Homebase Saskatchewan

Home is where your people are. From all of us at HOMEBASE, we are wishing you a safe and happy Canada Day. 🍁 🇨🇦

🚨 Office Closure Notice 🚨
Due to building maintenance, the offices of HOMEBASE and PARTNERS Family Services will be closed today, June 22, and Tuesday, June 23.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Our team will be reaching out to reschedule all appointments affected during this time.
If you need assistance, please contact our admin cell at 📞 306-231-7649.
Thank you for your understanding 💛

Today, we honour National Indigenous Peoples Day by celebrating the strength, knowledge, and cultures of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. At HOMEBASE, our work is rooted in respect, relationship, and reciprocity while guided by the voices of community and shaped by the leadership of Indigenous youth.
We believe youth are the knowledge keepers of today and the leaders of tomorrow. That’s why we create spaces where culture is acknowledged and lived through connection, storytelling, and shared experiences.
Together, we are learning, growing, and building pathways that uplift identity, honour traditions, and support the wellbeing of all youth who walk through our doors. 🧡

Youth advisors needed for research on supporting boys and men’s mental health
Sign up using the link in our linktr.ee to join!

If you are a male-identifying youth you are invited to apply to join the advisory group. We are looking to understand how to empower all male-identifying youth to develop and seek services within HOMEBASE. Everyone is welcome to apply, no matter your background or identity.

You will receive a small financial contribution ($25/hour) for your time, as well as snacks (at in-person meetings).

For time commitments - we are hoping to start with a longer in-person meeting (~3 to 4 hours); then 2 hour weekly meetings (some in-person and some online) for about a month; transitioning to one-hour meetings every week until we are finished
The long meeting will have introductions of who everyone is, fun activities like games, and chatting about what we hope for the project
For the other meetings, we will have a goal in mind (e.g., what helps you stay calm; who do you go to when you feel upset; what gets in the way of talking to people about your emotions; etc.) and ask the youth reflection questions to help us build the project
We will also have the youth advisors engage in a walk to understand how the space helps or gets in the way of feeling comfortable and/or joining HOMEBASE programs
It would be possible for youth to miss some meetings, but hopefully they’d be able to attend the majority

We are hoping the youth can:
Reflect on their own experiences with mental health and knowing how to shift their emotions when they need or want to
Work in a team to develop questions to ask other youth
Tell us how they think we can make programs and services better - this will help us change what we do and how we do it
We are looking to hear from lots of different people with many different experiences, so there’s no need to have special skills or training or experiences
In the past, youth have been surprised by how much they can add after hearing and building off of other people’s experiences
We will also explain different ways of doing research to help youth understand better