POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM Going Further with your Triple P For everyone who has taken the Triple P group The Going Further with your Triple P are workshops that go into more details and information than we covered in the group, enhancing the skills and elaborating on the ideas we looked at. Below is information on […]
Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
September 9, 2024 by
FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AGES 2-10 This course provides education in Triple P basics. It helps parents deal with almost any situation that might come up, in ways that are best suited to their own families. (There are further Triple P sessions that are offered after the basic group to look further into parenting challenges) […]
Volunteer Opportunities – Special Olympics BC – Salt Spring Island
September 6, 2024 by
Life changing volunteer opportunities with Special Olympics BC – Salt Spring Island! Special Olympics BC – Salt Spring Island is welcoming volunteers of the following sports roles to help power our year-round sport programs for people with intellectual disabilities: Assistant Coach – Bocce, Club Fit, Golf, Swimming Head Coach – Golf, Rhythmic Gymnastics Special Olympics […]
Stopping Elders Abuse and Neglect – Event
September 6, 2024 by
Stopping Elders Abuse and Neglect In collaboration, the local Community Response Network (CRN) and the Salt Spring Public Library are presenting a free to attend, in person event. With Cari Taylor (BC CRN) – the provincial umbrella organization supporting local initiatives in reducing abuse, neglect and self neglect Plus Gillian Millan and Phil Downie from […]
Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
August 29, 2024 by
The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program is an interactive program for parents and children, birth to 6 years to share in the pleasure and power of songs, rhymes and stories. Come join us for Songs, Rhymes and Stories! Thurs.10:00 am – 11:30 p.m. Sept. 19 – Dec. 5, 2024 Salt Spring Public Library For more info: […]
Island Infant Circle
August 29, 2024 by
Mondays 10:00am-12:00pm For Parents and Babies in the First Year Come create a circle of support with other families! Sept. 9 – Welcome & Community Resources – Hannah Kahane, Family Place Program Coordinator Sept.16 – Breastfeeding Support – Angela Flegel, Breastfeeding Support Facilitator, Childbirth Educator Sept. 23 – Sleep Practices for Baby and You – […]
Dad ‘n Me Pancake Breakfast
August 29, 2024 by
Sunday mornings at Family Place 120 Park Drive (Behind All-Saints Anglican Church) 8:30 -10:30 am Sept. 8 & 22 Oct. 6 & 20 Come for breakfast, play with your kids and meet with other Dads! More dates to follow 250-537-9176
Family Place Prenatal Education
August 7, 2024 by
For the Third Trimester of Pregnancy, 2024-2025 Sept. 8 & 15 Dec. 1 & 8 March 2 & 9 June 1 & 8 Your classes are on two consecutive Sundays from 12:00-4:00 p.m. with Angela Flegel, International Childbirth Educator FOR MORE INFO and REGISTRATION familyplace@ssics.ca or call us at 250-537-9176 (You can register up […]
Nitikman / Chan Educational and Training Bursary Grantee 2024
July 15, 2024 by
Island Community Services is pleased to offer the Nitikman / Chan Educational and Training Bursary to Amanda Kimmel on behalf of the Nitikman/Chan family. The Nitikman/Chan Educational and Training Fund is intended to support residents of the Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands who are working to improve their financial standing in life through […]
Enhanced and New Services for Seniors
July 5, 2024 by
Seniors on Salt Spring Island will now be better supported to age in place, at home, thanks to expanding services for seniors out of Island Community Services. With new funding from the provincial Ministry of Health, seniors’ programming will expand to include a ‘Community Connector’ position as well as a range of enhanced services offered […]
