07/16/2026
Ok… the ENVELOPE we teased last week!
The Nameless were proud recipients of a grant through The Cooperators Group! 25,000.00 was awarded to us to implement a peer support program!
How this looks:
🌼A 3 tiered program to engage peers and to encourage the incredible voices of peers in our community. This is for those in various stages of recovery or living experience.
1. Starting on Monday July 13th and running til October 2nd, peers are taking to the streets of St. Thomas providing support 3 days a week to folks in our community. 3 teams that are exploring different areas at different times of the day (morning, mid day and evening). Outreach services include (but are not limited to): exploring encampments, engaging with folks on the street, handing out needed items (harm reduction gear, Narcan, bottled water, snacks, sunscreen etc), community clean up (any paraphernalia or garbage found) and most of all engaging folks and providing a bridge to vital services (mental health supports, detox referrals, hospital support, social services, shelter etc)
(Have a peep below at a few of our teams in action!)
2. Second part is training. Our peers will be taking a 2 week program in October that is uniquely built for individuals with mental health and addictions to be able to provide supports to peers as a peer support!
3. Peer support will be actively offered through The Nameless and our peers will continue to be paid for their efforts.
🌼 7 peers who have been instrumental in keeping the Nameless open and running have been offered and have accepted positions! They will be paid and fairly compensated for their time and insights
❤️ we are beyond excited to be able to offer paid honorariums to our peers who invest their time and energy, care and compassion into our community!
💜Our hopes are to continue to build partnerships with community partners, expand on the need for peer support in our community and to show the value in living and lived experience in this work. What we hope to see are paid positions offered to our individuals who complete the programming from our community partners - expanding the understanding of the vital need for peer support in our community.
🌴 From here, we foresee growth and continue to hope to expand our programming to be offered to others in our community as our OG 7 pave the way for peers
Thank you for your love and support! We are truly honoured and excited for this program and are thrilled that it’s already started! We can’t wait to continue to be able to offer it to more individuals in our community!
💜Amanda and the Nameless Board of Directors
