Matsqui-Abbotsford Impact Society is a community-based support organization in Abbotsford, BC focused on helping youth, young adults, and their families navigate the real-life challenges of substance use, stress, trauma, and related impacts on daily functioning. The centre meets people where they’re at, in their communities, schools, and personal lives, offering trauma-informed, harm-aware support that connects recovery work to everyday responsibilities and relationships.
Guided Support in the Midst of Life’s Pressures
People come here when patterns of substance use, emotional stress, or behavioural concerns have begun shaping how they live, affecting school, work, or family roles, and they want support that fits within their ongoing life. Impact’s approach centres on individual and group counselling for youth and young adults, helping participants explore how substance use intersects with feelings, relationships, goals, and coping strategies while building tools that can be used in real-world contexts.
Support That Meets People Where They’re At
Services at this location emphasise choice, safety, and trust, recognising that motivation and change come from within each person. Counselling may address substance use directly or focus on connected areas such as difficult emotions, relationships, grief, or life transitions, all within a harm-aware, non-judgmental framework tailored to youth and their families.
Community Outreach, Advocacy, and Cultural Engagement
Alongside counselling, Impact participates in community initiatives and peer-led engagement that support resilience, leadership, and cultural strength, including advocacy work and programs driven by youth voices. These efforts help expand support beyond individual counselling to include community connection, shared purpose, and peer advocacy.
Practical Support for Youth and Families in Everyday Life
Matsqui-Abbotsford Impact Society is often used by young people (typically ages 12–30) and their family members when substance use, stress, or overlapping life challenges are already affecting the life they’re still living. Whether someone is questioning patterns of use, dealing with emotional distress, or looking for real support through life’s pressures, this location offers accessible, trauma-aware, outpatient support that ties recovery and wellbeing work into daily life, relationships, and responsibilities.
