Thomas Clifton was walking back to his home at Newcastle Place on Nanaimo’s Terminal Avenue on Thursday, June 3rd, when a horrible sound ripped through the early evening. A car had careened off the road, ripped through seven sections of guard rail at the side...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I meet Angie and Rick Beynon as they are arriving at Newcastle Place, where they have been serving as volunteers for ICCS for the past several months. I am wrangling donation boxes out of my car as they drive up and Rick immediately takes charge,...
Construction will begin next week on a new 59-unit supportive housing building at 702 Nicol St. Nanaimo. The four-storey building design includes 52 studio suites for people experiencing homelessness in the community. In addition to the studio units, one floor will feature seven units with two...
As I sit to start my chat with Tanya, she is in motion, smiling and expressing herself through voice and face and hands. It is in fact movement that resounds in her story, with a journey marked by change and an ever forward momentum. Tanya is...
In every life there is a turning point, and every person has impacts on others around them. “There’s always a ripple effect. If you’re doing good, you’ve got positive energy and you’re happy and you’ve got a great outlook on life, that ripple effect is...
Kymba is ready to speak, and to let her voice be heard. It has been a long road to get here. As she tells her story, it is clear that though she has always had something to say, she has not always been listened to. Very...
It’s an overcast day, but Mystie is undaunted. A diminutive woman, she comes into the room in a pink sequinned hat and leggings to match, shy but excited to talk about her story and of her new role as the first informal peer support worker at Newcastle...
As Thanksgiving nears, we have the chance to pause and remember the blessings of home, family and well-being – and to be grateful. It also gives us the chance to remember those in our community who perhaps do not have as much as we do...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The 2020 ICCS Annual General Meeting was help via Zoom last night and there was a great turnout of members and guests to enjoy hearing news on the financial health of the society, the return of Volunteers to ICCS and the Handmade for Hope...
[caption id="attachment_20587" align="alignright" width="593"] Planter at Newcastle Place[/caption] ICCS staff care. They care for people in crisis. It is their job, and so, sometimes it can be taken for granted. But not by the residents of Newcastle Place. One morning last week Sandra, the program manager, had...
