Spectra Volunteers
Spectra History
Vanita
In-Class Training
Mental Health
100
This person has been a volunteer at Spectra for a long long time and now drives a battery operated vehicle
Who is Henry?
100
This is what Spectra Community Support Services was called just before it became Spectra
What is Telecare Distress Centre?
100
This is the number of children Vanita has
What is 2?
100
This is the model we use for suicide risk assessment
What is the CPR model?
100
This is the most common type of mental illness
What is anxiety?
200
This is the telephone nickname of a volunteer who comes consistently every Monday morning
Who is Hira
200
These are the languages of the FIRST non-English phone lines at Spectra -
What are Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu?
200
This is Vanita's favourite thing to do in her free time.
What is reading?
200
If diversity is the mix, this is getting the mix to work well together
What is inclusion?
200
This may cause people to worry that others will learn about their mental health illness. This leads to them putting a great deal of effort into keeping their problems a secret
What is stigma?
300
This person and her team came dressed as Super Heroes to our first Walkathon
Who is Sarah?
300
This is the number of ministers who worked together to begin what is now Spectra
What are 3?
300
This is the number of years that Vanita has worked at Spectra.
What is 9 or 10? - she entered her 10th year in October 2012
300
This is what the acronym LGBTTIQQ2S stands for
What is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transexual, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, 2 Spirited?
300
The World Health Organization predicts that this will be the second most common cause of disability worldwide by 2020, after heart disease.
What is depression?
400
This person regularly takes calls from home on Wednesday and Sunday nights
Who is Carol?
400
This is the church, that the minister who first began the work that is now Spectra, worked at.
What is St. Pauls United?
400
This is where Vanita lived before she moved to Canada
What is Singapore?
400
As per Spectra's value statement - Spectra Support Services respects these 3 things in each person we speak to.
What are Dignity, Value, and Worth?
400
According to the World Health Organization mental illness affects this percentage of people in some way, either directly or indirectly
What is 100% or everyone
500
This person started as a volunteer, became a trainer, helped teach mental health, became a summer student, and is now working towards a doctorate in Clinical Psychology - and is best friends with another volunteer
Who is Samir?
500
This is the name of the founding minister who began what is now Spectra
Who is the Reverend Gordon Williams?
500
This is the first name of Vanita's husband
What is Raj?
500
This is how many types of abuse people may experience.
What is 7? Physical, Emotional, Psychological, Verbal, Sexual, Financial, and Neglect
500
When someone has a mental health illness/issue and a substance abuse problem, it is called this
What is Concurrent Disorders