News & resources from BCHC – March 2026 Building Healthy Communities together Vernon is rewriting the map for older adults and dementia caregivers Vernon is embedding age- and dementia-friendly principles into its Official Community Plan – shaping every new building, sidewalk and public space to support indepen-dence, accessibility, and social inclusion for older adults. READ…
News & resources from BCHC – February 2026 Building Healthy Communities together How Salmon Arm built an anti-racism strategy through collaboration Join a PlanH webinar on February 25 to learn practical strategies for relationship building, creating inclusive partnerships, working respectfully with Indigenous and newcomer voices and embedding lived experience into policy development. READ MORE Sign…
News from BCHC – January 19, 2026 Building Healthy Communities together Age-friendly Communities grants are open for application! Community grant applications that support older adults in B.C. to live independently and stay active are now open. Local and Indigenous governments, organizations, and communities can apply to BC Healthy Communities (BCHC) for funding of up…
News & resources from BCHC – January 2026 Building Healthy Communities together 2026 Age-friendly Communities grants to open soon AFC Grants open Jan. 19, 2026, for local and Indigenous governments to support older adults’ independence and engagement through age-friendly projects and plans. READ MORE Sign up for an AFC webinar on emergency preparedness Learn how our speakers improved local emergency preparedness in their B.C. communities. READ MORE READ FULL REPORT Working Together for Public…
News & resources from BCHC – December 2025 Building Healthy Communities together Sign up for an AFC webinar on emergency preparedness Learn how inclusive, age-friendly and Indigenous-guided strategies can improve local emergency preparedness across B.C. communities. READ MORE READ MORE Lumby seniors dig into food, friendship and community solutions Lumby’s Seniors Wellness and Food Fair offered a free air-fryer demo, live music, and showcased how food and community powerfully unite seniors,…
News & resources from BCHC – October 2025 Building Healthy Communities together Watch our latest PlanH Webinar: Creating attainable housing through innovative land use planning Missed our recent PlanH webinar? It’s now on YouTube! Learn how innovative land use planning can unlock more attainable housing across B.C., with insights from Steven Collyer (City of Penticton) and Erika Sagert (BCNPHA). READ MORE Learn more about affordable housing The 2025 Housing Central Conference, November 17-19…
Share your feedback on the Age-friendly Communities webinar We’d love to hear from you! If you attended the Age-friendly Communities webinar – From Policy to Practice: Making Transportation Work for Older Adults – please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your input will help us guide future webinars. TAKE THE SURVEY WATCH THE AFC WEBINAR VIDEO BC Healthy Communities Society 301 – 3450 Uptown Boulevard, Victoria, BC V8Z 0B9 You’re receiving this email because you subscribed to…
News & resources from BCHC – May 2025 Building Healthy Communities together 2025 PlanH Healthy Communities grants open May 12 Applications for the 2025 PlanH Healthy Communities Grants open May 12 and close July 7. Join our May 29 info session at 2:30 pm to learn more about the Community Connectedness and Healthy Public Policy streams. Register here to ask questions and get support. READ MORE & REGISTER REGISTER Sign up for an age-friendly webinar Join us June 4 at 10:30 am for a free webinar…
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