Resources
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Recreation - Halifax - Adult
Veith Street Gallery Studio Association
Phone: (902) 446-6010
Web: http://www.veithstreetgallery.org/
Veith Street Gallery Studio Association is an educational organization based in north end Halifax that supports artists with disabilities and related challenges. The association supports these artists through several programs and services such as the Creative Spirit East artist collective. The art works of CSE members are exhibited through two exhibition spaces, Veith Street Gallery in Halifax and the Pedway Picture Gallery in Dartmouth. Artists from CSE are also eligible to participate in the Veith Street Gallery Studio Association - Artist in Residence Program. Along with these programs Veith Street Gallery Studio Association also supports The Visual Connections Project, which offers educational programs for persons with disabilities and community service providers who want to engage and explore the visual arts.
Recreation Centres
Below is a listing of recreational centres in the Halifax Region. Some of these centres offer specialized recreational programs such as Cole Harbour Place which offers specialized fitness programs delivered by a licensed physiotherapist. Programs include a fitness class for stroke survivors, and prenatal fitness excersise classes. All centres are wheelchair accessible. Please contact these centres for further information on specialized programs in your local area.
Canada Games Centre
Phone : (902) 490-2400
Web : http://www.halifax.ca/canadagamescentre/home/index.php
Cole Harbour Place
Phone: (902) 464-5100
Web: www.coleharbourplace.com
Dartmouth Sportsplex
Phone: (902) 464-2600
Web: www.dartmouthsportsplex.com
Centennial Pool
Phone: (902) 490-7219
Web: www.centennialpool.ca
Rec Connect - Recreational Catalogue
Web: www.halifax.ca/rec/programsandactivities.html
The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has developed a recreational catalogue with a complete listing of adaptive recreational programs located in the Halifax Region. Check out the Rec Connect Recreational Catalogue for an inclusion directory.
Abilities Foundation of Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 453-6000
Web: www.easterseals.ns.ca/
Offers an Active Lifestyles Program that includes Camp Tidnish, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Challenge, and the Take PART (Physically Accessible Recreation Today) initiative – designed to get Nova Scotia’s youth with disabilities more physically active.
Special Olympics Nova Scotia
Toll Free: 1-866-299-2019
Web: www.sons.ca/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
The Special Olympics provides social and athletic skills to individuals with special needs (both adults and children)
Access-A-Bus
Phone: (902) 490-4000
Web: http://www.halifax.ca/metrotransit/access_a_bus.html
Metro Transit's Access-A-Bus service is a shared ride, door-to-door, transit service for persons who are unable to use the conventional transit system due to physical or cognitive disabilities and are declared eligible through a registration process.
