Describes community-based strategies and initiatives to reduce poverty, including measures related to poverty and low income and strategies directed at early childhood development. Poverty reduction strategies from various communities are examined.– Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement
Offers local authorities, health practitioners, and politicians an introduction to the asset model approach and principles and gives examples of how it is being used in England. It also outlines a set of coherent and structured tools that put asset model principles into practice. – Improvement and Development Agency
Open Space (Technology) is a simple way to run productive meetings for five to 2000 people and a powerful approach to self-directed leadership and engagement in any organization or community setting. – Open Space World
Island Health is looking to partner with local government, community organizations and Aboriginal communities through their Community Wellness Granting Program. The program is available to groups doing work related to population health and health and wellness, and is a chance for Island Health to collaborate with community partners to positively influence individual and community well-being….
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 applications for 2023 grants to BCHC starting June 1, 2023, and closing July 28, 2023. These governments may apply for a Stream 1 grant for as much…
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 reviewing past application materials to learn about grant streams and criteria. The 2022 Application Guide is a good example of what to expect for…
Local and Indigenous governments across the province have been awarded $500,000 in grants and additional customized supports through the Age-friendly Communities Grant Program for 13 Plans and 12 Projects that improve community age-friendliness. The Age-friendly Communities Grant Program is being newly administered by BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC) in partnership with the Ministry of Health…
Amanda Dodaro is BC Healthy Communities’ Public Health Practicum Student. Canada’s population is aging and by 2037, the number of Canadians 65 years and older is predicted to be approximately 10.4 million. Over the next 20 years, this group is forecasted to grow by 68%. These statistics highlight the fact that it is becoming increasingly…
Since 2007, the B.C. Ministry of Health’s Age-friendly Communities program has supported local governments, and since 2018 First Nations, across the province to develop policies, programs, and services that allow older adults to age-in-place, creating Age-friendly Communities. Now, as the Ministry’s longtime partner in the program, since 2011, BC Healthy Communities (BCHC) will take on…
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) serves 25% of British Columbia’s population, or over 1 million people, across Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area. Its coverage area spans urban settings like Vancouver and Richmond, as well as rural communities on the central coast like Bella Bella, and includes 14 Indigenous communities. Through its Collaboration Agreements, VCH…