Services
Presentations and Workshops
Online and in person, some of the topics are:
- Connection or Disconnection: A Conversation around video gaming/ screen use
- Gambling: How Much is Too Much?
- Gaming and Gambling: The Convergence and its Impacts
- Probability and Gambling: What does it mean?
- The iMinds Curriculum around Gambling Literacy (for Kindergarten to Grade 12)
- Coping Strategies and Resiliency during Challenging Times
Health Promotion
Supporting individuals to make healthy choices through:
- Increase individuals’ understanding of health determinants
- Encourage positive behavioural changes
- Some examples are Gambling Awareness Week (GAW) and Finding Your Balance
- Community Initiatives that support local agencies’ vision
- Other fun and interactive events that encourage connection
Education and Awareness
Bringing gambling and gaming related information from a neutral point of view, uses critical thinking skills and is interactive:
- Inform individuals to get a better understanding of what gambling is and what it is not
- Sharing information about responsible gambling
- Connect individuals with the Program’s support services
- Encourage individuals to participate in gambling or gaming activities with a sense of balance in mind
- Reduce stigmas related to addictions
Examples of Prevention and Awareness booths
Chilliwack Pride Festival
Interactive games table at Chilliwack Pride Festival
August 19, 2023 with fellow contractor Brenda MacDougald
Hope Summer Street Jam
Interactive games table at Hope Summer Street Jam, Hope BC
Aug 18, 2023
Community Engagement
Building local relationships with community partners
- Support communities by deferring to them
- Listen, learn, participate, and engage
- Build relationships in the communities I serve
- Some examples are: StoryWalk®, Rock Solid Curriculum, and Round Tables Conversation
Service Areas
- Abbotsford
- Langley (Indigenous)
- Chilliwack
- Mission
- Agassiz
- Harrison
- Hope and Fraser Valley
- Boston Bar
To book any of these activities, email me at donnasimonconsulting@gmail.com
Or phone or text me at 250-574-2806