A family housing survey completed last month confirmed that many Salt Spring Island households are challenged to find suitable and secure housing within their financial means. The survey, conducted by Salt Spring Community Services, considered the full range of long term housing needs – from very low-income households looking for rentals to dual income households wanting to […]
RCMP donation
March 23, 2015 by
The RCMP has kindly offered to donate the annual rebate they receive from Co-op for fuel purchases back to the community. They have identified domestic violence as a general area to direct the funds. SSICS has offered to establish a restricted fund for this purpose, and use the existing Victim Services and ICAT programs as […]
Groundskeeping
March 23, 2015 by
For the past number of years the groundskeeping and landscaping at SSICS sites has been blended with the community gardening operations. As our gardening and food security activities have increased this has been more challenging. This year we will revert back to having these functions separated and groundskeeping and landscaping will be contracted out to another […]
Cold Weather Shelter
March 23, 2015 by
The cold weather shelter wrap up for the season on March 15. Over the remaining two weeks of March the shelter will open only if the weather takes a turn for the worse. Time will be taken over the next few weeks to help individuals who have been frequent shelter users make this transition. The milder […]
Core Inn
March 20, 2015 by
A number of positive things are brewing for the Core Inn building and programs. We are somewhat back on track with BC Gaming and will receive $20,000 annually towards youth drop-in operations. This returns us to a similar the level of funding that was provided 7 years ago. We have been addressing the state of […]
