On the night of February 10, 2016 there were at least 83 people experiencing homelessness on Salt Spring Island. The seasonal emergency shelter on Salt Spring Island ended the 2015/16 winter season and closed on March 6, 2016. As of that date 2400 people had accessed shelter services with an average of 20 people per […]
Salt Spring Island Foundation Support
May 22, 2016 by
SSICS is happy to announce that it will receive three grants from the SSI Foundation this round: 5,000 to establish a Ready to Rent program which provides information and coaching to individuals on how to be a good tenant. One particular focus will be on youth. We also hope to broaden the scope eventually to […]
Salt Spring Team Focus on Child & Youth Mental Health
March 23, 2016 by
Salt Spring Island Community Services (SSICS) will launch the most recent turn in the 25 year evolution of Child and Youth programming with the welcome of Dr. Jessica Moretti to their location on Fulford-Ganges Road, providing child and adolescent psychiatric services as of Friday March 18th. Dr. Moretti is a Royal College of Physicians and […]
Ayurveda Workshops for Seniors
March 8, 2016 by
Ayurveda is translated as “the Science of Life”. It arose out of Ancient India, and is in the same body of wisdom as Yoga practices. Ayurveda offers a fascinating approach to health and wellbeing, where the human being is seen as part of nature. It offers practical lifestyle approaches that helps us to balance the […]
Emergency Shelter Taken Out of Action
March 7, 2016 by
The latest hit on an already overburdened program to shelter Salt Spring Island homeless has taken the facility used for the ‘In From the Cold’ shelter out of action temporarily. “Salt Spring Island Community Services regrets to announce the discovery of the presence of an unhealthy level of mold in the building used by the […]
This Canadian City has Ended its Homelessness Problem
March 4, 2016 by
Canadian City Ends Its Homelessness Problem This city ended its homelessness problem, and saved money, by providing housing for every single resident Posted by NowThis on Saturday, 27 February 2016
Salt Spring Island looks for solutions amid high housing insecurity
February 29, 2016 by
BRAMWELL RYAN SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. — Special to The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 9:19PM EST As campers prepare to be evicted from the tent city more than 100 have been calling home for months in nearby Victoria, Salt Spring Island is braced for the possibility that some of them will head their way, […]
