Unions, churches or other community groups may help you find a meeting place and provide a photocopier for posters. Professional counsellors who work with unemployment can give you advice and books about running self-help groups. Your local CMHA office and the Volunteer Centre at the Community Services Council in St. John's can also help. Every self-help group is different. Members decide for themselves how they will meet and what will be done.
Attendance is generally free.
Self-help groups do not try to pressure members to attend meetings. Meetings may be open to anyone or limited to members. The group may decide to provide telephone support for members between meetings. Professionals may be involved in the start-up phase of a new group, or act as resource people. Some groups perfer to meet without professional involvement.