation Coordinator. Once you have been onboarded; you will gain access to self-schedule yourself for select monthly sessions.

Session attendance will be on first-come, first-serve basis and will be confirmed weekly.

Audience:

 

This program is cross-disability. It is intended for participants to come and have fun with peers on the weekend. It also gives their parents, guardians, and/or caregivers an opportunity to have some time on the weekend for themselves while their loved one is doing what they also love.

The program is specifically for families who are unable to or not currently accessing provincial respite funding and/or support for whatever reason. Weekend Recreation and Respite is intended to be a short-term bridge program. The long term goal is to have families connected with long-term respite.

Please connect with our Respite Support Coordinator Darean Mccormick at dmccormick@autismns.ca to start the application process for respite.

Note: Yearly eligibility reassessment will be conducted to ensure that our target audience is being reached.

Ages:

 

There are 2 age cohorts:

  • Kids – 5-12
  • Teens – 12-18

Each age group will have one assigned Saturday per month.

Registration Cost:

 

FREE

We would like to thank the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia for supporting this program allowing us to remove the financial barrier for families.

Participants are required to complete the initial registration process with the Recreation Coordinator; and then they will have the opportunity to self schedule themselves monthly for sessions.

Community Partnership:

 

We would like to thank the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia for supporting this program.

Contact:

Mackenzie Matheson, Recreation Coordinator


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