Consumer/Survivor Support Network 2600 Edenhurst Drive, Unit 101 Mississauga, ON L5A 3Z8 Phone: 905-276-3302 Fax: 905-276-9646 Email: consumernetwork@cmhapeel.ca Administration Hours: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday to Saturday Directions

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Consumer Survivor Support Network (CSSN) accomplishes its goals through social recreation and support, community outreach, and self-help.

The desired outcomes for clients include:

• Members are accepted for themselves
• Members eliminate loneliness and isolation through belonging and forming relationships
• Members can choose what to disclose
• Members strengthen levels of trust
• Members give and receive support
• Members have support for their basic needs of food, refuge and income
• Members enhance social skills in a supportive community

Eden Place Drop-in Centre

Support is offered through Eden Place Drop-in Centre where members drop in any time to watch movies, play cards, pool, etc. Members have recently re-established The Guardian of Eden newsletter and are developing a Canadian Coalition of Consumer Survivors – a supportive network for people coping with mental illness.

Since opening in 1998 (1999 official opening), the Network has helped to establish, promote and sponsor a variety of programs and self-help groups in the Region of Peel.

The drop in centre is located in Mississauga at 2600 Edenhurst Drive, Unit 101 (south of Dundas, between Cawthra Road and Hurontario Street).

Community Outreach

Regeneration Outreach Community is a program supported by CMHA through CSSN. This program currently provides breakfast several days a week to the homeless/nearly homeless population in the downtown Brampton area. The Breakfast program takes place in Grace United Church and accommodates 70+ individuals daily during the cold winter months.

Outreach staff and members promote and encourage individuals to visit the Drop-In, the Breakfast Program and/or any of the self-help groups that fit their needs.

Groups offered focus on people coping with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and self-mutilation, to name a few. One group focuses on support for families coping with a mentally ill family member. Self-help groups provide individuals and family members with the opportunity to connect with others facing similar mental health life experiences. They also provide a safe and confidential environment for people to share, listen, give and get the support they need to move forward with their lives.

Click here to read our current list of self-help groups.