Understanding the Early Years

An initiative of PLAY (Partnership in Learning and Advocacy for Young Children), the Understanding Early Years (UEY) project enables communities to use local research to increase understanding of the needs of young children, their families, and the community factors and resources that influence children’s development before the age of 6.

See www.playvictoria.org for more information on PLAY and the UEY project..

The Early Years Community Appreciation Awards

The Early Years Community Appreciation Awards are an opportunity for parents and care-providers of children aged six and under to inform the UEY project about the things in their communities that they believe support them and their children.

The topic areas the awards center on are:

• parks
• free services,
• sources for parenting information,
• family friendly restaurants/cafes
• places to connect with parents
• family friendly work places

Each topic area and the information collected from the parents, feeds into current and proposed research and communications activities. Click here for more information

UEY Resources

	UEY Early Years Reports (2008) In January 2008, seven Early Years Reports containing baseline information on child development for each municipality in BC's Capital Region were released. Click below to view the reports.
	Esquimalt View Royal Early Years Report
	Gulf Islands Early Years Report
	Oak Bay Early Years Report
	Peninsula Early Years Report
	Saanich Early Years Report
	Victoria Early Years Report
	Westshore Early Years Report
	Child Care Information Action Project: 2007 Report on Child Care in the Capital Region (2007) The research for this report involved 28 stakeholders and obtained data on staffing and recruitment of child care workers/early childhood educators, child care spaces, and funding to the child care sector.
	Learn more about PLAY and the UEY project via PLAY's website, www.playvictoria.org.