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CANADA | Nov 20, 2024

[Article] Seniors for Climate Project Update

The collaboration of the SPEC & Suzuki Elders as the BC HUB for Seniors for Climate was a remarkable and energizing success. The national pan-Canadian campaign to motivate seniors to organize in their own locations and speak up for climate action achieved very positive results and the BC campaig

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CRA is launching a new grant program for organizations that host free tax clinics

Every tax season, community organizations partner with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Revenu Québec to offer free tax clinics. This is made possible through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Pr

More support for friendship centres benefits urban Indigenous peoples during pandemic

Indigenous peoples living in urban areas are receiving increased supports to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through new provincial funding for friendship centres throughout B.C. Friend

Letters, phone calls and meals: How people in Metro Vancouver have pivoted to help isolated seniors

Taken from the CBC article: Letters, phone calls and meals: How people in Metro Vancouver have pivoted to help isolated seniors.  Since March, when a state of emergency was declared in B.C. due to

Seniors Party Bus adapts to COVID-19 with a Christmas Dinner Drop Off (Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows)

In the past, Community Services' (Maple Ridge) Active Aging Program, aka Seniors Party Bus, has held a Christmas dinner for seniors in their program and community. Unfortunately, the Active Aging

Funding Opportunity: Navigation and Peer Support Programs - Healthy Aging by United Way

Healthy Aging by United Way (HAUW) is excited to launch our new Navigation and Peer Support (NPS) granting stream which is focused specifically on the gaps in information and referral (I&R) servic

United Nations General Assembly declares 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing

14 December 2020 - The United Nations General Assembly today declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing. The UN Resolution follows recent endorsement of the Decade by the World Health Assembly,

Towards a UN convention on the rights of older people

From HelpAge International: Ageism, discrimination and denial of rights in older age continue to be tolerated across the world. We need a convention on the rights of older people: Existing human ri

Canada Revenue Agency is looking for organizations and volunteers to host free tax clinics!

Did you know that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) counts on over 3,500 organizations and 18,000 volunteers every year to host free tax clinics? By signing up to host or to volunteer at a free tax clin

Older and Wiser - Be proactive in managing these cold winter months

It is winter again in the Lower Mainland, and with the season comes dreary rain, perhaps a little snow at times, biting wind and cold. Every winter, seniors are at an increased risk of depression, is

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