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CANADA | Jan 15, 2025
[News] FortisBC's Energy Conservation Assistance Program: Community Partners Offer
FortisBC's Energy Conservation Assistance Program: Community Partners Offer (ECAP CPO) works to reduce utility bills within income-qualified households while also providing an honoraria to social service organizations that help our program thrive. In this way households can achieve a higher-level of
READ MOREIn the midst of high job vacancies and historically low unemployment, Canada faces record retirements from an aging labour force: number of seniors aged 65 and older grows six times faster than children 0-14
A person's age is closely related to the goods they consume and the services they need. For example, a young adult may be thinking about buying their first home or purchasing goods and services to mee
Celebrating Caregiver Awareness Month 2022
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The month of May marks Family Caregiver Awareness Month! Each year, caregiver support organizations across Canada celebrate this important month with our Caregiver Aware 2022 campaign. This ye
Statistics Canada: Charitable donors, 2020
Total donation amounts reported by tax filers increased to close to $10.6 billion (+2.7%) in 2020, while the total number of donors decreased (-0.6%), continuing the decline that started in 2011. T
COURAGE conversation circles
The COURAGE team is interested in hosting a conversation circle (focus group) with 6-8 participants from BC. Compensation will be provided.
If your organization is interested in helping to facilitate
COURAGE: Action for Better Aging survey
What is COURAGE? COURAGE: Action for Better Aging initiative is a social movement for change to reimagine aging where older adults have choice, independence and quality of life. COURAGE is building a
Volunteer BC's National Volunteer Week Photo Contest
Send us photos that showcase the spirit of BC Volunteers – their empathy, compassion and generosity during these challenging times.Â
Don’t have any photos – send a screenshot of your virtual a
Ground-breaking new partnership brings vital support to BC’s non-profit sector at a critical time
Vancouver Foundation is proud to partner with the Government of BC, United Way BC, and New Relationship Trust to mobilize more than $34 million over the next three years for community organizations
Government of Canada announces affordable high-speed Internet to help connect low-income families and seniors
Canadians need access to high-quality Internet services at affordable prices. Through the Connecting Families initiative, the Government of Canada, in partnership with 14 Internet service providers
B.C. seniors struggling to find home care services in their native tongue
Article originally published at: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-seniors-struggling-to-find-home-care-services-their-native-tongue/
Lam Lai Han thought she would ha
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