Chatham-Kent, ON

Be a Family Friend

Safe Families Canada is committed to supporting parents and bringing love, connection, and healing to families who may feel isolated or alone.

As a Family Friend, your consistent presence offers stability—helping strengthen relationships and support families as they move toward healthier, thriving lives.

As a Family Friend, you will:

Support, Share, and Strengthen

• Support parents through meaningful friendship and consistent care.
• Share encouragement, practical guidance, and helpful insights on parenting and everyday life.
• Strengthen families by connecting them to community resources, low-cost services, and needed supports.

You will also:

Listen, Link, and Lift

• Listen with empathy, offering a safe space for parents to be heard and understood.
• Lead families toward vital supports, including schools, clinics, counselling, churches, and other community resources.
• Lift families by advocating for their needs and supporting them through challenges, including when children are placed with Host Families.

Family Friends are trained volunteers, supported by a strong network of community partners and resources, ensuring they are equipped to walk alongside families with care and confidence.

Safe Families Canada is creating a world where children are safe, and families are together.  With over 300,000 children and youth in Canada living in vulnerable families and at risk of abuse and neglect, SFC is on a mission to transform families and ensure that no family will face a crisis alone. Volunteers, known as the Circle of Support, are motivated to practice biblical hospitality, disruptive generosity and compassion fuelled by mercy.  Host Families, Family Friends, Family Coaches and Resource Friends support families in crisis while they get back on their feet.