Volunteer Roles

Jul 23

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Virtual

Join us online for a helpful discussion group and workshop, all about handling stress when living with a chronic or rare disease. We’ll share tips and support to help you feel more in control and less overwhelmed. Perfect if you want to learn practical ways to manage your mental health from the comfort of your […]

GNHH-Napanee Area Community Health Centre

The Access Clinic at the NACHC site offers primary care for urgent health issues for people who have already been rostered to the GNHH but have not had their first appointment with their primary care provider.

Access+ Clinic

Access+ Clinic is a site of Kingston Community Health Centres, offering low barrier and judgment-free services to those who are not attached to primary care.

GNHH-Napanee Area Community Health Centre

Our foot care nurse specializes in diabetic and advanced foot care.

Multi-Site

Allotment gardens have plots (allotments) that individuals/families can rent year-to-year for growing their own crops. Many allotment gardens also include donation plots, seed saving plots, and other projects. ​Below is a list of all the allotment gardens in Kingston. If you are looking to get a garden plot, please contact the coordinator of the garden you […]

May 14

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Weller Site

Baby Care Basics is a drop-in group that provides collaborative education about infant care for newborns under 6 months old, including feeding, skincare and treating common illness. Enjoy conversing with other caregivers and parents as well as learning tips and tricks from our expert nurses and dietitians. Transportation and snacks are available.

May 21

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Weller Site

Baby Care Basics is a drop-in group that provides collaborative education about infant care for newborns under 6 months old, including feeding, skincare and treating common illness. Enjoy conversing with other caregivers and parents as well as learning tips and tricks from our expert nurses and dietitians. Transportation and snacks are available.

May 28

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Weller Site

Baby Care Basics is a drop-in group that provides collaborative education about infant care for newborns under 6 months old, including feeding, skincare and treating common illness. Enjoy conversing with other caregivers and parents as well as learning tips and tricks from our expert nurses and dietitians. Transportation and snacks are available.

Virtual

Do you -- have difficulty falling asleep? have a hard time falling back to sleep? wake up early and can’t fall back to sleep? If this sounds like you, join our Better Sleep program designed to promote more restful sleep.

Weller Site

Bridges Out of Poverty is one-day, virtual workshop that is open to all KCHC staff, including those in management or service-delivery.

Virtual

This full-day workshop provides training in the core Brief Action Planning (BAP) principles and techniques. Core concepts included stepped care for self-management support and the spirit of motivational interviewing. The practical skills taught in this course are how to use ask-offer-ask to give information and advice and how to use BAP to help people make action plans that address the aspects of their health or situation that are most important to them. Includes two 30-minute practice and feedback sessions with an expert trainer.

Virtual

Gain skills, resources and confidence to better manage your life with cancer.

Sep 30

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Virtual

Our trusted 6-week program helps to actively achieve your best wellness and to give you a greater sense of control over life with cancer

Barrack Site Providence Care Site

Catalyst is a 16-week program aimed at reducing crystal methamphetamine use and bolstering access to health care and social support.

May 14

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Weller Site

Following Penguins and the Living Well in the Community Exercise Class, a casual social takes place in the Weller lobby, offering older adults a chance to connect, chat, and enjoy light refreshments together.

May 21

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Weller Site

Following Penguins and the Living Well in the Community Exercise Class, a casual social takes place in the Weller lobby, offering older adults a chance to connect, chat, and enjoy light refreshments together.

May 28

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Weller Site

Following Penguins and the Living Well in the Community Exercise Class, a casual social takes place in the Weller lobby, offering older adults a chance to connect, chat, and enjoy light refreshments together.

Virtual

This six-week series of 2.5 hour interactive workshops will help you with nearly any chronic condition that you are experiencing (see below for examples).

Virtual

Developed by universities this six-week series of 2.5 hour interactive workshops will help you with nearly any chronic health or pain condition that you are experiencing

Jun 9

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Virtual

Train your brain away from pain – Join us for this 2.5-hour workshop to explore pain relief techniques using CBT and mindfulness. Empowered Relief is a pain management program developed at Stanford University by pain psychologists. It’s a single-session, 2.5-hour workshop that teaches participants pain relief skills using cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT) and mindfulness principles. […]

Aug 12

9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Virtual

Train your brain away from pain – Join us for this 2.5-hour workshop to explore pain relief techniques using CBT and mindfulness Empowered Relief is a pain management program developed at Stanford University by pain psychologists. It’s a single-session, 2.5-hour workshop that teaches participants pain relief skills using cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT) and mindfulness principles. […]

Multi-Site

Collective gardens are gardens that are managed communally by a group of people. Many collective gardens grow produce for donation. Some are open to the public to get involved, others are exclusively for the staff/volunteers/clientele of a particular agency. AMHS Garden This is a therapeutic garden for Addictions & Mental Health Services clients. AMHS-KFLA is […]

Immigrant Services Kingston and Area (ISKA)

Our Community Connections program offers support in smaller group settings or on an individual basis

Weller Site

Our Community Development team meets people where they are at and advocates for their success.

Multi-Site

Community orchards, or food forests, are plantings of fruit and/or nut trees that are managed by community groups. Some are attached to existing community gardens, some are independent. Below is a list of community orchards and food forests in Kingston. Lakeside Food Forest​ Located within the Lakeside Community Garden, this is a regenerative urban forest […]

Consumption and Treatment Services

Consumption and Treatment Services In 2018, KCHC began operating a supervised consumption site at the Barrack Street site of Street Health Centre with services being moved to the Integrated Care Hub in 2020. KCHC is one of many organizations across Canada that have an exemption from Health Canada that allows the provision of health services in a compassionate and hygienic […]

Rideau Heights Community Centre

Cooking Connections is an 8-week workshop series for people living with mental health/substance use disorder.

May 25

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Weller Site

A 5-week program designed to help participants better understand and manage their condition. Each one-hour session covers key topics such as what COPD is, symptom management, and proper inhaler techniques, and includes guest speakers like a dietitian, social worker, and pharmacist. Alongside exercise training, the program emphasizes education and long-term behaviour change to support lasting, health-promoting habits. With a strong focus on self-management, participants build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their COPD, and receive a personalized COPD Action Plan to complete with their primary care provider— all with the goal of improving both physical and psychological well-being.

May 25

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Weller Site

A 12-week program that involves participants with COPD to exercise in a group setting weekly. The program is run by a Registered Kinesiologist and Nurse Navigator and aims to incorporate respiratory techniques into physical activity.

May 12

10:00 am - 11:00 am
Weller Site

A 12-week program that involves participants with COPD to exercise in a group setting weekly. The program is run by a Registered Kinesiologist and Nurse Navigator and aims to incorporate respiratory techniques into physical activity.

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