BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF VICTORIA CAPITAL REGION
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Mission Statement
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region (BBBSV) is fully aligned with the vision and mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada. Vision: All young people realize their full potential. Mission: Enable life–changing relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.
About This Cause
BBBSV has over 46 years of experience providing mentoring programs to communities on Southern Vancouver Island, Salt Spring Island and Comox. We have successfully provided mentors for children and youth through four different school-based or community-based mentoring programs that respond to the identified social issues impacting each community. Our Theory of Change: We believe that children and youth facing adversity, those in need of additional supportive and consistent relationships, who are open to mentoring and can be safely matched, will benefit from being matched with a mentor who provides them with a developmental relationship which ignites their full power and potential and helps them grow up to be healthy, caring and responsible adults. Sadly, one in five young people have no developmental relationships in their lives. Developmental relationships reduce the impact of adversities and enable young people to discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives and learn how to engage with and contribute to their community and the world around them. More and more families, schools and community organizations are looking to BBBSV for support for higher-needs children and youth. Sometimes the families cannot access other services or receive enough support elsewhere – especially for children and youth who are neuro-diverse or struggling with anxiety. The team at BBBSV is passionate about making a difference and applying their diverse experiences and skills to support our community’s most vulnerable young people. We strive to share our values of welcoming, learning and sharing with our children and youth, families, co-op/practicum students, and volunteer mentors. BBBSV is committed to sustaining an environment where representation matters, diversity is celebrated and people of every race, religion, culture, gender and sexual orientation are welcomed. At BBBSV, we acknowledge and honour the diversity of people, cultures, traditions and experiences, and we recognize and uphold the right of all individuals to respect, dignity, fairness, caring, equality, self-esteem and inclusion. We provide 4 different mentoring programs for children and youth ages 6-19, within our organization. Our community programs and school-based/virtual programs operate annually during the school year (September to June). Our strategy recognizes we can do much more to create life-changing developmental relationships for young people in the community.