Members in motion: local groups of No Bully For Me
Vancouver area meetings
We are based in Vancouver BC. We hold regular monthly-ish meetings in Vancouver. For times and dates of Vancouver meetings 'subscribe' to our newsletter and you will receive notice of our local meetings.
Other local support group meetings
We can't cover the country alone!
Running a local No Bully For Me peer support group.
Here's a factsheet in PDF format in response to a question we are frequently asked: 'I want to help by setting up a local support group - but how?'.
Factsheet Three - 'Running a local support group'
Current local support groups
A Calgary, Alberta area support group has been started - next meeting announced below
Hi Karen and Stephen We had our first meeting on May 24 at the home of one of our [4!] members. The time went so quickly and we each talked a bit about our own situations, then some thoughts about where we would like this group to go etc. Our next meeting is on June 28 at 6:30.
[ Contact ddodswor@shaw.ca for details]. Please post an announcement of our next meeting.
Dianne
A Barrie, Ontario area support group has been started
The Barrie group will be meeting the first Monday of every month from 7-8:30 at St. Mary's Church, 65 Amelia Street (near intersection of St. Vincent and Duckworth) in meeting room 1.
Here is what Anne, one of the organisers, says about the meetings and what she brings to running them:
I am a teacher by profession but I was a therapist before going into teaching. This group is NOT group therapy but I will bring elements of my knowledge to it. I have already given educational workshops about bullying and I like to structure the support group so it's focus is on bully proofing and bully busting strategies. There will definitely be space for sharing of stories in order to assure validation, but I don't want the focus to be all doom and gloom. The experience needs to be positive in order to be beneficial. Right now the space is free but if there isn't a great turnout I will loose the space.
Chris and Anne are the names of the organisers.
Several meetings have been held and Chris and Anne are looking forward to meeting new attendees.
e-mail Anne - 'bullying' in the subject line - re: Barrie area meetings
e-mail Chris to find out details of the Barrie area meetings
A Montreal area support group is being established
Loredana is the name of the contact
At this stage she is gathering local contacts before holding a first meeting
e-mail Loredana to express interest in a Montreal group
New target support group for the Halifax/ Dartmouth area
Congratulations to a member who has launched a support group for the Halifax and Dartmouth area in Nova Scotia.
EAWB - Employees Against Workplace Bullying will be offering meetings and contact for local targets of workplace bullying. The group (Judy is the contact) can be reached by phone at: 902-402-EAWB or by email here:
NBFM local target support group in PEI
A new local group is starting in Prince Edward Island, especially the Charlottetown area: for more information, please e-mail Tamara
Profession specific contacts
I'd like to connect with anyone else who has been bullied in a paramilitary type organization (police force, correction facility, military just being a few examples). I can be reached at
e-mail me re: paramilitary type organizations
Any Federal Government workers out there? I can be reached at:
e-mail mephill to compare notes and strategies
Want to get involved?
Will you set up a local group? Gather members around a topic - lobbying for a change in the law, adding bullying to WCB covered trauma etc etc.?
We only have two rules:
Firstly, you have to be prepared to let us publicize your (or 'an') email address so those interested can contact you directly.
Secondly, we ask that you keep us in touch with progress, attendance levels, ideas so that we can pass on this information to all our members.
If you wish to start a local group we will give you some guidelines for running meetings, and how to go about publicizing you events or activities.
Take care,
