Our Timeline

QCEWS has a history of successfully completed project. The following project time lines are listed by the end date unless the project is ongoing. Ongoing projects are presently active and evolving. Each project is organized by one of our roundtables.

2024

2017-2024

UAQB is formed as a roundtable of QCEWS which acts much like a committee of the QCEWS board. UAQB began the Fitness for All project which has...

2023-Ongoing

Bob Rowe organizes and builds multi use green house as a demonstration project that can inform other QCEWS developments in this area.

2017-ongoing

Fitness for All is a program offered by QCEWS and its Universal Access Qualicum Beach (UAQB) roundtable...

2016-Ongoing

Into the Woods is the most recent ELCCO project. It has evolved from efforts to improve the availability of child care in our community...

2023-2024

QCEWS members have been able to participate in an 8 part training event run by Scale Collaborative. The program...

2023-2024

QCEWS is awarded a grant that provides several hours of professional organizational coaching to expand our funding streams...

2023

2017-2023

Bob Rowe, our videographer, has recorded many of the key moments from this year. He took videos of the opening of Into the Woods Childcare Studio...

2022-2023

QCEWS board initiates a role as Indigenous Liaison for QCEWS. This board member recently completed a Master’s Program in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous...

2023

QCEWS was at QB Family Day in May 2023 with the “I’d Love to Talk” lady from Parksville. We invited...

2022

2022

This project focused on addiction treatment and supported housing conceptual networking with a focus on abstinence and structured work environment growing food. This project is presently in hiatus.

2022

>QCEWS Social Connections Roundtable receives a grant from RDN for a pop up sun shelter with a host and signs inviting passers by to engage...

2022

QCEWS Social Connections Roundtable initiates the organizing of a Neighbourhood Garage sale including a fundraising table for Red Cross initiative...

2018-2022

We have been seeking interest from neighbourhood organizations, community groups and individuals to see if there...

2021-2022

Name change from Seniors Planning Group to Seniors Action Group. This is a collaboration between the QCEWS Social Connections Roundtable...

2021

2017-2021

This project involves raising money for two adapted bicycles to be used in the community by people and their caregivers. The experience of riding in these bicycles...

2018-2021

Qualicum Questers are group that operates independently but shares resources with QCEWS. The lead of the Community Wellness Roundtable...

2021

>With he help of QCEWS a group of concerned citizens form the St. Andrews Lodge Historical and Cultural Society in order restore a building of historical interest in QB.

2021

In 2021 children and parents made a video of their visit to long term care residents at Thanksgiving.

2021

In acknowledgement of the isolation experienced by long term care resident Intergenerational...

2020

2020

Classes offered in Bob Rowe's red barn for folks interested in hydroponics

2018-2021

This was a collaboration by the QCEWS Social Connections Roundtable, the Oceanside Seniors Planning Table and others to examine...

2020

This was a chance for the children to show off their Halloween costumes and to have some time to chat with residents.

2019-2020

The intention of this project was to engage and encourage teaching staff to integrate the United Nations' Sustainability Development Goals...

2019

2019

Completed in collaboration with the Qualicum Seniors Centre with the help of an RDN grant...

2018-2019

While family soccer has not restarted since Covid struck we have had great turnouts...

2018-2019

Musical Mentor is a not-for-profit community program that partners children ages 5 to 12 with volunteer student musicians from Kwalikum...

2019

Hydroponics project begins. Goal is to educate school children to grow their own food all year long through the use of hydroponics...

2018

2018

Knowing that regular visits to nursing homes provide companionship and support to residents, parents and children in this intergenerational...

2018

Motivated by a Request for Expression of Interest from the Town of Qualicum Beach for the old bus garage site, a community...

2017-2018

This concept began by seeking leadership and volunteers to advocate for children and youth...

2018

Searched for funding to support community gardens and gardening workshops to teach people to grow food...

2016-2018

Needs and resources data concludes there are ten community improvements that arise...

2017

2017

With the support of RDN’s Northern Community Economic Development Program, QCEWs provided leadership...

2017

The QCEWS Community Wellness Table is set up with a cross section of health and wellness practitioners...

2015-2017

Some Oceanside elementary students learned about growing local food through Root Bags...

2017

On Friday, June 23rd, 2017, UAQB walked/wheeled around the village with Mayor Teunis Westbroek to experience...