Services For Seniors - Provided by Volunteers

Financial, Home Health Care, Services for Seniors, Social / Recreational, and Transportation

Provided by Capital City Volunteers

Volunteers provide support, leisure and educational services to seniors 65 years of age and older living in the City of Victoria.
Capital City Volunteers provide support to low-income seniors ($35,000 or less for an individual, $45,000 or less for a couple) age 65+ to live independently in their own home. Services include:
  • Outreach: Outreach workers provide information about resources in the City of Victoria, provide information about programs operating out of James Bay Community Project, link and refer seniors to the right programs.

  • Volunteer Delivered Services: CCV has a roster of dedicated volunteers who can assist with tasks including in-home friendly visits, walking, light gardening, reading and writing assistance, computer support, income tax preparation, organizing assistance, minor home repairs, dog walking, medical and errand transportation

  • Light House Keeping Services: The Better at Home Light House Keeping Program supports seniors 65+ in the municipality of Victoria and Oak Bay to remain living independently at home. This program offers two hours of service once a month. Cleaning services include full clean of bathroom, basic clean of kitchen, changing bed linens, garbage and recycling, vacuuming and/or cleaning of the floors throughout the home.
To be connected with the services offered by Capital City Volunteers, prospective participants must adhere to the intake process and agree to a home visit to be assessed for services. Seniors may self-refer. To make a referral for someone living anywhere in the Municipality of Victoria (other than James Bay), please fill out this referral form.

250-388-7844 ext. 310

Public email: info@capitalcityvolunteers.org

Website: https://capitalcityvolunteers.org

547 Michigan Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8V 1S5

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Self-referral
  • Health professional referral
  • Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
Referral Forms
Availability

Service area: Victoria + show cities

Service area cities: Victoria

Service Types Provided
Financial
Home Health Care
Services for Seniors
Social / Recreational
Transportation
Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided at home
  • Provides transportation

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