BoosterBuddy Mobile App

BoosterBuddy information

Learn about our BoosterBuddy App

Download from the App Store

Download for Android on Google Play

Manage your personal wellness journey and earn achievements as your sidekick guides you through a series of daily quests designed to establish and sustain positive habits.

  • Check-in with how you are feeling each day
  • Use coping skills
  • Keep track of appointments and medications
  • Get started on tasks
  • Follow self-care routines
  • Increase real-life socialization

BoosterBuddy V2 is now available!

Thanks to feedback from our app users, we’ve updated the #BoosterBuddy app to enable you to check in multiple times per day, schedule repeating To Dos in the calendar, and participate in enhanced quests.

Other updates include bug fixes and more inclusive language. Download the update on the App Store or Google Play. 

Make a Donation!

Interested in contributing to the maintenance and further development of the app? Use this link to make a monetary donation to support BoosterBuddy: https://www.victoriahf.ca/boosterbuddy/

Hear from our Clinical Lead and Youth Design Team that helped bring this app to life

 

Acknowledgements

Booster Buddy was created by Island Health in collaboration with teens and young adults with lived experience. This app was made possible thanks to the generous support of Coast Capital Savings and the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. 

Contact us

BoosterBuddy@viha.ca

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Additional Resources
Child, Youth and Family Mental Health Services
Youth and Substance Use
Early Psychosis Information
Adult Mental Health Services

Locations

Acute inpatient Cowichan valley

Acute Inpatient Services - Cowichan Valley - Mental Health

Cowichan District Hospital
3045 Gibbins Rd
Duncan, B.C.
V9L 1E5

250-737-2030

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Central Island Access Services at Brooks Landing - Children, Youth and Families

Central Island Access Services at Brooks Landing - Children, Youth & Families

#203 - 2000 Island Hwy
Nanaimo, B.C.
V9S 5W3

250-739-5710

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Cowichan Lodge Tertiary Mental Health Facility

2041 Tzouhalem Rd
Duncan, B.C. 
V9L 4H2

250-709-3098

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Services

Assessment (1 to 5 Years)
Assessment Resources for Families
Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments
Behavioural & Developmental Difficulties
Cleft Lip/Palate Clinic
Early Intervention Program Assessment & Treatment (EIP)
EIP Equipment Loan
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Fragile X & Related Conditions
G.R. Pearkes Child Care Services
Learn About Child & Youth Rehab Services (CYFH-RS)
Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Clinic
Prevention Speech
Public Health Nursing
School Age Therapy Program
Supported Child Development
Therapy & Intervention
Vancouver Island Children's Assessment Network

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