Brynn and Hayden are youth in the Interior who have lived experience with substance use. They teamed up with Interior Heath to promote new services for their youth peers. The SAY project was launched in 2023 to promote the new substance use services Interior Health created specifically for youth across the region. Hayden and Brynn (not their real names) helped create the campaign to spread the word about these services.*

Interior Health has expanded services for youth who use substances to eight cities in B.C.’s interior. To spread the word about this new substance use services we’re working with a team of youth Peers - the SAY Project - who share their lived experience in this blog, online and with video ‘memecasts’! These youth-focussed services include treatment and harm reduction. Brynn and Hayden are youth in the Interior who have lived experience with substance use. They teamed up with Interior Heath to promote new services for their youth peers. The SAY project was launched in 2023 to promote the new substance use services Interior Health created specifically for youth across the region. Hayden and Brynn (not their real names) helped create the campaign to spread the word about these services.*

Brynn and Hayden are youth in the Interior who have lived experience with substance use. They teamed up with Interior Heath to promote new services for their youth peers. The SAY project was launched in 2023 to promote the new substance use services Interior Health created specifically for youth across the region. Hayden and Brynn (not their real names) helped create the campaign to spread the word about these services. Check out the Substance Use Services Available for Youth (SAY) In this blog post, they share what the SAY project is all about, and what it means to them.