Resources for Children (0 to 5) and their Families
Located on the Saanich Peninsula
Beacon Community Services
656-0134
www.beaconcs.ca
Greenglade Community Centre
656-0007
www.crd.bc.ca/panorama
The Family Place @ Beacon Community Services
656-0134
www.beaconcs.ca
Library:
Bruce Hutchinson
727-0104
www.gvpl.ca
Library:
Central Saanich
652-2013
www.gvpl.ca
Library:
Sidney-North Saanich
656-0944
www.virl.bc.ca
NIL/TU,O Child and Family Services
544-1400
www.niltuo.com
Panorama Recreation Centre
656-7271
www.crd.bc.ca/panorama
Peninsula Connections for Early Childhood (PCEC)
email:
peninsulaconnections@beaconcs.ca
Peninsula Health Unit (VIHA)
544-2400
www.viha.ca/children
Saanich Collaborative First Nations Head Start
652-3988
www.saanichheadstart.com
Saanich Commonwealth Place
727-5300
www.gov.saanich.bc.ca/resident/recreation/scp.html
Saanich Indian School Board
652-2313
www.sisb.bc.ca
Saanich School Board
652-7300
www.sd63.bc.ca
Sidney Lions Food Bank
655-0697
email:
foodbank@island.net
Resources Located in Victoria
Aboriginal Infant Development Program
email:
dsmith.aidp@vnfc.ca
BC Transit Assistance
383-6166
www.communitycouncil.ca
Child Care Resource and Referral
382-7000
www.childcarevictoria.ca
Childcare Subsidy
387-5400
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/childcare
Children's Help Line
310-1234
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/contact_us.htm
Community Options for Children and Families
380-6363
Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers (HOP)
721-8373
email:
vtemple@uvic.ca
Hulitan Social Services
384-9466
email:
staff@hulitan.ca
Infant Development Program
477-1826
www.idpofbc.ca
Intercultural Association
388-4728
www.icavictoria.org
Island Parent Magazine
388-6905
www.islandparent.ca
MCFD Early Childhood
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/early_childhood/index.htm
Parent Support Services Society
384-8042
www.parentsupportbc.ca
Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health (QACCH)
477-1826
www.queenalexandra.org
Saanich Health Unit (VIHA)
744-5100
www.viha.ca/children
Saanich Neighbourhood Place
360-1148
www.saanichneighbourhoodplace.com
Single Parent Resource Centre
385-1114
www.singleparentvictoria.ca
Surrounded by Cedar
383-2990
www.surroundedbycedar.com
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
479-0211
www.swanlake.bc.ca
Community Living Victoria 477-7231 www.communitylivingvictoria.ca
Victoria Childcare Resource and Referral
382-7000
www.childcarevictoria.org
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
384-3211
www.vnfc.ca
Young Parents Support Network 384-0552 www.ypsn.ca
(back to Penninsula Connections)
Useful Phone Numbers and Websites
24-Hour Nurse Line
1-866-215-4700
www.bchealthguide.org/nurseline.stm
Dial-a-Dietitian
1-800-667-3438
www.dialadietitian.org
Invest in Kids
www.investinkids.ca
Partnership in Learning and Advocacy for Young Children
www.playvictoria.org
Poison Control Information
1-800-567-8911
[ back to top ]