Thank You to Our Funding Partners & Sponsors
Thank you to our funding partners and sponsors who support the important work we do at ATTCH Niagara. We could not do the work we do without your support. Below are some of our current and past fundraising partners. We are so grateful for your generosity! Thank you also to Bethlehem Housing for their program collaboration over the past couple years, this too has been a tremendous resource for many in our community.
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Maycourt Club Provides Funding for Waitlist Management Trauma Focused Skills Group
ATTCH Niagara is pleased to share that we have received funding from the Maycourt Club to allow us to continue to run our Trauma-Focused Skills Group for clients on our waitlist. This program, originally added through the support of United Way Niagara in response to COVID-19, has been an important addition in that it allows us to teach emotional regulation skills and resources to clients awaiting trauma therapy. Feedback from clients and therapists is that this has been quite helpful however we do not have a regular finding source for this so are most grateful for Maycourt Club's support!
Niagara Falls Sunrise Rotary Provides Funding to Support Niagara Falls Trauma Therapy
We have been providing therapy in Niagara Falls for the past year to reduce transportation barriers and make services more accessible to clients with complex mental health needs. Funding for this initiative was initially provided by the Sleep Cheap Initiative and has been very well received. As the funding has been used up we are grateful for contributions that allow us to continue to provide services in the community. These outreach based locations also offer waitlist free services as we are able to, in collaboration with referring comity partners, prioritize clients determined to be most in need and get them the help they need sooner and in a more accessible manner. We are also grateful for Niagara Falls Community Health Centre’s generous provision of space which allows these services to be provided closer to where these clients are located. Funds contributed such as those through Niagara Falls Sunrise Rotary Club allow us to keep programs like this running enabling us to meet more complex needs in a more timely manner. We thank you for your generosity and support!
ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from Niagara Community Foundation David S Howes Fund to Provide Waitlist Neurofeedback and Staff Wellness Neurofeedback Sessions
ATTCH Niagara gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the David S. Howes Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation (NCF), which is a public foundation serving the people of Niagara since 2000. NCF connects donors to communities and charities to resources through permanent endowment funds, providing grants to eligible charitable organizations in culture, health education, environment, recreation and social service sectors. NCF turns intention into impact. ATTCH Niagara is grateful to announce that we have received funding to support to reducing harm associated with long wait times for mental health therapy and promoting therapist wellness. This funding provides a full-time neurofeedback practitioner position to allow clients on our waitlist access to neurofeedback while awaiting therapy and also provides access to neurofeedback for our therapists and staff to promote wellness and prevent burnout. We are so grateful for this funding support and look forward to reviewing the results post-implementation. Below Sam, one of our neurofeedback practitioners, shares a little about her experience providing neurofeedback at our Annual General Meeting (AGM).
ATTCH Niagara is grateful to have received funding from the Branscombe Family Foundation
ATTCH Niagara gratefully acknowledges funding received from the Branscombe Family Foundation which covers the cost of neurofeedback consultation and ongoing training for our Neurofeedback practitioners, results tracking and the purchase of some neurofeedback animations to run the programs. We, as well as the clients we support, are so grateful for your generosity! Some videos demonstrating the neurofeedback process can be found below to learn more!
ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) Niagara is pleased to announce that we received a Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to hire a marketing coordinator and increase our Clinical Director's hours.
One of the goals of this grant is to create marketing materials and resources that will help ATTCH Niagara to have an established brand and an increased and more broadly known presence within the Niagara Region. The other goal was to provide increased staff support by increasing our clinical directors hours to allow for increased supervision, mentorship and training of staff and students to promote wellness and prevent burnout and compassion fatigue.
At ATTCH Niagara we do important but complex work and helping the broader community to become more aware of the work we do and also supporting our therapists in wellness are goals that are pivotal to our continued success. Thank you to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their generosity in helping to promote resilient communities!
One of the goals of this grant is to create marketing materials and resources that will help ATTCH Niagara to have an established brand and an increased and more broadly known presence within the Niagara Region. The other goal was to provide increased staff support by increasing our clinical directors hours to allow for increased supervision, mentorship and training of staff and students to promote wellness and prevent burnout and compassion fatigue.
At ATTCH Niagara we do important but complex work and helping the broader community to become more aware of the work we do and also supporting our therapists in wellness are goals that are pivotal to our continued success. Thank you to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their generosity in helping to promote resilient communities!
Rotary Club of St. Catharines provides funding to buy out our rental neurofeedback system!
We are so grateful to Rotary Club of St. Catharines for providing funding to buy out our current neurofeedback rental system this year! This has been a wonderful addition to our services allowing us to enhance emotional regulation and healing for our clients. Interested in learning more about the neurofeedback process? Below are some videos with additional information about Neurofeedback. Rotary St. Catharines thank you for helping to heal life's hurts and hearts!
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ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding from Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) Rotary for the purchase of a Neurofeedback Machine
The NOTL Rotary club recently donated $15,000 to @attchniagara to purchase a Neurofeedback machine to help with mental health treatment for people who can not afford it and need support.💙
NOTL Rotary had this to say: "Our club is proud to help in this area. Mental health services are severely lacking and we are happy to help people, who otherwise would not get services, get the help they desperately need. ATTCH Niagara is doing incredible work and we know this will alleviate a lot of suffering and offer hope to many recipients".
We are so grateful to NOTL Rotary Club for their generous donation which will allow us to provide neurofeedback, a non-invasive approach to rebalancing the brain, mind and body. We anticipate this powerful treatment approach will accelerate treatment gains and directly impact the mental and physical health of the clients we support. Neurofeedback is an evidence-based treatment approach that is safe and non-invasive. This form of treatment is highly effective yet also generally expensive making it inexcesible to those with limited resources. Thanks to the generosity of NOTL Rotary Clubs we will be able to make this available to ATTCH Niagara clients.
NOTL Rotary had this to say: "Our club is proud to help in this area. Mental health services are severely lacking and we are happy to help people, who otherwise would not get services, get the help they desperately need. ATTCH Niagara is doing incredible work and we know this will alleviate a lot of suffering and offer hope to many recipients".
We are so grateful to NOTL Rotary Club for their generous donation which will allow us to provide neurofeedback, a non-invasive approach to rebalancing the brain, mind and body. We anticipate this powerful treatment approach will accelerate treatment gains and directly impact the mental and physical health of the clients we support. Neurofeedback is an evidence-based treatment approach that is safe and non-invasive. This form of treatment is highly effective yet also generally expensive making it inexcesible to those with limited resources. Thanks to the generosity of NOTL Rotary Clubs we will be able to make this available to ATTCH Niagara clients.
ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from Wise Guys Charity Fund
ATTCH Niagara gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Wise Guys Charity Fund who generously providing funding to support the development of a trauma-focused skills app for our clients to enhance the therapeutic process as well as to make this app available for purchase in the community to generate revenue to support the delivery of free and low cost therapy. We are excited to share further details at our Annual General Meeting on October 17, 2023!
ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from Niagara Community Foundation David S Howes Fund
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ATTCH Niagara gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the David S. Howes Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation (NCF), which is a public foundation serving the people of Niagara since 2000. NCF connects donors to communities and charities to resources through permanent endowment funds, providing grants to eligible charitable organizations in culture, health education, environment, recreation and social service sectors. NCF turns intention into impact. ATTCH Niagara is grateful to announce that we have received funding to support the delivery of free and low cost therapy to those most in need in Niagara Falls, Beamsville and St. Catharines.
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ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from the Branscombe Family Foundation
ATTCH Niagara is thrilled to announce that we have received funding from the Branscombe Family Foundation to support the delivery of trauma-specialized therapy in Niagara for the next 3 years! This funding will also allow us to maintain a full time therapist position and part time clinical director to mentor and support our staff and students. We are so very grateful for the support of the Branscombe Family Foundation helping us to heal life's hurts and hearts.
ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding support from Niagara Community Foundation through the David S. Howes Grant
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ATTCH Niagara is grateful to announce that we have received funding from the the Niagara Community Foundation, David S. Howes Grant to support the delivery of trauma-specialized therapy in Niagara. This funding will also allow us to pilot some on-site community based programs for hard to serve populations to address barriers to treatment that have been observed. We are grateful for the support of the Niagara Community Foundation and look forward to more ways to provide innovative trauma-specific support within the community.
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ATTCH Niagara Receives Funding from United Way Niagara |
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ATTCH Niagara is grateful to announce that we have received funding from the United Way Niagara which will allow us to launch a new waitlist management program to support clients awaiting treatment and a new aftercare program to support clients who have completed treatment transition out of therapy.
The waitlist management group will be an ongoing open group available to waitlist and current clients that would offer weekly skills building sessions focusing on teaching core grounding, stabilization, containment, and resource installation skills. Although the majority of stabilization occurs through the treatment itself, we do anticipate this will allow clients to come a little bit more grounded into treatment and provide them some resources to utilize as they are waiting for therapy and help some of our more complex clients in active treatment receive some additional support to reinforce / supplement their healing.
We have also identified a need for an after care transitionary support as we are approaching treatment completion and following treatment completion. The goal of this aftercare program would be to provide additional supports focused on connecting to community (resources available, other clients who have completed healing); increasing embodied awareness, deepening connection to and awareness of sense of self (discovery of who they are in absence of their trauma through providing exposure to self care practices such as music therapy, expressive arts, yoga, dance and movement, mindfulness, meditation, neurofeedback, somatic awareness training, bio feedback, general interest activities etc).
We are so very grateful to be able to provide these much needed services and thank United Way Niagara for providing the funding that will allow us to do so!
The waitlist management group will be an ongoing open group available to waitlist and current clients that would offer weekly skills building sessions focusing on teaching core grounding, stabilization, containment, and resource installation skills. Although the majority of stabilization occurs through the treatment itself, we do anticipate this will allow clients to come a little bit more grounded into treatment and provide them some resources to utilize as they are waiting for therapy and help some of our more complex clients in active treatment receive some additional support to reinforce / supplement their healing.
We have also identified a need for an after care transitionary support as we are approaching treatment completion and following treatment completion. The goal of this aftercare program would be to provide additional supports focused on connecting to community (resources available, other clients who have completed healing); increasing embodied awareness, deepening connection to and awareness of sense of self (discovery of who they are in absence of their trauma through providing exposure to self care practices such as music therapy, expressive arts, yoga, dance and movement, mindfulness, meditation, neurofeedback, somatic awareness training, bio feedback, general interest activities etc).
We are so very grateful to be able to provide these much needed services and thank United Way Niagara for providing the funding that will allow us to do so!
Press Release: OTF Gives ATTCH Niagara a Breath of Fresh Air During COVID-19 |
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St. Catharines, ON – In 2021, Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) Niagara received a $39,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to help rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19. This funding allowed ATTCH Niagara to install two openable windows, providing fresh air and improving circulation in counselling offices for the comfort and safety of clients and staff. Many of ATTCH Niagara’s clients have required in person sessions during the pandemic as they do not have access to technology, internet or a safe private space to meet. This renovation allows clients and therapists to conduct their sessions safely, even amidst the pandemic.
“I believe firmly that mental health is health care, so I take great pleasure in seeing the province financially support an organization that helps bridge community members affected by trauma with services to support them,” said St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens. “This work is important because it creates spaces that provide support for individuals to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and beyond.”
This support from OTF also helped ATTCH recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by supporting staffing costs, providing access to secure tele-health platforms, and rejuvenating wellness programs with online wellness resources for staff and therapists. ATTCH Niagara is very thankful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s support and is pleased to let supporters, staff and clients know about this generosity in our communications.
ATTCH Niagara’s Board Chairperson, Gail Richardson, said, “the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, especially for a new organization like ours which has seen dramatically increased referrals due to COVID-19, has provided a significant benefit for marginalized people in Niagara who are experiencing complex mental health issues.”
ATTCH Niagara’s mission is to provide free and low-cost, attachment and trauma-specialized therapy in a safe, structured manner to disadvantaged individuals and families to promote better mental health. Their vision is to promote health through the provision of free and low cost attachment and trauma specialized treatment with a focus on holistic wellness and preventative care (early intervention) to facilitate healing.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. Last year, nearly $112M was invested into 1,384 community projects and partnerships to build healthy and vibrant communities and strengthen the impact of Ontario’s non‐profit sector. In 2020/21, OTF supported Ontario’s economic recovery by helping non‐profit organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID‐19. Visit otf.ca to learn more.
More information about ATTCH Niagara is available on our website: www.attchniagara.com or by calling Executive Director Lori Gill at (905) 684-9333.
“I believe firmly that mental health is health care, so I take great pleasure in seeing the province financially support an organization that helps bridge community members affected by trauma with services to support them,” said St. Catharines MPP Jennie Stevens. “This work is important because it creates spaces that provide support for individuals to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and beyond.”
This support from OTF also helped ATTCH recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by supporting staffing costs, providing access to secure tele-health platforms, and rejuvenating wellness programs with online wellness resources for staff and therapists. ATTCH Niagara is very thankful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s support and is pleased to let supporters, staff and clients know about this generosity in our communications.
ATTCH Niagara’s Board Chairperson, Gail Richardson, said, “the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, especially for a new organization like ours which has seen dramatically increased referrals due to COVID-19, has provided a significant benefit for marginalized people in Niagara who are experiencing complex mental health issues.”
ATTCH Niagara’s mission is to provide free and low-cost, attachment and trauma-specialized therapy in a safe, structured manner to disadvantaged individuals and families to promote better mental health. Their vision is to promote health through the provision of free and low cost attachment and trauma specialized treatment with a focus on holistic wellness and preventative care (early intervention) to facilitate healing.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. Last year, nearly $112M was invested into 1,384 community projects and partnerships to build healthy and vibrant communities and strengthen the impact of Ontario’s non‐profit sector. In 2020/21, OTF supported Ontario’s economic recovery by helping non‐profit organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID‐19. Visit otf.ca to learn more.
More information about ATTCH Niagara is available on our website: www.attchniagara.com or by calling Executive Director Lori Gill at (905) 684-9333.
OTF Grant Recognition and Annual General Meeting
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Opening and welcome prayer with Grandmother Marie Jones who also speaks to the impact of the work of ATTCH Niagara in the community.
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Lori Gill ATTCH Niagara Executive Director provides opening remarks about the impact of the Ontario Trillium Foundation's Resilient Communities Grant that was received in 2021.
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MPP Jennie Stevens speaking to the impact of ATTCH Niagara in the community and of the benefit of the Ontario Trillium Foundation's Resilient Communities Grant that was received in 2021.
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Mayor Sendzik, providing a welcome for our AGM and OTF Grant Recognition event, speaks to the important ATTCH Niagara does in the community.
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Nick DiFlavio, Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Representative provides a welcome and remarks in regards to the OTF Resilient Communities Grant.
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ATTCH Niagara Executive Director provides an overview of the demographics as well as trauma / adverse childhood experiences of the population we serve.
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ATTCH Niagara therapists and former graduate intern speaks to the work we do at ATTCH Niagara and the impact of the OTF funding.
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One of our clients speaks to the impact of receiving services at ATTCH Niagara
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Thank you to Victoria Dobson for completing a program evaluation of our Integrative Trauma and Attachment Model (ITATM) ®. Thank you also to Dr. Paul Frewen, Western University Hospital for acting as our consultant / principal investigator. The results reviewed the progress of 50 adult clients. A variety of standardized measures were used to evaluate change. Overall the findings demonstrated clinically and statistically significant changes. This is not to say everyone is fully recovered at the completion of treatment as we are working with complex trauma and as such there are no easy solutions. However these are outcomes that are very realistic of a complex trauma population and demonstrate that there is benefit to the treatment being offered.
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Pretty & Co Salon's Preveú Hair Partnership
ATTCH Niagara is grateful to share a new sponsorship being generously offered through @pretty_and_co. A portion of sales from their natural hair product line @preveuhair will be donated to @ATTCHNiagara to support the delivery of free and low cost trauma specialized therapy for those in need of financial support. This will allow children, youth, and adults of all ages to access leading edge and specialized trauma therapy regardless of income, which would often be a barrier to doing so. Our referrals for free and low cost therapy have quadrupled over the past year so this is a much needed and most welcomed support! You can learn more and purchase products here: https://preveu.ca/. Please share with anyone who may be interested in this product line and supporting the work we do while also supporting local small businesses. Thank you for helping to heal life’s hurts #attchniagara #prettyandco #preveu #wellness #nonprofit #supportlocal #traumaspecializedtherapy #naturalhairproducts #selfcare #niagara #stcatharines
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Exotic Jelly Partnership
So grateful to Karen Exotic Jelly for her generosity and support. Exotic Jelly will be donating a portion of proceeds from the sale of select jellies to ATTCH Niagara. This is very timely as there is a significant need for low cost and free therapy and clients are observing such a significant difference as a result of treatment. https://www.exoticjelly.com/
Wise Guys Charity Fund ~ Sponsorship for the delivery of the Cool, Calm, and Connected Parent-Child Program
Mother's Day Planters ~ Grower's Unite
Thank you to our Sponsors: Pioneer Flower Farms, Creekside Greenhouses & Sunrise Greenhouses
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If you are looking for a beautiful and practical Mother’s Day gift or just a little something special to brighten your doorstep Pioneer Flower Farms and partnering greenhouses (Sunrise and Creekside) are donating a portion of the proceeds from their Mother’s Day urn selections to ATTCH Niagara. I love that this initiative supports local growers, small businesses, and helps to meet the needs of the community. In our case supporting the delivery of free and low cost therapy to those in need of trauma specific treatment. As a newer small business experiencing a great demand for service ATTCH Niagara is so grateful to be a recipient of this generous fundraising initiate. On behalf of ATTCH Niagara we would like to personally thank Kristen for helping to organize this and Pioneer Flower Farms, Sunrise Greenhouses, and Creekside Greenhouses for their support.
Curated Wine & Cheese Event
Thank you to our Sponsors: Arterra Wines, Burnt Ship Bay Wines, & Upper Canada Cheese Company
Date / social night anyone? Please join us for our virtual wine and cheese tasting on May 16 at 7:30. Grateful to our sponsors Arterra Wines, Burnt Ship Bay Wines and Upper Canada Cheese Co. for making this possible. Only 18 packages available. Let me know if you’d like to participate. Proceeds will be donated to ATTCH Niagara.
