Getting Started

Young children play a game with hula hoops at the Pacific Institute for Sport Education.

Creating pathways for building a bright future

Helping children, youth and newcomers get a good start in life, work and adulthood strengthens our entire community. When we invest in their early success, we build a foundation for lifelong opportunity, inclusion and growth that makes a lasting difference. From skills training and settlement services to early childhood education and youth programming, there are many organizations uplifting these demographics in our regions.

Visit Victoria’s Vital Signs Digital Report to explore local getting started data

Sustainable development goals

SDG Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-Being. Green background with heart and pulse.

SDG Goal 4 - Quality Education. Red background with book and pencil.

Support Getting Started

There are a number of ways you can support local organizations helping people get started in our community, including:

Donate to our Community Action Funds to pool your funds with other donors’ gifts. The funds are then granted strategically to many organizations within the cause area through the Community Grants Program and other equitable granting initiatives.
Donate to the following funds: Community Impact Fund, Operating Fund and the Vital Youth Program Fund.
Set up a Donor Advised Fund to support a cause of your choice.
Support a Hosted Organization Fund.

How Fateh Care Charity won the hearts of the community

After moving to Canada in 2020, the Popli family founded a mobile food bank to support community members with mobility challenges. ‘Fateh Care’ means “winning hearts by caring,” a mission that’s grown from a family-run passion project into a wider community initiative.

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Hey, look! That’s my preschool!

For over 70 years, children have crafted, learned and explored at the parent-run Metchosin Co-op Preschool — an inviting white house with rainbow letters cheering, “Come play!” After having to move, they recently transformed a tucked-away, sterile, former elementary school classroom transformed into a warm, accessible new home.

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