Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Islands Community Services Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 3:00 pm Thursday, October 26, 2023 3rd Floor of The Core Building 134 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC The 3rd floor is accessible via elevator or stairs from West Doors facing McPhillips Avenue SSICS provides a broad range of community services in […]
CONNECT Parenting
October 11, 2023 by
CONNECT Parenting is an Attachment-based Treatment and Trauma Informed Program for both Parents, and Caregivers. We are offering free sessions that focus on the changes and challenges that come with youth development. Connect is an evidenced based approach that helps to keep relationships strong and positive. This program requires pre-session interviews and is scheduled […]
TRIPLE P – POSITIVE PARENTING WORKSHOP
October 3, 2023 by
TRIPLE P POSITIVE PARENTING WORKSHOP 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 […]
Island Infant Circle Fall 2023
August 21, 2023 by
Come create a circle of support with other parents! Sept 11- Welcome & Community Resources- Hannah Kahane, Family Place Program Coordinator Sept. 18 – Sleep Practices and Bedtime Routines- Angela Flegel, Childbirth Educator and Doula Sept. 25 – Basic First Aid and Fire Safety- SS Firefighters; Hayato Tanaka and Krystal Capranos Oct. 2 – Parental […]
Parent-Child Mother Goose Program Fall 2023
August 21, 2023 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. 14 – Dec. 14, 2023 at the Salt Spring Public Library For […]
Family Place Prenatal Education
August 15, 2023 by
For the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Two Consecutive Sundays, 12:00- 4:00p.m. Sept. 24 & Oct. 1, 2023 With Angela Flegel, International Childbirth Educator 250-537-9176 or familyplace@ssics.ca to register All Community Services are free of charge
The Nourishing Circle
June 26, 2023 by
Feeding Support from Birth to Weaning Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30 PM July 4 – August 22, 2023 Drop in at Family Place and meet with our Public Health Nurse and Family Place Staff For more info: Family Place 250-537-9176
Parent-Child Mother Goose
June 26, 2023 by
The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program is for parents, caregivers and children, birth to 6 years old, to share in the pleasure and power of songs, rhymes and stories together. Join us in the backyard at Family Place for a time of fun together. Fridays 10:00 – 11:00 AM July 7 – August 25, 2023 For […]
It’s a Strawberry Moon – Mural Reveal
June 14, 2023 by
The courtyard behind The Core Building of Island Community Services on McPhillips Avenue has been transformed into a representation of the Strawberry Moon by artist Charlene Johnny. With the aid of a generous grant from the Salt Spring Island Foundation Indigenous Priorities Fund, Island Community Services was able to engage the artist to design and […]
Summer Harvest Programs in Action to Alleviate Hunger
June 14, 2023 by
The 2023 Farmers’ Market Nutritional Coupon Program kicked off this month helping to alleviate some of the effects of rising food costs for low income earners on Salt Spring. The Coupon Program is provided by Island Community Services in partnership with the Tuesday Farmers’ Market. That, in tandem with the Harvest Farm in the Burgoyne […]
