Our Mission
L&S Hand in Hand Care envisions a community where people living with mental illness or acquired brain injuries have equal rights, respect and acceptance, a sense of self-worth and opportunities for growth. The exceptionalities, uniqueness and innate value of each individual are mutually celebrated, supported and acknowledged as essential to the completeness of the whole group and broader community.
Our Vision
Many people in our community live with mental illness or acquired brain injury but do not qualify for specific government programs for assistance. We, therefore, strive to fill that void by providing a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment free of judgment or stigma, where everyone can enjoy a sense of belonging and are supported and treated with kindness and respect. Participants are free to talk openly about feelings and challenges and to seek advice and mutual support in a small group setting that offers understanding and encouragement, knowing that everything is held in confidence and care. L&S Hand in Hand Care believes that in such a setting, participants can learn skills necessary for healthy, independent living and grow in self-esteem and self-worth.
L&S Hand in Hand Care envisions a community where people living with mental illness or acquired brain injuries have equal rights, respect and acceptance, a sense of self-worth and opportunities for growth. The exceptionalities, uniqueness and innate value of each individual are mutually celebrated, supported and acknowledged as essential to the completeness of the whole group and broader community.
Many people in our community live with mental illness or acquired brain injury but do not qualify for specific government programs for assistance. We, therefore, strive to fill that void by providing a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment free of judgment or stigma, where everyone can enjoy a sense of belonging and are supported and treated with kindness and respect. Participants are free to talk openly about feelings and challenges and to seek advice and mutual support in a small group setting that offers understanding and encouragement, knowing that everything is held in confidence and care. L&S Hand in Hand Care believes that in such a setting, participants can learn skills necessary for healthy, independent living and grow in self-esteem and self-worth.
Our Support
L&S Hand in Hand Care is a community effort, relying upon the support of businesses and private individuals for funding. If you’d like to know more about this ministry, please feel free to speak to any one of our campus group leaders or contact us directly.
Should you wish to recieve a tax receipt, please make your cheque payable to:
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Box 607-108 St. David St.
Mitchell, ON
N0K 1N0
Please earmark all donations:
Re: L&S Hand in Hand Care
Our Founder
Lauren Coates
Lauren founded Listowel Helping Hands in 2016 with the hopes of providing care and support to those in need. Her passion and drive for this ministry is dear to her heart in so many ways because she herself has dealt with learning disabilities early on in her life, experienced mental health struggles and has suffered brain injuries in 2006 and again in 2009.
Having lost friends to suicide and seen others in their struggles, Lauren funded Listowel Helping hands out of her own pocket in these first two years and now, with your support, is successfully branching out into different communities. Name change to L&S Hand in Hand Care in January 2023.
L&S Hand in Hand Care - Listowel ~ Mitchell ON
