{"id":4059,"date":"2024-05-22T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racorsm.org\/organismes-membres\/alternative-l\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:38:20","slug":"alternative-l","status":"publish","type":"organismes-membres","link":"https:\/\/racorsm.org\/en\/member-organizations\/alternative-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative (L’)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

L\u2019Alternative offers four annual program cycles featuring diverse workshops under the following themes:– Education:<\/strong> Focused on building social skills and increasing knowledge around topics like sexuality and nutrition. Activities include cooking classes, wellness sessions, and sexuality discussion caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n

– Mutual Support: <\/strong>Support groups where members can share emotions and lived experiences, and develop tools to manage everyday challenges. Includes a dedicated voice-hearers group<\/strong>.

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– Creativity: <\/strong>Activities promoting openness and self-expression through improvisation, visual arts, and collaborative projects.<\/p>\n\n

– Leisure:<\/strong> Recreational programming designed to reduce isolation and promote joy and connection\u2014such as bingo, movie nights, group singing, and music caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n

Here is a description of the volunteer cooperative:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

To enable people who identify as having mental health challenges the opportunity to get involved in meaningful ways, supported by a staff facilitator. <\/p>\n\n

\n– Volunteer <\/strong>Positions<\/strong>: Housekeeping, reception, vending machine refills, occasional work (administrative work, shovelling, weeding, cleaning, setting up rooms, etc.)<\/p>\n\n

– Collective Project: <\/strong>Members can co-develop community initiatives in three areas: