Our Advocacy Efforts

BCWeCare

Coming Together for Mental Health Ahead of the 2024 BC Provincial Election

Coast Mental Health is proud to be a supporter of BCWeCare—a network of organizations across BC who stand together to advocate for the well-being of all residents. The movement amplifies diverse voices, services, and needs, emphasizing the importance of access, quality, and compassion in mental health care.

Almost a million people experience a mental illness or substance use disorder in British Columbia today. While this number is daunting, our challenge in BC is not a lack of solutions, but rather the lack of investment and coordination needed to make those solutions effective.

#BCWeCare

To truly support mental health care across the province, we must:

	Close the gap in access to mental health care so that everyone who needs care can receive it and we can intervene early to prevent worsening challenges.
	Raise the bar in the quality of mental health care so that people benefit from the care they receive, and we can track and measure whether investments are working.
	Respond with care so that people experiencing a mental health crisis get the right response at the right time and those affected by the toxic drug crisis have all the options available to them to be well.