ICCS Updates

2025 AGM

Coming Together at Our Annual General Meeting On July 30, we had the joy of gathering with members, staff, vol...

You are Invited to our 2024 ICCS AGM!

You are invited to our 35th Annual General Meeting of Island Crisis Care Society. This year, our theme is &#82...

Notice of AGM

18th July 2022 7:00 – 8:30 pm Nanaimo Bakery and Café 2025 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC ...

Mended With Gold

By Sheila Backman, ICCS storytelling volunteer The Japanese do not discard their broken pottery. Instead, they...

Hearing for Good

By Alexandra Soanes, ICCS Communications intern Clients with Island Crisis Care Society are blessed to be able...

Meet our Project Rise Cohort 2 Participants

We are well into cohort 2 of Project Rise. The six participants have finished their workshops and training and...

A Day in the life at Newcastle Place

It is impossible to describe a typical day in Newcastle Place.  Born as it was in a flurry of action with the...

Project Rise: New employability program brings hope to ICCS clients

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Project Rise: New employability program launches

We are excited to announce that Project Rise has launched on Monday, April 4th, with its first cohort of 6 cli...

Samaritan Place is opening!

The New Samaritan Place will offer 51 supportive housing units as well as 14 shorter term “bridge to housing...

Project Rise Graduates Excited About the Future

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CNOY2022!

It is that time again!  The Coldest Night of the Year will soon be here! What is the event: Coldest Night of ...

Thursday September 30th is Canada’s first Truth and Reconciliation Day.  It is a day to reflect and remembe...

Thankfulness into Action

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Launch of Project Rise

21 June 2021 – Island Crisis Care Society is excited to announce an exciting new venture! In an effort to en...

Through it all

It may seem sometimes as though ICCS clients and staff and donors live quite different realities, with vastly ...

Construction To Begin

Construction will begin next week on a new 59-unit supportive housing building at 702 Nicol St. Nanaimo. The f...

Wanda – the Ripple Effect

In every life there is a turning point, and every person has impacts on others around them.  “There’s alw...

#BlueBank2020 – A time to give thanks

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2020 ICCS AGM a Big Success

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ICCS to Operate Emergency Response Centre

The City of Nanaimo announced last week that the Province and the City agreed to use a portion of 285 Prideau...

Homelessness Action Week: Help us create change!

Nanaimo is in the midst of a housing and homelessness crisis, so this October 13 to 19, 2019 we’re taking th...

Susan’s Story: Finding a home at Newcastle Place

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Oceanside Outreach Project

Forward House and Island Crisis Care Society received $75,000 from the Community Action Initiative to implemen...

More Room for Hope campaign update

We are pleased to report that, as of May 2019, our More Room for Hope Capital Campaign has raised over $230,00...

Does Housing First enable substance use issues?

While many housing providers long favoured Treatment First programs, research has shown that Housing First is ...

Fire at Newcastle Place

We are proud of our well-trained front line workers who responded quickly and professionally, and our managers...

ICCS to operate interim supportive housing

Island Crisis Care Society is pleased to confirm that we were chosen to operate interim supportive housing at ...

Deconstructing misconceptions about Corfield

Violet Hayes and Renate Sutherland sat down with David Graham from 88.5 The Beach to talk about the supportive...

2017 Annual Report

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2018 Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup is the national Sr.B level box lacrosse championships for the Canadian Lacrosse Association...

Landlord likes working with HOST

There’s a third party involved in the relationship who helps resolve issues,” explains Chapman. “And the...

Edgewood’s 8th Annual Run For Recovery

This year, we are the grateful recipient of the proceeds from Edgewood‘s 8th Annual Run For Recovery. He...

Harm Reduction: Keeping substance users safe

In 2012, I became an intravenous substance user. Previously, I swallowed and snorted substances to maintain my...

Photos: All Our Sisters Luncheon

Over 150 people attended the All Our Sisters Luncheon at the Coast Bastion on May 8 to raise funds to expand ...

All Our Sisters Luncheon

This event is intended to mark a turning point in our awareness of the impact of women’s poverty on the com...

Save the Date!

This event is intended to mark a turning point in our awareness of the impact of women’s poverty on the comm...

More Room for Dessert

This May, in honour of Mother’s Day, invite your customers to “More Room for Dessert” knowing they will ...

Easter 2018 Purdys Chocolate Fundraiser

Island Crisis Care Society is fundraising with Purdys Chocolatier, just in time for Easter!...

The New Face of Homelessness

We hope that Agnes' face, like so many of the faces we see at Samaritan House, will touch you so much that you...

A Christmas Story in September

Even in the middle of the summer when the sun fills the town with warm light, the numbers of women seeking she...

We’re hosting a Paint Nite!

Support Island Crisis Care Society with our first fundraiser for More Room for Hope, the capital campaign to d...

Coldest Night of the Year

Island Crisis Care Society takes part is Canada's National Walk for Homelessness!...

Sweets for the Streets

Sweets for the Streets is a Silent Auction and Dessert Night in which guest peruse a wide variety of items do...

Samaritan House Expansion

Samaritan House is crowded. On top of the 14 bunk beds that are regularly filled, add up to 5 mats on the floo...