941 Kings Road
Phone: 384-8042 or toll-free at 1-800-377-0212
E-mail: parent-support@shaw.ca
Web: www.parentsupportbc.ca/parent_awareness_program.html
Services:

• Free and low-cost parent education and confidential support programs for parents of children up to the 12 years of age.
• Aboriginal Parenting Circle Project: For aboriginal parents whose children have been returned to them from the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
• Grandparents raising grandchildren support programs, and Multi-cultural Parent Support Circle.
• PSSBC serves Greater Victoria, south Vancouver Island and the South Gulf Islands.

547 Michigan Street
Phone: 388-7844
E-mail: askus@jbcp.bc.ca
Web: www.jbcp.bc.ca
Services:

• Creative Play Drop-In for children 0 to six years and their parents (Mon. and Thurs. from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.)
• Toddler Time Drop-In for children 0 to 30 months and their parents (Tues. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.)
• The Baby Group: Parent support and education for new moms. Call centre to register.
• Super Single Moms Discussion Group: Two Wednesday evenings a month. Call centre to register.
• Family Dinner Drop-In: Light dinner and play time with children: Two Wednesday evenings a month. Call centre to register.
• Nobody’s Perfect: A six-week parenting program for parents of children aged 0 to six. Call centre to register.

602 Gorge Road
Phone:  385-1114
Web: www.singleparentvictoria.ca.
Services: Free counselling, support groups, information, volunteer training, clothing room, bread pantry, furniture and household goods registry, photocopying, courses on parenting and life skills/growth. Financial assistance for child care is available.

103-2849 Peatt Rd.
(and at Child, Youth and Family Centre, West Shore, at 345 Royal Road)
Phone: 478-8357
E-mail: pcfsa@telus.net
Web: www.pacificcentrefamilyservices.org
Services: Professional counselling for parents and children

645 Fort St., Suite 222
Phone: 480-0006
E-mail: mail@metis.ca
Web: www.metis.ca
Services: Counselling for individuals and families, youth and court representation, support for adoptions, fostering, child in care and youth at risk, family reunification, community outreach, education and cultural support.

Phone: 356-6501 or 1-888-338-662
Web: www.mcf.gov.bc.ca
Services: Offers programs and information for parents.

Neighbourhood Houses and community centres across the Capital Regional District offer a variety of parent and family services at low or no-cost, including counselling, childcare, toy lending and clothing exchange programs, drop-in play times, parent education programs that cover care, child development, nutrition, discipline and more. Here’s where to learn more:

• Blanshard Community Centre, 901 Kings Road, phone 388-7696, online at www.blanshardcc.com
• Saanich Neighbourhood Place, Pearkes Rec Centre at 3100 Tillicum Road, phone 360-1148, online at www.saanichneighbourhoodplace.com
• Burnside Gorge Community Centre, 484 Cecilia Road, phone 388-5251, online at www.burnsidegorge.ca
• Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, 511 Constance Ave., phone 385-2635, online at www.enh.bc.ca
• Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group, 1240 Gladstone Ave., phone 381-1552, online at www.fernwoodneighbourhood.ca
• Capital Families Association - West Shore, 345 Wale Road, phone 391-4320, online at www.capfamilies.org
• Beacon Community Services, 9860 Third Street in Sidney, phone 656-0134, online at www.beaconcs.ca
• Sooke Family Resource Society, 2145 Townsend Rd., phone 642-5152, online at www.sookefamilyresource.ca
• Fairfield Community Association, 1330 Fairfield Road, phone 382-1552, online at www.fairfieldcommunity.ca
• Native Friendship Centre, 231 Regina Ave., phone 384-1586, online at www.vnfc.ca