Annual report - Vancouver Society of Children`s Centres

Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres
Growing, Learning,
Sharing, Leading...
Annual Report 2015
From the Chair and
Executive Director
Board of
Directors
Dear Friends:
IAN ARCHAMBAULT
Product Manager, Adjacent Solutions
Moneris Solutions
As we looked back over the past year, we realized that much of what has contributed to
our success could be summed up in just a few simple, yet telling, words. As such, we have
selected “Growing, Learning, Sharing, Leading” as the theme for this year’s Annual Report.
MICHAELA BECKER
Senior Specialist, Program Management
BCLC
Much of what the Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres has achieved over the last 20+
years has been learned along the way. These lessons have helped shape VSOCC from just
a novel concept in 1994 to its current distinction as one of the premier non-profit child
serving agencies in BC. From our programs and services, to our governance structures,
to our management of the society’s finances; families and children have benefited from
a shared focus on continuous learning in our efforts to provide high quality services. We
strive each and every day to remain on the forefront of new and innovative ways to work
with children and families. As an agency dedicated to working with government, business
and community partners, VSOCC embodies the concept of sharing. It is through these
commitments we help children and families thrive and reach their full potential.
As we have learned, shared and led, we have also grown. From more programs and
services, to increasingly engaged and empowered staff and volunteers, to better financial
strength, VSOCC is a great example of the powerful impact generated by many partners
working together, growing, learning, sharing, and leading; ultimately turning words
into action.
For all that we have achieved this year, we remain humbled by the trust and support that
we have from so many.
MICHAEL BISHOP
Director of Asset Management
Low Tide Properties Ltd.
RAEWYN BREWER (Vice Chair)
Lawyer
Watson
BOB ESTEY
Vice President Development
Ledingham McAllister
MARCUS EWERT-JOHNS (Secretary)
Regional Vice President
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
BOB GAUTAMA (Treasurer)
Vice President, Programs
Certified Management Accountants Society of
British Columbia
DAVID GIBBONS (Chair)
Managing Principal,
Korn Ferry
JAIME LUX
Assistant Vice President
Plenary Group
WARREN SCHMIDT
Architect
Acton Ostry Architects Inc.
A heartfelt thank you to each of you!
Sincerely
ALISHA SCICHILONE
Director, Human Resources
Ledcor Industries Inc.
Sandra Menzer
David Gibbons
Executive Director
Chair: Board of Directors
KIM STEGER
Project Coordinator,
Accreditation & Patient Experience
Provincial Health Services Authority
SANDRA MENZER (Executive Director)
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About VSOCC
The Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres (VSOCC) has been serving families with young children since 1995. In partnership with
many others, we have worked to create a vibrant community for families in the downtown peninsula of Vancouver.
Today, VSOCC is the largest single-purpose organization providing non-profit child care in British Columbia, and is one of the largest
providers of infant & toddler care in western Canada.
Vision
We believe that young children and families are healthiest and most resilient when they are actively connected to, and positively
engaged in their community. In partnership with other service providers, we are committed to creating Neighbourhood Hubs which
offer a full range of services for families and are closely linked to elementary schools where:
1. Children can grow in healthy ways and are able to move towards their potential-physically, intellectually, creatively, socially
and emotionally.
2. Families are safe and feel safe as they play, work and learn.
3. Children, parents, and other caregivers have diverse opportunities to play, learn, and interact together.
4. Parents can easily access the resources they need to support the healthy development of their children.
5. Parents are able to contribute through work, play and learning, knowing that their children are safe and well-cared for.
6. Employers can access and maintain skilled workforces with high levels of productivity and morale.
7. Everyone is actively committed to investing in high quality childhood education, child care, and family services.
Mission
VSOCC is a non-profit society that designs, develops and delivers an integrated and comprehensive continuum of child and family
services that reflect community, family and children’s values, needs and interests.
Centres
School Agers : 112
Atelier Children’s Centre
396-825 Homer Street
Bayshore Gardens Children’s Centre
200-581 Cardero Street
Dorothy Lam Children’s Centre
188 Drake Street
Elsie Roy Elementary School
150 Drake Street
International Village Children’s Centre
680 Abbott Street
Library Square Children’s Centre
301 & 401-345 Robson Street
Pender Street Children’s Centre
100-1140 W. Pender Street
Quayside Children’s Centre
1011 Marinaside Crescent
Sapphire Children’s Centre
1170 W. Pender Street
112
School
agers
Sea Star Children’s Centre
1451 Homer Street
Shaw Tower Children’s Centre
505-1067 W. Cordova Street
3 - 5 Year Olds : 846
The Junction Children’s Centre
1059 Main Street
846
3 to 5 year olds
693
3 months 3 year olds
3 Months -
The Mark Children’s Centre
100-1362 Seymour Street
WEST Village Children’s Centre
131 West 2nd Avenue
Upcoming Centres:
International Village Elementary School
55 Expo Boulevard
1398 Richards Street
1,651 Children
1.5 Million
Child Care Hours 3 - 5 Year Olds
School Agers
3 Months - 3 Year Olds
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Growing, Learning, Sharing, Leading
These are the words that empower us to develop – and sustain – meaningful relationships, connecting with our families, with our
children and with our many partners. Each word is immersed in our culture and this past year saw us seize many opportunities to
grow, learn, share and lead. We are pleased to share our accomplishments with you.
GROWING
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces
working together.”- James Cash Penney
With the support and dedication of many others we:
•
worked with the City and Executive Group to open our WEST Village Children’s
Centre - our first centre in the Village at False Creek
•
built gardens, grew vegetables and flowers in our centres and in neighbouring
community gardens
•
We are so
grateful to VSOCC for the
care provided to Frederik over the
last 4 years. He has flourished and we
are so appreciative of the fact that we were
able to go to work knowing our son was in
good hands, needless to say, the peace of mind
is immeasurable. In addition to the care
provided, we have been very impressed with
the VSOCC organization as a whole. It is
very organized, very well run, and every
person we’ve come into contact with has
been helpful and knowledgeable….
- Larissa Rutquist
expanded our After School Social Leadership program working with the King
George Family of Schools Team
•
worked with the Vancouver School Board and the City on the final
design of the community and school age program space for the new
International Village Elementary School
•
are working with the City and Onni on our new centre at 1396 Richards
Street
•
developed more partnerships in our new neighbourhood
•
involved more parents and community members – in formal working
groups, in sharing their skills in the technology area, in food programs,
and in developing our sustainability plan, as just a few examples
•
spent time improving our administration and finance systems to be even
VSOCC has
partnered with Gordon
Neighbourhood House for many,
many years. Together we work to
support the needs of families in our
community. Collaboration is in
VSOCC’s DNA and we couldn’t be more
proud of the work that we do together!
Paul M. Taylor
Executive Director
Gordon Neighbourhood House
more efficient
•
focused on developing a formal strategic plan for the future of VSOCC
We have to say, as it’s
been quite a few years that
we’ve been with VSOCC, that it’s
like giving up a security blanket!!
Please know that all the people who
have taken care of Connor over the
years have been just amazing. Cannot
imagine how we could have done
the last 9 years without you! So
thank you to everyone.
- Nadine Nickull
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LEARNING
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about
something.”- Thomas Huxley
Our commitment to quality meant that:
•
our staff completed over 5,000 hours of “in-service”
training – we offered 41 training sessions, 2 professional
development days, a leadership and administrative series
for supervisors/managers, and we piloted an “acting
supervisor” training series
•
we worked with the University of Victoria to prepare a
quality enhancement research proposal and to create a new
parent satisfaction survey
•
we updated our program policies and procedures to reflect
our new curriculum/philosophy and we developed new
SHARING
“Our best thoughts come from others.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We value our work with others and have committed to sharing
our learnings by:
•
range of non-profits and local governments by providing
reflection tools to assist staff in reviewing their programs
•
we developed a Sustainability Vision and Action Plan
•
we focused on mentoring, coaching and succession
design/development services and start-up/operating advice
•
process and developing a new Governance Manual
•
impacts of social and emotional learning
•
that could measure service quality in programs that are
Leadership Club
•
designs for the ground floor playgrounds at our Dorothy
we completed a United Way Success by 6 Project that
focused on family engagement practices for early childhood
educators, which resulted in new approaches for program
orientation, an updated family handbook and a new way of
supporting families/children through their transitions into
our Partnership for a Greener Future brought together
designers, contractors and planners to collectively finish the
using the Early Learning Framework
•
sharing staff, combined resources and spaces with the King
George Family of Schools Team for our After School Social
we completed a City of Vancouver/Vancouver Foundation
research project to explore evaluation tools and processes
hosting a Heart - Mind Forum (48 participants) to share the
growing body of research which demonstrated the positive
planning which has resulted in staff moving into supervisory
positions, our Board developing a new board recruitment
using our expertise, our consulting business supported a
Lam Children’s Centre
•
growing connections between centres/families
•
compiling and distributing 4 calendars last year which
showed all of the Downtown and West End family programs
programs
•
the Board and Management team committed to developing
a new Diversity and Inclusion policy which started with a
workshop that explored diverse approaches to diversity
•
we focused on preparation and planning for Kindergarten
by offering parent workshops and enhanced learning
opportunities for the children
Thank you so
much for everyone at
VSOCC. We feel so fortunate
for Olivia to have been in this
program. She has learned so much
and have felt so loved. She is
excited to go to Kindergarten but
will dearly miss all her teachers.
- Nicolette Kirkpatrick
235 Staff
590 Volunteers
(gave 9,000+ hours)
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LEADING
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren G. Benis
With a focused commitment to working with others, we were in the fortunate position to provide leadership to:
•
The Downtown/West End Service Providers Planning Table which has just completed a two year coordinated action plan with a
focus on successful transitions into Kindergarten and into Grade 8. We coordinated the annual Ready, Set, Learn Community
Event and have implemented a number of shared activities.
•
The development of the Olympic Village Planning Table for Families, Children and Youth which hosted a community open house,
completed a parent needs assessment, successfully secured project funding from the United Way Success by 6 and is now
working on a formal action plan.
•
The Vancouver Child Care Administrators Network which has prioritized coordinated training, sharing key operating policies like
emergency planning and exploring innovative practices.
•
Research initiatives including a family engagement practices project and the exploration of quality assessment tools.
We were members of the:
•
BC Provincial Child Care Council, an advisory body to the Minister of Children and Family Development
•
Vancouver Joint Civic Child Council
•
Vancouver Windows of Opportunity Coalition
We can’t thank you
enough for the excellent
care and love provided to all our
children over the past 4 years. It’s
such an important time in their life and it
fills my heart with joy to see them happy,
thriving and being able to make friendships
and strong connections with their teacher
and their peers. ….You all have so much
passion and love for what you do and it
has been a wonderful experience to
be part of the VSOCC family.
- Anja Rodig
We were honoured to be nominated by some of our families for two awards – The
City of Vancouver Award of Excellence and the BC Council for the Families - Carol
Matusicky Distinguished Service to Families Award. In addition we were presented
with the May is Child Care Month Proclamation from the City of Vancouver at an
event that 60 of our children attended.
It has been a great
pleasure to work with the
VSOCC team on developing
partnerships and implementing
programs in the Olympic Village. We
were really impressed with their ability
to quickly convene the service providers
and collate the data for our planning –
and in less than a year, together,
we’ve accomplished much!
- Jocelyne Hamel
Executive Director, Mount Pleasant
Neighbourhood House
As VSOCC continues to evolve, we remain steadfast in our commitment to Grow, Learn, Share and Lead
with a goal of empowering children and families to reach their full potential.
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Financials
Financial Operations for the Year Ended March 31, 2015
REVENUE
EXPENSES
Grants
17.9%
Program Fees
78.7%
Program Supplies
& Equipment
3.7%
Salaries &
Benefits
86.8%
Gaming
1.9%
Fundraising
& Other
1.5%
Facilities
6.6%
Office &
Other
2.9%
$9,326,295
$9,273,718
Financial Position at March 31, 2015
1%
ASSETS
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
10%
2%
17%
18%
39%
80%
0.21%
2%
31%
Cash
1,160,117
Accounts Payable & Accruals
565,349
Accounts Receivable
243,857
Deferred Revenue
444,832
Prepaid Expenses
13,579
Deferred Contributions related to capital assets
32,520
Capital Assets
35,624
Invested in Capital Assets
3,104
Total Assets
1,453,177
Internally Restricted Net Assets
263,275
Unrestricted Net Assets
144,097
Total Liabilities & Net Assets
1,453,177
VSOCC’s audited financial statements were completed by Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co.
A copy of the 2015 audited financial statements is available upon request.
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Thank you to our partners, donors and funders!
Bart Vanstaalduinen
Over
$530,000
in donations,
in-kind or
discounted
services.
Brenda Yun Chen
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Chris Thom
Kailo Kritzinger
Christina Leung
Dorinha Jeans Wear
Kateryna Visotskii
Karen Wong
Mary Childs
Just Imagine….Fun Clothing
Lisa Maihara
Pacific Breeze Winery
PD Group Interior Design Ltd
Mr Mikes Steakhouse Casual
Telus
Securiguard Services
Richmond Go-Kart Track
Raven Song Community Health Centre
Travesia Partners
Stonz Wear
Three Bridges Community Health Centre
The Dirty Apron Cooking School & Delicatessen Inc.
Tompkins, Wozny, Miller & Co.
Westend Community Centre
Vancouver Community College
King George Secondary School
Vancouver Society
of Children’s Centres
200-1362 Seymour Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3P3
Phone: 604-718-6555 l Email: info@vsocc.org
Website: www.vsocc.org