SOOKE REGION RESOURCE INVENTORY
Have you forgotten the medical clinic hours or the date of the Sooke Fall Fair? Would you like to know where Awareness Videos are shown? Are you wondering how to contact the Fly Fishers’ Association? Find the answers—and much, much more—on the new electronic
Sooke Region Resource Inventory.
The Sooke Region Community Health Initiative (CHI), in collaboration with the Vancouver Island Health Authority and the District of Sooke, announces the debut of the web-based Sooke Region Resource Inventory. This web site is intended to make it easy for citizens to find regional services--community, non-profit, and commercial. It will also link the public to the individuals, groups, businesses, and organizations that offer services within the region extending from Beecher Bay to Port Renfrew. There’s a community calendar showing events as well as society monthly meetings. nformation about community events may be submitted on line.
The listings on the Sooke Region Resource Inventory are provided and maintained by the groups themselves. To be included, an individual or group must be accessible to the majority of individuals at all income levels, and must directly support one or more of Canada’s twelve determinants of health. These are listed on www.sookeregionresources.com, and include, for example, health services, culture, social and physical environments, and education and literacy.
Groups that were part of the 2006 & 2008 Community Health Inventories are included, and will receive annual reminders to update their information. Groups interested in joining the inventory may submit a registration request on the site. Each organization will receive a password to allow them to log on and update their information as necessary. Each year CHI, the initiator of the project, will appoint an administrator to oversee the site, deal with any issues, review entries for appropriateness, solicit additional organizations and remove obsolete listings.
The Sooke Region Community Resource Inventory is a result of the 2006 Community Health Information Project (CHIP). In questionnaires and a public meeting, members identified youth, food security, transportation, and better access to community resources as community priorities. The Vancouver Island Health Authority funded an initial inventory of health resources in 2006. The District of Sooke funded an update in 2008 and provides an annual stipend to develop and maintain the resource inventory as well as the “Where to find Help in the Sooke Region” brochure. In January 2010, CHI chose Pixel Sweatshop to design and develop the site, and six community members have worked since then to define the parameters, content, and organization of the site.
Features on the site include a community calendar and a searchable database of local organizations. There is also a list of the twelve determinants of health, as well as a link to additional information. Whether you represent a group or organization who might want to be listed, or a member of the public looking for services in our region, please check out this local site.