A9 - Sunday, April 22, 1984 - North Shore News

YOUTH SUICIDE
Groups work

on follow-up

PLANS ARE in the works to hold a follow-up Health Centre has taken up
meeting to the successful February conference ‘he slack and, for the next

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dealing with adolescent suicide on the North ree months, will be going
through all the lists otf

Shore. suicide attempters treated at

Toby Snelgrove, the the Lions Gate Hospital.
chairman ot the Children Snelgrove says ihe Centre
and Youth Services will then call or visit) the
Committee, a co-sponsor ot duties in this area have been homes of the sutcide
the February conference, severely cut back due to attempters, ‘making some

says a sub-committee has met budget restraint. The Mental form of contact
three times since the con-

ference to discuss potential
changes ino the community

which might benefit youths
in crisis. A report of the
conference 1s currently being
produced and will be sent TO CHANGE

out to all participants of the
By John Stokes

event

“The follow-up meeting
will be held in about a
month and a half. At that
ume we will try to idenufy
the specific areas to look
into,’’ says Snelgrove “"We
have a group of real com-
mitted people who have the
energy to look after those
different issues.”"

Snelgrove says one pro-
blem the sub-committee has
Tun into ts trying to. find
other groups within” the
North Shore community
who could become involved
in establishing different
Seer’ NS facilities.

EWS photo Terry Peters “If we set up a crisis line,
WHAT'S EASTER without a bonnet or two? Obviously nothing as far as these par- it could take the form of a

ticipants at the Fitness Groups’ Kids Club were concerned. They combined the tradition society which could become
of the Easter bunny and Easter bonnets during a session Thursday. responsible for the ad-

ministration and = actual
running of the operation,’’

oO he says ‘‘ That way the same
ees Ui 1D O people wouldn't be involved

in doing everything all the Men are disturbed not by things but by the views they take
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P voly abso lige ) restrain egun to take action with
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board of governors has reduc provincial funding, absorb tremely concerned about thre Snelgrove saves soctal children then marnages for one reason or another have broker
tantly approved a 30 per cent ing mmereases resulting from severity of the cuts that have workers used to be respon down
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