Creating positive change and supporting Canada’s mental health

The impact of each interaction on Bell Let’s Talk Day has been felt across the nation. Thank you to all those who continue to speak up about mental illness. Together, we can all play a role in creating positive change.

The Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund will provide grants in the range of $5,000 to $25,000 to projects that improve access to mental health care, supports and services for people in Canada. In July 2020, Bell Let’s Talk announced a new $5 million Diversity Fund to support the mental health and well-being of members of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities across Canada. In January 2021 we launched the new Bell Let’s Talk Post-Secondary Fund to support Canadian colleges and universities in implementing the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students.

To learn more about all Bell Let’s Talk funding opportunities click here.

Small action. Big impact.

1,327,476,135

Total number of interactions

$121,373,806.75

committed

to mental health initiatives

775

Community Fund grants

$28 million in funding

Young Canadians

$3.1 million in funding

Indigenous communities

$2.1 million in funding

Military family support

Bell Let’s Talk has partnered with more than 1,100 organizations who have supported

4,578,467

Canadians with access to mental health services

$13 million

in Community Fund grants

2,421,999

crisis and distress

line users

2,054,216

children & youth reached

891,553

Canadians supported

through technology-based mental health programs

1,464,961

trained staff and volunteers

20,346

military families helped

through the Bell True Patriot Love Fund

82%

of Canadians reported believing attitudes about mental illness have changed for the better

since Bell Let’s Talk began

* Infographics representative of 2010-2021

Find out where the funds go

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Rise

A $1 million from Bell Let’s Talk to Rise will build more local small businesses and empower Canadians affected by mental illness and addictions towards greater social and economic well-being through entrepreneurship training, mentorship & lending. Rise’s expansion into Manitoba in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Manitoba and Winnipeg has also been made possible through Bell’s new gift.

Major gifts Multiple regions 2021

Delta Family Resource Center

You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup is a partnership between Bell Let’s Talk and Delta Family Resource Center which will provide free, culturally appropriate support groups and counselling to Black and racialized families in Northwest Toronto. Faced with the reality of increasing mental health challenges resulting from COVID-19, this innovative program supports up to 200 community members, family and caregivers, and frontline workers who are supporting individuals with mental health challenges.

Diversity Fund Ontario 2021

Maisons Transitionnelles – On Our Own (O3)

Healing Bonds is a new project centered on healing and improving childhood attachment, in a culturally safe and adapted way for up to 70 young parents and their children. Through this program, they will work on goals that help strengthen their autonomy, self-determination and sense of belonging so they can move from surviving to thriving independently within the community.

Diversity Fund Québec 2021

MOSAIC

The Newcomer Wellness Hub Project supports the mental health and overall well-being of approximately 200 newcomers, immigrants and refugees with multilingual clinical counselling sessions for families, youth and seniors in the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley area.

Diversity Fund British Columbia 2021

TAIBU Community Health Centre

The Community Healing Project will create a safe and culturally affirming space for Black communities to come together to support each other, to work towards healing and strength and a space for call to action. The project will reach out and engage approximately 150 members of diverse Black communities to participate in Community Healing Circles. This project also includes the development of a documentary capturing the Afrocentric ways of hosting healing circles that will be launched during Black Mental Health Week in March 2022. The documentary will be used as a tool to engage community stakeholders to participate in a knowledge mobilization engagement session to bring awareness to the issues of mental health in Black communities and explore ways to bring about change.

Diversity Fund Ontario 2021

Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health

The Mother Project will create a short documentary-style film that shares the stories of Indigenous mothers who have been victims of racism at the very time when they should feel the safest: when giving birth to their children. This film will become part of Wabano’s established Wabano-win educational program, an Indigenous Cultural Safety training for healthcare professionals that attracts hundreds of healthcare providers and administrators each year. This documentary will help raise awareness of anti-Indigenous racism in maternity care in the nation’s capital and build understanding about how this racism impacts the mental well-being of Indigenous families.

Diversity Fund Ontario 2021

Nurrait | Jeunes Karibus

The Ikaartuit Cabin Project is a socio-professional reintegration project aimed at helping a group of young people ages 14 to 19 in Nunavik in situations of psychosocial vulnerability build strategies to cope with their mental health. It seeks to develop a range of protective factors for youth, including support networks, emotional literacy and deeper self-awareness.

Diversity Fund Québec 2021

Integrated Youth Services (IYS) New Brunswick

With support from the Bell-Graham Boeckh Foundation partnership and the Government of New Brunswick, United Way Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick launched the Regional Strategic Coordinators project in Kent County and Miramichi. The Regional Strategic Coordinators will help children and youth aged 13 to 21 facing mental health and addiction challenges connect to who and what they need for success in school and life.

Major gifts Atlantic 2021

Bell Let's Talk Post-Secondary Fund Implementation Grants

The $1 million annual Bell Let’s Talk Post-Secondary Fund Implementation Grants program supports colleges and universities that are using the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students to identify specific gaps or needs in their mental health support services and are building new initiatives to address them. For more information click here.

Major gifts Multiple regions 2021

Hopewell Eating Disorder Support Centre – Ottawa, ON

Hopewell is a centre of excellence, providing information and support to those affected by eating disorders by helping youth understand the importance of healthy attitudes towards body image, eating, physical activity, and mental health. With the help of Bell Let’s Talk funding, Hopewell plans to develop and pilot an online support group as well as produce three workshops broadcast through webinars for people struggling with and recovering from an eating disorder.

Community Fund Ontario 2020

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation – Barrie, ON

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre operates clinics that operate on a walk-in basis and provide rapid access to evidence-based counselling and treatment for individuals with substance abuse issues who are 15 years of age and older. The Bell Let’s Talk grant will enhance the IT infrastructure of those clinics to improve the delivery of the Ontario telemedicine network supports across the region improving overall accessibility.

Community Fund Ontario 2020

Grand River Hospital Foundation – Kitchener, ON

Grand River Hospital is the leading authority on mental health in Kitchener Waterloo region with 30 psychiatrists and 115 beds available for mental health care. Bell Let’s Talk funding will subsidize a child/youth worker’s salary who will assist every client by identifying community activities that support pro-social bonding and build resiliency and other skills essential to recovery.

Community Fund Ontario 2020

Social Planning Council of Ottawa – Ottawa, ON

The Social Planning Council takes a holistic approach to community development by integrating research, planning, and community building in Ottawa. The project consists of promoting mental wellness, capacity building, and an advocacy photography program for newcomer youth. Youth will learn about mental wellness, coping, stigma reduction, and help-seeking while learning life skills and, breaking social isolation.

Community Fund Ontario 2020

Community Care Durham – Port Perry, ON

Community Care Durham is dedicated to providing care and support to adults and their caregivers who have needs related to aging, mental health, and maintaining their independence at home. The funding from Bell Let’s Talk will allow the creation of telephone support groups aimed at adults who require social and emotional supports and services.

Community Fund Ontario 2020

Eva’s Initiatives For Homeless Youth – Toronto, ON

Eva’s Initiatives provides shelter, transitional housing, and programming to help young people struggling with substance use and mental illness build brighter futures free of homelessness. The funding will enhance services offered at the facility including case management, counselling, crisis intervention, housing, and peer support. The program is designed to provide an encouraging atmosphere in which youth are supported in developing their minds, bodies, and spirits.

Community Fund Ontario 2020