Imagine being:

a Parent, needing to find appropriate community resources
a Newcomer, isolated and alone
a Grandparent, raising your grandchild
a Child, needing space to explore and grow
a Family, needing community

Imagine an inclusive, inviting second home and a one-stop shop for supports and services that helps families to be resilient, healthy and connected to their community.

In 2020, our communities have faced incredibly difficult times and the Family Hub has pivoted, and pivoted again to serve our families in need. Because of the pandemic, vulnerable families have moved to crisis situations and once stable families are struggling and becoming fragile.

Since March of 2020, our referrals for families have increased a staggering 327%! With your support, we are addressing major issues including food security, life essential needs, housing, employment, childcare, family finances and mental health.

Thank you for being a part of supporting vulnerable kids and their parents by helping them get connected to the resources they need.

Welcome to the Central Okanagan Family Hub

A Place for Kids and their Folk

The Family Hub is a safe space for all vulnerable families that is made possible through a team effort of community partners, funders, supporters and parents working together. It was started in 2016 in response to research that identified a significant need and gap in our community. Community leaders from schools, community organizations and child-serving agencies gathered together and imagined the dream of the Family Hub, then worked together to create that space.

The Family Hub offers a barrier-free, child-friendly, welcoming and culturally inclusive space for families, with children 0-12 years of age, throughout the Central Okanagan. It addresses loneliness and isolation, fear and distress and is a haven for vulnerable families. It helps schools in addressing social issues and concerns for their at-risk families and frees the child to expand their learning opportunities because their family is supported.