Community and family support
Leduc County's Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) provides a variety of programs and support services to enhance the well-being of individuals and families in our community. We are a member of the Family and Community Support Services Association of Alberta.
Check out the services available to families with children under the age of 18 in Leduc County.
Apply for one of Leduc County's grants, scholarships and or funding opportunities for community groups.
Explore the community resources available to all Leduc County residents.
Increase your financial stability and reduce finance-related stress with Leduc County's Financial Empowerment Program.
View our health and wellness support services. This includes counselling and mental health support programs and subsidies.
Access one-on-one and in-home support for adults and seniors in Leduc County.
Upcoming programs and workshops
We got this! Supporting ourselves, our families and our friends through stressful times.
Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Join Leduc County and VIV Mental Health for a free, interactive, community workshop that will help participants learn the best tools to manage stress, prevent burnout, and support those who are experiencing their effects.
Recorded webinars
We have a number of recorded webinars from past workshops and events. They are split into the following categories:
Adult learning, events, mental health, parenting and seniors
Stand Up For Mental Health
On May 6, 2022 Leduc County Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) hosted Stand Up for Mental Health™, a comedy show featuring local comedians with lived experience of mental health challenges. Seven local residents participated in a month-long workshop series to formulate their troubles into healing through humour, with the help of facilitator David Granirer.
David is a counsellor, comedian, speaker and author from Vancouver who lives with bipolar disorder and is the creator of the Stand Up for Mental Health™ program. The program was made possible due to the generous grant funding provided by the Rural Mental Health Project (RMHP).
The evening was filled with fun and awareness raising that was both gut-and-stigma busting at the same time! Each of the comics’ video recorded clips are available below:
Blue Monday
Online variety show
Blue Monday is known as the most depressing day of the year. It’s dark, it’s cold and the credit card bills from holiday spending are arriving. Join artists, poets and storytellers for an ode to both the struggle and the hope that we need in our darkest hours. Through powerful and inspiring performances, we will honour the melancholy and welcome the new year with some optimism and anticipation.
While Living Library events are not appropriate for audio or video recording, many events have captured through an illustration created by a graphic recording artist. Some art submissions are also shared here.
Listen to the Blue Monday performances here.
Living Library photo galleries
Our virtual Living Library events explore a number of different themes affecting our community, such as mental health, suicide, overdose, addiction and men’s health.
The premise of the Living Library is that human beings are like books and have interesting lived experience. By attending, one is ‘checking out’ another person’s story. Sometimes, others’ stories resonate with their own and other times they provide a window into a world completely unknown to them. The goal is to have meaningful conversations about sensitive topics, to increase understanding and to reduce shame and stigma around certain social issues.
The events have proved to be profound experiences for speakers and listeners alike. Participants have reported opening up to new perspectives and becoming more trauma-informed. Speakers reported feeling seen, heard and honoured by sharing what they have been through and learned.
While Living Library events are not appropriate for audio or video recording, many events have captured through an illustration created by a graphic recording artist.
| International Men's Day |
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Four stories: Brian Christianson, Jennifer Summerfeldt, Kristopher Marks and Stan Rose Photo Gallery: International Men's Day will appear here on the public site.
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| International Overdose Awareness Day |
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Four stories: Tyler MacPhee, Christine Harris, Jessica Farmer and Brandon McWilliams Photo Gallery: Living Library - overdose awareness will appear here on the public site.
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| International Women's Day |
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One story: March 8, 2022 Photo Gallery: Living Library - International Women's Day will appear here on the public site.
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| Pride Awareness |
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Four stories: June 2022 Photo Gallery: Pride Awareness will appear here on the public site.
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| Suicide Prevention Day |
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Three stories: Giselle Messer, Michelle Zoschke, and Luanne Photo Gallery: Living Library - suicide prevention will appear here on the public site.
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| Unpacking Mental Health |
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One story: May 18, 2022 Photo Gallery: Living Library - Unpacking Mental Health will appear here on the public site.
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Guiding principles
We have five guiding principles that are important to program success:
- prevention
- volunteerism
- community development
- local autonomy
- accountability