Anchor and Thread launches $1.1M plan to bring crisis support to North Battleford

“Over time, they’ll hopefully be open to counselling support and treatment options. But the core of the mobile crisis is just to meet some basic needs and provide some support to those vulnerable people in our community.”

To provide these services, the organization intends to purchase a secondary building in downtown North Battleford, located at 1092 101st Street.

“The Craig’s building is such a historical building in our community. Seeing it sit there empty and dilapidated is heartbreaking for all of us that live in the Battlefords, and so we thought that would be a perfect location in the downtown core, revitalizing the building,” said Stewart.

All donations and funds raised will go toward the renovation. The goal is $1.1 million.

“The bones of the building are good, but it is old. There were offices there at one point, and so creating that into safe spaces for counselling offices or rooms that people are sleeping in, putting a kitchen up there, a bathroom facility, security measures, all that type of stuff needs to be put in.”

Along with fundraising, the organization has also reached out to community partners, as well as the government for additional funding.

“I think everyone that lives in the Battlefords knows that although our community is a great community, we also are struggling with a high number of unhoused people, we have a lot of people struggling with addiction and poverty,” said Stewart.

“This initiative is a way for us to start getting to the root cause of some of those issues and supporting people and getting out of those situations and actually acknowledging what’s really going on.”

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Alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com

by Alyssa Rudolph

Anchor and Thread launches $1.1M plan to bring crisis support to North Battleford

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