PEERS Alliance

Provides a safe and supportive space for people in the 2SLGBTQ+ community to meet, support each other and socialize.

Provides an in-person peer support group for a transgender or gender-diverse individuals.

Provides a four-day sleep-away summer camp to youth in 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in partnership with Camp Abegweit. Diverse workshops, activities, and games will be offered to empower gender-diverse youth while fostering a safe space for all participants.

Provides a confidential dried blood spot testing which covers HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and Syphilis.

Provides safer drug injection kits. Each kit contains:

A supportive, non-judgmental space for families with trans or gender diverse children to meet and have discussions with other parents, staff and volunteers of PEERS Alliance. Parents/caregivers will unlearn myths about gender identity and replace those myths with knowledge and support around issues ...

Peer-to-peer safer use education for individuals who use street sourced substances. Education offered through:

Provides an one-time funding to members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community in PEI. The funding is provided once per fiscal year and could be reapplied in the next fiscal year starting in April. The items of the funding include:

Provides a writing class to help participants to develop their writing skills by exploring different writing styles. Students are supported throughout the process from brainstorming to publishing.

Staff and volunteers lead group sessions for 2SLGBTQ+ youth. Sessions include:

Staff provide information and support clients living with sexually transmitted infections in identifying and accessing available services and programs in PEI to help meet their needs. Includes:

Provides take-home naloxone kits. Recipients are asked to complete a short tutorial but no personal information is required to receive the kit.

Provides a weekly in-person action role playing games program for youth to explore the outdoors while create and navigate a story together. The program is delivered in partnership with Wild Child and provided in a safe queer and trans inclusive environment.