Walk-in crisis counselling falls to funding shortfall
Service closes doors after 15 years
CBC News
Posted: Dec 4, 2012 1:07 PM MT
Last Updated: Dec 4, 2012 12:59 PM MT
Edmonton's Crisis Support Centre is shutting down its walk-in counselling service next month due to uncertainty over funding.
"We have struggled over the last two years to balance our budget due to stagnant core funding and a challenging fundraising environment," said executive director Nancy McCalder in a media release. "We can no longer operate programs hoping we will raise enough funds to keep them operational throughout the year."
McCalder said the walk-in clinic which helped 780 people in 2011 has operated over the past 15 years from grant to grant, resulting in inconsistent service.
The agency said it takes some solace that other agencies in Edmonton provide similar services including the City of Edmonton, The Family Centre, and the Salvation Army.
The Crisis Support Centre will now focus on its 24-hour Distress Line.
Share Tools
Latest Edmonton News Headlines
- Abandoned building gutted by fire in downtown Edmonton
- An abandoned building gutted by an overnight fire in downtown Edmonton was demolished this morning so firefighters could completely extinguish smoldering embers. more »
- Alberta's Wildrose Party fined $90K for robocalls
- The Wildrose Party has been fined $90,000 by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission for violating automated phone call regulations. more »
- City manager asks council to add $30M to pothole budget
- Transportation manager Bob Boutilier says more money is needed to do roadway maintenance and rehabilitation. more »
- Edmonton couple funds glimmer of hope on High Level Bridge
- As CBC's Kim Trynacity reports, the campaign to light up Edmonton's High Level Bridge has just gained one pair of very passionate supporters. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Rob Ford allies want mayor to address crack use allegations
- Members of Rob Ford's inner circle are calling on Toronto's mayor to come forward and directly address allegations that he was caught on tape smoking crack cocaine. more »
- Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings
- Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money. more »
- Google Street View captures Galapagos Islands
- Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. more »
- Greg Weston: Senate scandal may be Harper's worst hour
- The widening Senate scandal that the prime minister flippantly tried to dismiss as a 'distraction' just days ago has instead become arguably Stephen Harper's worst hour. more »
- Abandoned building gutted by fire in downtown Edmonton
- Supporters protest bail in boy's patio death
- Alberta's Wildrose Party fined $90K for robocalls
- Edmontonians at a loss to explain rising gas prices
- Edmonton couple funds glimmer of hope on High Level Bridge
- Recent spike in traffic fatalities has police frustrated
- Mother has message for man who almost killed her daughter
- City manager asks council to add $30M to pothole budget
- Violent Edmonton arsonist sentenced to 15 years
