Bell Let's Talk donates $1 million to Kids Help Phone

MONTREAL — Bell Let’s Talk has made a $1-million donation to Kids Help Phone to enhance ongoing crisis support for young people coping with mental health challenges during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond, the organizations announced today. As the need for mental health support has surged during the crisis, Kids Help Phone has continued to ramp up its crisis responder and professional counselling capacity, enhanced its texting platform and created a range of self-directed online resources. With a 58% overall increase in demand during Covid-19 and text interactions up 62%, Kids Help Phone says it expects to make three million...