Community partners across Salt Spring Island are joining to support Salt Spring Youth Week. Salt Spring Community Services and the Core Inn and Climbing Wall, PARC and the Rainbow Road Pool, the Salt Spring Island Library, Country Grocer and Thrifty’s are sponsoring the week in tandem with the 21st annual BC Youth Week running May […]
New Housing Needs Survey Highlights Local Challenges
April 20, 2015 by
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 […]
Mental Health and Housing on Salt Spring
March 12, 2015 by
Prepared by Salt Spring Community Services Executive Director, Rob Grant, for a Chamber of Commerce event February 26, 2015 on organizational goals and local involvement. Salt Spring Island Community Services
Salt Spring Community Steps Up to Fund Shelter
February 18, 2015 by
The Country Grocer led campaign in partnership with the Legion has successfully closed the shortfall in funding the emergency shelter on the island for every night of the winter ‘In From the Cold’ is composed of an overnight shelter and evening meal hosted at the site of their main facility on Ganges Hill at 268 […]
