Contact Us | successby6victoria.ca

Lisa Fenton,  Regional Coordinator - Success By 6, South Vancouver Island

250.213.5569

successby6svi@gmail.com

201-633 Courtney Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 1B9

Suzanne Jackson,  Aboriginal Engagement Coordinator - Success By 6, South Vancouver Island

250.213.9875

SJackson@hulitan.ca

Local Early Childhood Tables

Local Advisory Committee (LAC - Aboriginal ECD Table): Suzanne Jackson, Chair 

Saanich/Victoria: Belinda Macey, Coordinator

Peninsula Connections for Early Childhood: Marlene Dergousoff, Coordinator

Esquimalt: Mary Lynn McKenna, Contact

Sooke/Westshore: Sharon McIntosh, Coordinator

Gulf Islands Early Years Table: Julie Sweetnam, Coordinator

Early Learning and Care/Child Care table: Belinda Macey, Coordinator

What's New

Sep

Canada ranks No. 34 in survey of 37 countries for parenting — here’s how to do better

EXCERPTS While Canada is better off than many when it comes to parents’ work-life...

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Sep

Alberta's first licensed on-reserve daycare opens at Kapawe’no First Nation

EXCERPTS Last July, Kapawe’no First Nation contacted the province with a unique...

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Sep

Childcare challenge for shift workers

EXCERPTS Low-paid young parents, especially those working shifts and zero-hours...

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Quick Fact

Early Literacy and Brain Development...

"Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development, yet only 50% of infants and toddlers are routinely read to by their parents". Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy

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Funding Opportunities

Community Gaming Grants Capital Projects Funding Eligible organizations will have from August 1 until September 30, 2017, to submit their applications. Applications in the capital projects sector will be competitively adjudicated, with consideration also given to regional distribution, representation of the six community gaming grant sectors, project size and Aboriginal inclusion. Detailed eligibility criteria will be released in the summer.
Lifelong Connections Fund! The Lifelong Connections fund provides up to $4,500 to support events and activities that raise awareness of the need for permanency for Indigenous and Métis children and youth in foster care. All Indigenous and Métis organizations in BC who provide child and family services can apply! Click here for further information. Application deadline is September 13th, 2017.o What is "permanency"? When kids can’t live with their family, they need other adults to step in and provide permanency for them. Permanency means a child or youth has a secure place in a family and a lifelong commitment from at least one adult who can offer them love, guidance, a sense of belonging, and a connection to their culture and heritage. Sometimes permanency means legal adoption (including Aboriginal custom adoption), permanent guardianship, moral adoption, or a significant lifelong relationship with a relative or family friend.
Vancity Social enterprise grants. "Experience tells us that sometimes social enterprises need grant support as well as financing, in order to progress from concept to growth. That’s why we provide grants for eligible social enterprises operated by not-for-profit organizations, co-operatives or First Nations/Métis government organizations". Learn more about the grant programs: http://www.vancity.com/AboutVancity/InvestingInCommunities/Grants/GrowingTheSocialEconomy/
Now Closed: Success By 6, South Vancouver Island Community Grants are now open! Applications are due at 4pm on June 23rd. Find the Application and Funding Criteria under the PDF section or email Lisa Fenton, Regional Coordinator at successby6svi@gmail.com.