Building Up Communities, One Family at a Time.
A Home for Healing Before It Hurts.
Brightside is a bold new vision for family-centered mental health care — designed for the children you don’t see in hospitals but who need help just the same. We support neurodivergent children and their caregivers by creating housing-first sanctuaries where families can stay together while accessing holistic, expert trauma-informed services.
We’re in the early stages — and your belief fuels the build.
Mind the magic of the mess. Donate, share, or join our growing community.
Transparent Note:
This is the beginning. We are not yet a registered charity, but Brightside Hope Foundation is incorporated as a nonprofit society in BC and applying for CRA charitable status.
The Brightside Origin Story
Brightside was founded on one radical idea: what if we treated invisible pain — mental illness, neurodivergence, emotional trauma — with the same urgency and dignity as physical illness?
Our founder, Carly Smith, is a business strategist, single mother, and mental health advocate who knows the system inside-out. After watching how quickly families fall apart when invisible challenges go unsupported, she built Brightside to fill the gap.
We are building family-preservation hubs across BC that:
• Keep children out of foster care
• Help families avoid burnout and breakdown
• Provide short-term housing and long-term healing
• Partner with government, healthcare, and private sector allies.
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A note from Carly:
I’ve lived this. I’ve survived this. And I know what could have helped — Brightside is the place I wish had existed for my family.
We’re not perfect yet, but we are real.
Mind the magic of the mess — because from here, we rise.
Build the Foundation with Us.
We’re not raising funds — we’re raising a future. Brightside is currently in the pre-development stage, inviting aligned partners for our pilot project: purpose-built homes for families and a community wellness hub in White Rock, BC.
Brightside is seeking aligned partners who are more than service providers — they are mission matched architects of change. If you are a local organization, clinician, or innovator delivering high-impact services with excellence, we want to hear from you.
This is not an open invitation to everyone. This is a call to those who feel called.
What We’re Looking For:
• Proven community-rooted organizations or practitioners with a track record of excellence
• Lived experience or deep cultural competency in neurodivergence, trauma, or family systems
• Demonstrated commitment to transparency, ethics, and professional boundaries
• Capacity to deliver services in alignment with Brightside’s preventative, family-centered model
• Must be located in BC or have demonstrable partnerships in the Fraser Valley region
We Will Not Accept:
• Generic, disconnected proposals
• Partnerships driven by profit-first motives
• Services that medicalize or pathologize neurodivergence without consent
• Providers that do not uphold the faith, authenticity, and integrity this mission requires