The Cridge Respite & Respitality Services

Stress relief for your family

a referral is required

The Cridge Family Respite & Respitality Services assists families who have a child or youth under 19  – with a disability or mental health diagnosis – access meaningful care breaks, find out about resources and events in the community, and is a great place to find and hire a respite care provider who is looking for work.

• The Cridge Respite Resource Service
  • access to a listing a of self-employed respite care providers who are looking for work
  • resource & event information
  • peer to peer online chat forum
• The Cridge Respitality Service
  • once per calendar year, parents enjoy a night in a local hotel, compliments of a Respitality hotel partner.
  • once per calendar year for parents unable to go away overnight, a special gift donated by a Respitality community business partner.

Check out these videos that tell the story of our Respite and Respitality services from the perspective of our families.

Click here for Respite

and here for Respitality.

To learn more about volunteer opportunitites please contact Candace Stretch, Manager of The Cridge Respite and Respitality Services at 250-995-6404 or email cstretch@cridge.org