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Equity in action: How leaders can champion inclusive policymaking

Join BCHC for a webinar designed for local government officials, staff, and regional health authorities on the implementation of an equity lens across all policies, programs, and planning processes....

BCHC website integrates PlanH program

BC Healthy Communities and PlanH have amalgamated their two websites under one domain name – bchealthycommunities.ca – to simplify access to resources and strengthen local health initiatives. The...

On-demand webinar: Join our 2023 Age-friendly communities grants info session

With our 2023 Age-friendly grants now open for application, we are offering an online infosession to answer questions and help applicants sort through the application process. Register here to join...

2023 Age-friendly Grants are open

Grant Details Community grant funding aimed at helping B.C. seniors lead independent, active lives (see details) opened on June 1, 2023. Local and Indigenous governments and communities can submit...

2023 Healthy Communities Fund application deadline extended to May 15

The application deadline for the 2023 PlanH Healthy Communities Fund has been extended to May 15. This extension offers an opportunity for more communities to apply for and access funding to support...

Webinar video: Climate Change and Well-being: Building Resilience Through Social Connectedness

In a one-hour webinar, SFU Assistant Professor Dr. Kiffer Card, a behavioural epidemiologist, social ecologist, and health services researcher, examines how socio-ecological forces relate to mental...

Age-friendly Communities Grants 2023 Anticipated Soon

The 2023 Age-friendly Communities grants are anticipated soon. The intake for applications is planned to open in early summer. If interested, local and Indigenous governments can get a head start by...

2023 Healthy Communities Grants now open

The 2023 PlanH Healthy Communities Grants are now open for application. The grants, administered by BC Healthy Communities, are offered across two funding streams: Community Connectedness and...

Creating Healthy Public Policy Webinar – Navigating the Public Policy Pathway

Our Local Government Leaders Speaker Series on Creating Healthy Public Policy is supported by PlanH, a collaboration between BC Healthy Communities Society and the BC Ministry of Health. This...

The importance of using an equity lens in age-friendly communities planning

The diversity of the B.C. population cultivates connections and celebrates cultures, experiences, and life paths that combine to create connected and resilient communities. However, these...

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BC Healthy Communities is a province-wide not-for-profit organization that facilitates the ongoing development of healthy, thriving and resilient communities. We provide a range of resources, programs, funding and fee-for-service offerings that support multi-sectoral groups to collaborate around a shared vision for a common purpose.

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We offer a range of services that reflect our interdisciplinary team’s expertise in planning, public health, and community engagement. Our service model is not linear – rather, it reflects the continuous process of improving and strengthening community health and well-being through policy and programs.

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PlanH supports local governments creating healthier communities through funding, resources, learning opportunities and leading practices for healthy public policy.

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The BC Age-friendly Communities Program provides funding, resources and capacity-building supports to help Indigenous and local governments, as well as other partners, build communities where older adults are supported to age-in-place, living active, socially engaged, independent lives.

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The goal of the pilot is to support more students to walk, bike and scoot to and from school.The pilot will test adapted materials from existing evidence-based Active School Travel Programs in a small cohort of B.C. school communities.

Learn more about the Active School Travel Pilot Program.

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