A searchable database of Community Services available in the South Island / Victoria region is available through Pathways Victoria-South Island.
Online Community Health Directory
A collaboration between island health providers has developed and launched an online directory resource called FETCH – an acronym for “For Everything that’s Community Health”, on Salt Spring Island. The service is available at www.saltspring.fetchbc.ca. FETCH is intended to provide a repository of easy to access information about health and social service related resources in […]
Point-In-Time Homeless Count 2018
The numbers are in for the 2018 Point-In-Time Homeless Count on Salt Spring Island. The count is evidence of an alarming increase in the number of homeless individuals counted on the island between the count of February 2016 and that of March, 2018. A total of 131 individuals reflects a 58% increase since the 2016 […]
Growing Healthy Kids Child & Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Resources for Salt Spring Island
Brought to you by the Salt Spring Island Local Action Team as part of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative, funded in partnership by Doctors of BC and the BC Government. Download the booklet here
EMERGENCY SHELTER OPENS FOR SEASON
November 1st sees the opening of the ‘In From the Cold’ Emergency Shelter at Salt Spring Island Community Services (SSICS) for the cold weather season. “There is one notable difference this year in our status with BC Housing in that we have been approved for funding every night of the season as we see the need, rather […]