The Results of Your Generosity

Health and Social Development

A list of Health and Social Development projects funded by Vancouver Foundation and our donors in 2012 Health and Social Development About Vancouver Foundation’s Health and Social granting programs Development Advisory Committee In 2012, we re-introduced two granting cycles—Spring Ida Goodreau, Chair and Fall—and distributed over 300 grants totalling more Bowen Island than $9 million. We received hundreds of proposals for Ranjana Basu many worthwhile projects. Unfortunately, we cannot Shawnigan Lake fund them all. Overwhelming demand limits our funding to less than 25 per cent of requests. Darrell Burnham Vancouver Over 150 volunteer experts from the community — Vickie Cammack scientists, academics, youth, researchers and front-line Vancouver staff — volunteer their time to help us make informed decisions. They share with us their expertise and intimate David Eby knowledge of the issues, the needs of the community, Vancouver and the organizations active in their fields. Thanks Manpreet Grewal to them, our donors can be assured that Vancouver Abbotsford Foundation is supporting the most worthwhile and effective projects in communities throughout the Anne Kloppenborg province. Burnaby Denise Mann The grants in the following pages have been made Richmond possible through the generosity of Vancouver Foundation fundholders and donors – many present-day, and many Jean McRae of whom have long since passed, but who had the Victoria foresight to establish an endowment that could address Andrea Reimer priority needs. Also, during each grant cycle, we provide Vancouver our active fundholders and donors an opportunity to preview the project proposals we receive from the Dr. Helena Swinkels community. Through our Book of Opportunities, many Surrey donors have chosen to support projects using their Vancouver Foundation fund or by making an additional donation.

On behalf of the community, and all those whose lives have been improved by the myriad of projects, we thank the generous donors who made this possible.

More information on Vancouver Foundation’s projects and initiatives in 2012 can be found in The Results of Your Generosity: www.vancouverfoundation.ca/rog

1 Health and Social Development

Health and Social Development supports projects that will enhance and improve the broad determinants of health within communities, as outlined by the Public Health Agency of Canada—in particular, projects that help to mitigate the effects of poverty. Through health and social development grants, we support projects in British Columbia that address:

• Quality of life: create innovative ways to work with people to improve quality of life and in particular those with the potential to create systemic change.

• Health and well-being: build the capacity of community agencies, communities, and volunteers working to advance the health and well-being of individual adults and families.

• Community collaboration: develop inter-agency cooperation, collaboration and dialogue; particularly projects that support public, private and social sector partnerships and those that bridge with other sectors of the community, like arts, environment, business, etc.

• A focus on issues: support issues and how they are approached; specifically issues identified by local citizens and volunteers in the neighbourhood and local community networks.

• Inclusiveness: welcome the presence and participation of groups who have been labeled, marginalized and isolated.

Through 2011 to 2014, the Health and Social Development Field is focused on two priority areas:

• Health and Wellness: projects that enhance community members’ ability to access and navigate systems of care and support. Successful projects in this area demonstrate impact at the individual level and present strategies for addressing common barriers.

• Belonging and Inclusion: projects that improve and/or develop community cohesion and connectedness across diverse communities.

Out of the 36 projects funded in 2012, more than half had a Vancouver Lower Mainland focus. The remaining projects were spread out across BC, with small concentrations of projects in the Okanagan, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. While the majority of projects targeted broad community development, at least 20% of projects were focused on seniors. For 2012, we saw a continuing trend in this field of interest towards seniors’ programs and services, and food systems related work. Navigating systems of care and support, and building networks within communities and agencies continue to be top issues within the Health and Social Development field.

Submissions Total dollars granted: received: Total projects 218 funded: $ Dollars requested: 36 1,414,104 $12,239,128

2 Project: Gardening for Health and Wellness - Development of Local Community Garden Sites Grant Received: $7,500 Location: Penticton In Penticton, the Food Bank has a food shortfall of 10,000 pounds, which hinders their ability to provide enough food to those who cannot provide it for themselves. Their goal is to make residents more self-reliant by establishing community gardens where people can grow their food, and provide a community kitchen where people can learn to preserve and prepare nutritional meals.

Organization: The Salvation Army - Penticton British Columbia Division aims to meet human needs and to be a transforming influence in communities. They offer services related to feeding people who need it, clothing people who need it and operate shelters for those who need it.

Project: Strengthening Aboriginal Women’s Project Grant Received: $91,000 Location: Prince George Aboriginal women who experience domestic violence often do not feel safe using available community services or know how to make their way through various bureaucratic systems that could support them in exiting domestic violence. This project will help Aboriginal women to make the transition to independent living and will create awareness of their cultural needs among the service providers by providing a case worker to support and advocate for Aboriginal women.

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Native Court worker and Counselling Association of British Columbia’s mission is to provide culturally appropriate justice services to Aboriginal people and their communities consistent with their needs throughout BC

Project: The Collaborative Research Project on Poverty in Surrey Grant Received: $25,000 Location: Surrey Consistent and authoritative data about poverty in Surrey is needed to enable common measurements, benchmarks and messages to bring about a collaborative response from all sectors of the community. Research findings will enrich community responses to poverty by better understanding poverty in Surrey, its significant effects and workable solutions. Working together to develop and implement an Action Plan will foster ongoing collaborative efforts. A collaborative community effort will bring about improved policies and programs that more effectively lift people out of poverty and enable measurement of the effectiveness of changes implemented.

Organization: Vibrant Surrey Poverty Reduction Society encourages and facilitates collaborative efforts to reduce poverty.

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Project: New City Market Phase III: PEOPLE, PLACE, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Grant Received: $55,000 Location: Vancouver Demand for locally-grown food is high, yet 50 per cent of all BC produce goes to waste due to a lack of direct-marketing infrastructure. The New City Market (NCM) Phase III: People, Place & Project Development will engage community, business and government stakeholders in the final planning stages of a local food hub for Vancouver. This project will increase opportunities for partnerships with key stakeholders, implement the NCM governance model, draft NCM site design, and build public awareness and support for a local food hub.

Organization: Your Local Farmers Market Society in partnership with Farm Folk/City Folk Society. Farm Folk/City Folk works to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. Your Local Farmers Market fosters local economic development through access to healthy, locally produced environmentally friendly food.

Project: Feasibility Study For Growing Food On School Board Lands Grant Received: $10,000 Location: Vancouver Food travels long distances often losing freshness, taste or nutrition. Schools struggle with sourcing and budget constraints. Farmers face high land costs, distribution problems and lack of buyers. This project will explore whether land could be used to meet some of Vancouver schools’ food needs. It will provide a thorough analysis of the issues that are raised by growing food on school board lands.

Organization: The Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) is a large, urban and multicultural school district that includes some of the most affluent and impoverished urban neighbourhoods in the country.

Project: Gabriola Commons Community Kitchen Grant Received: $10,000 Location: Gulf Islands Gabriola Island receives 95 per cent of its food off-island via two ferries. In an emergency, it is estimated that the Island would have food for only three days. Therefore, the community needs to grow and process more food locally. The Gabriola Commons Community Kitchen will provide a facility for processing and storing locally-grown food for community members as well as offer classes in cooking and food-safe techniques. It will also encourage awareness of the need to grow food.

Organization: Gabriola Commons Foundation is a community commons where sustainability, community and agriculture are interwoven for the benefit of the people of Gabriola Island in perpetuity.

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Project: ManTalk Grant Received: $10,175 Location: Burnaby ManTalk reduces social isolation and expands faltering support networks for men who are not able to independently change their own situations. It will make one-to-one connections with men in supported living residences, engage their participation in informal group settings and, with their input, develop more formalized activities. Extending this program to the eldercare facilities in our community will reduce the tragedy of social isolation and loneliness for vulnerable senior men.

Organization: Burnaby Seniors Outreach Services Society offers peer support for the emotional well-being of seniors.

Project: Palliative Care without Borders: Trail/Castlegar Augmented Response (TCARE) Project Grant Received: $50,000 Location: Okanagan Many rural BC residents cannot access integrated, high-quality palliative care when they face the end of their lives. Barriers exist that leave palliative patients unsupported during this vulnerable time. This project is creating a new model of care, focused on a cohesive team of local health care providers and volunteers in Trail and Castlegar, providing high-quality care, support and resources to palliative patients and their families.

Organization: UBC - Okanagan creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society. Their School of Nursing builds on this commitment to improve access to health care and enhance the quality of life for individuals, families and communities.

Project: Latin Seniors Outreach Project Grant Received: $38,646.74 Location: Vancouver Many seniors from the Spanish-speaking community face challenges such as language barriers, isolation, vulnerability and poverty issues due to immigration. Spanish-speaking seniors will reach out to isolated Spanish-speaking seniors and provide, social support, information and referrals. They will also give presentations in Spanish throughout metro Vancouver. Social connectedness, independence and active participation in Canadian society will increase among Spanish-speaking seniors due to their increased awareness and knowledge of services and programs.

Organization: South Granville Seniors Friendship Centre Society promotes health, well-being, and independent lifestyles for seniors in the area.

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Project: Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team: Women's Safety Patient Navigator Grant Received: $39,000 Location: Surrey The Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team is an interdisciplinary team of medical, legal and social service practitioners that provides 24-hour emergency crisis response to abused women and children. As a key member of the Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team, the Women’s Safety Patient Navigator addresses gaps within the health care system that limit access to critical medical care immediately after an assault. The Women’s Safety Patient Navigator plays a key role in the identification, screening, and treatment of domestic violence and sexual assault during a critical window of opportunity — the time between admittance to the emergency room and discharge from the hospital. Organization: Surrey Women’s Centre Society advocates for the safety and well-being of women and children fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other forms of family violence. Their primary focus area is to increase safety and support for multi-barriered women and children at- risk of serious bodily injury or death. Specifically, collaboration with medical, legal and social service agencies to address systemic barriers that limit access to critical resources in times of need.

Project: Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Network Hub Grant Received: $30,000 Location: Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks (NFN) are key food organizations that require increased capacity to help influence change on a city-wide level. Providing resources to help build the NFN movement, including organizational, communications, networking partnership and engagement capacity, will allow them to engage at higher levels of influence and further city-wide food security. A stronger NFN movement will help to achieve a healthier, accessible and more resilient food system across the city.

Organization: Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society is a large multi-service organization serving residents of Renfrew-Collingwood inequality.

Project: Pathways Out of Poverty Grant Received: $76,302 Location: Vancouver Pathways Out of Poverty is a collaboration between organizational stakeholders and immigrant women to positively address issues of personal and systemic exclusion. Immigrant mothers with young children find it difficult to participate meaningfully in community life and move into paid employment. Childcare issues, lack of confidence and skills are part of the problem. A new model involving mentorship, training and forums will build networks, skills and confidence for 80-100 immigrant mothers. A toolkit will be produced to use the model in other communities.

Organization: Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House working under the umbrella of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia is a volunteer-driven, community service agency that has been providing programs and services in Northeast Vancouver for over 40 years.

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Project: Developing the Hope in Shadows and Megaphone Vendor Program Grant Received: $80,000 Location: Lower Mainland People who are marginalized because of homelessness, economic deprivation and/or health issues experience social exclusion and are excluded from the labour force. By expanding the Hope in Shadows and Megaphone vendor program, and providing ongoing support to vendors, this project will employ homeless and low-income people while providing opportunities for training. Vendors will gain an increased income, new skills, self-confidence and opportunities for meaningful social connections. Employment and social inclusion will address some impacts of marginalization.

Organization: Hope in Shadows Inc. supports positive social change with projects that educate, train, employ and provide compassionate assistance to people impacted by poverty and marginalization.

Project: Through Seniors Eyes - Building a Tri-Cities Seniors Planning Network Grant Received: $15,000 Location: Metro Vancouver Seniors in the Tri-Cities area have few opportunities to understand and influence issues related to them. They are a diverse and growing group with needs for transportation, housing and support. The Tri-Cities Seniors Network will bring diverse seniors together with agencies and institutions that serve them to find seniors-led solutions and to provide a place for regional planning focused on large-scale impact. The outcome of the work will be coordinated services that address the issues seniors bring to the table as they move towards an age-friendly Tri-Cities.

Organization: Community Volunteer Connections brings communities together by promoting and creating meaningful volunteer engagement.

Project: Seniors for Seniors Project: Building a One-Stop Place for Westside Seniors Grant Received: $60,000 Location: Vancouver Social isolation is widespread among vulnerable seniors affected by reduced mobility, emotional distress and little support. The vision is to reduce barriers and enhance supports for healthy aging. This project will create a one-stop place on the Westside of Vancouver for local seniors and seniors with disabilities to easily connect with resources and inclusive programs that promote healthy living, independence and strengthen social support networks.

Organization: Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, a member of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia, has provided a variety of support and prevention services to newcomers, children, families, youth, seniors, women and community groups for over 35 years.

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Project: Sex Talk in the City Grant Received: $10,000 Location: Vancouver Studies indicate youth, parents, educators and caregivers lack comprehensive information about sexuality and their rights to live a safe, healthy and fulfilling sexual life. Sex Talk in the City is a museum-based installation (videography, public events, interactive exhibitions, outreach) that will be a powerful catalyst and learning tool for public education.

Organization: Vancouver Museum Society’s mission is to hold a mirror up to the city and lead provocative conversations about its past, present and future.

Project: Co-operative Elder Care Initiative Grant Received: $106,000 Location: British Columbia One of the most critical social issues facing Canadians is the nation’s rapidly aging demographic and the absence of affordable care for seniors. This project addresses the lack of high quality, affordable and responsive elder care to seniors and their families. By utilizing the tools and knowledge developed in this project, caregivers and community groups will greatly increase their capacity to provide alternative forms of elder care. The project also addresses the serious problem of isolation and loneliness faced by a growing number of seniors as well as the lack of support to their caregivers. Organization: Alberni-Clayoquot Continuing Care Society is partnered with the BC Co-op Association. The mission of the Continuing Care Society is to provide residential care services that meet the holistic needs of elderly citizens. The BC Co-op Association promotes the co-op model for economic and social development and assists communities in the development of new communities.

Project: Vancouver Rent Bank Grant Received: $90,000 Location: Vancouver The cost of renting in Vancouver is the second highest in Canada, contributing to the nearly 40 per cent of Vancouverites spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing. Rent banks are an innovative solution to prevent homelessness. Loans are for low-income singles, couples and families who are in temporary financial crisis and imminent danger of losing their housing. This project will prevent evictions, reduce costs to tenants and landlords, reduce burden on other systems of care, increase community integration and connections and enhance financial literacy for recipients.

Organization: Network of Inner City Community Services Society works to coordinate and deliver services to children, youth, families and individuals.

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Project: Community Woodworking Shop (Quonset Hut) and Community Kitchen (Bunkhouse) Grant Received: $16,400 Location: Central Vancouver Island The Discovery Islands are isolated. Social relationships and interactions are critical to health and even physical survival. There are few community (and no commercial) facilities for recreation or socializing. This project will transform an old school building and bunkhouse into a woodworking shop and community kitchen. An extensive renovation done with volunteer labour and mostly donated materials shows strong community support for this project. It will encourage social interaction, build relationships, facilitate more and larger community gatherings, improve nutrition and lower food costs. It will create a vibrant community hub and a healthier and safer community.

Organization: Surge Narrows Community Association promotes community spirit and good citizenship and provides educational and recreational opportunities, facilities and equipment for the community..

Project: The Galiano Club Community Food Program: The Way to Sustainability Grant Received: $11,000 Location: Gulf Islands The Galiano community has been divided by land use conflict and economic disparity, and affected by a lack of affordable housing, jobs and local services. The Food Program unites islanders in a common purpose. Building relationships and promoting food security have been key parts of the Program. This project will develop a comprehensive plan for a long-term sustainable social enterprise, including marketable products or services, as next steps to program sustainability.

Organization: The Galiano Club was founded in 1924 to enhance life on Galiano by encouraging social, recreational and educational activity.

Project: REACHing Out Grant Received: $15,000 Location: Sunshine Coast The Sunshine Coast is teeming with people who work tirelessly to solve crucial community issues, yet most are unaware that others are doing the same thing. REACHing Out provides a structured approach to connecting and diversifying community groups; first to the wider community for fresh insight and ideas and then to each other for project-planning and collaboration. It will produce a resource guide detailing the project plan leading to more diversity, connection and collaboration for community.

Organization: Deer Crossing - the Art Farm Society in partnership with Tides Canada Initiatives Society. Tides is dedicated to providing uncommon solutions for the common good by leading and supporting actions that foster a healthy environment and just Canadian society. Deer Crossing the Art Farm creates positive change through cutting edge arts and nature-driven programming.

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Project: The Surrey Rent Bank (SRB) - Housing Stability for Low Income Earners Grant Received: $25,000 Location: Metro Vancouver The Surrey Rent Bank helps low-income earners stay in their homes by providing loans for rental and/or hydro arrears. The Rent Bank helps to decrease homelessness and provides an increased sense of security for low-income earners and their families. Housing stability supports a healthy home and loan repayments are affordable and eventually help others in need. The Surry Rent Bank delivers 45+ loans a year and offers financial education as well.

Organization: Sources Community Resources Centres Society. The core purpose of Sources is to promote social wellness within the community by offering services to people living on low-income and by supporting people coping with isolation, addiction, disability, employment and conflict.

Project: New Voices, New Dialogues Grant Received: $60,000 Location: Delta There is a recognized need for a comprehensive network of organizations to increase social connections and inclusion for marginalized families, youth, seniors and people with disabilities. Collaborate Delta will work with organizations to identify innovative partnership practices to foster communication, share knowledge, and encourage collaboration to develop strategies for social connectedness.

Organization: Delta Community Collaborative Society in partnership with Deltassist Family and Community Services. Deltassist provides a range of social and community support services to Delta residents. Collaborate Delta! fosters collaboration between organizations to increase communication and effectively share services and resources.

Project: From Discord to Action: Cultivating Community Change around Seasonal Farm Work Grant Received: $31,680 Location: Okanagan There is ongoing discrimination and health and social issues related to the large influxes of temporary workers during the spring through the fall. Although the issues are long-standing, attempts to address them have been unsuccessful. This project will identify and encourage the stakeholders (communities, farmers and farm workers) to come together in a forum to work together and create an action plan. The result will be a more cohesive community where all stakeholders are involved in creating the change needed to address the most critical farm worker issues.

Organization: Penticton & Area Women's Centre in partnership with South Okanagan Women's Educational Society. Penticton & Area Women's Centre aims to achieve social and cultural equality in the South Okanagan Similkameen through the alleviation of poverty, violence and discrimination and promotion of cultural diversity

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Project: Making Quesnel Age-Friendly Grant Received: $21,300 Location: Cariboo / Chilcotin This project addresses the isolation of local seniors who face many barriers to accessing both services and activities. This demographic is growing and the community has not adapted to their needs. It will develop and implement several prioritized strategies to decrease these access barriers, including various workshops, age-friendly businesses and Adopt-a-Grandparent programs, publications and collaborative improved service processes.

Organization: North Cariboo Aboriginal Family Program Society offers several core and ongoing programs and works collaboratively with other agencies to develop and deliver additional programs and services that provide skills development and supports to help all families, children and the community.

Project: Survival Guide for Families, Survival Guide for Seniors Grant Received: $5,000 Location: Metro Vancouver This project will compile and raise awareness about information and resources to help seniors and families who are experiencing poverty. Making this information available will also create greater community awareness of the issue and possibly give rise to other collaborative community responses to poverty.

Organization: The Society for Community Development addresses issues by hosting dialogues, supporting collaborative tables, and building bridges to promote a resilient healthy community.

Project: Renfrew-Collingwood Intercultural Neighbourhood Development: Connecting Diversity Grant Received: $25,200 Location: Vancouver This project will increase the intercultural capacity of workers to engage diverse people in creating solutions through sharing and implementing strategies around common interests between different people and sectors. People, workplaces and communities will be enriched with diverse life and career skills and experiences, leading to personal growth and innovative approaches to creating more inclusive BC communities.

Organization: Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society is an intercultural, multiservice, and community development organization that is governed by the local neighbourhood. Its mandate is to develop and coordinate services and build a sense of community in Renfrew-Collingwood - one of the most diverse neighbourhoods of Vancouver.

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Project: Seniors Today: Building a Better Tomorrow, Phase Three Grant Received: $10,000 Location: North Shore This project will involve seniors and those who work with them to address the future needs of the growing population of seniors on the North Shore. It will set up Seniors Action Tables, led by seniors with participation from partners, to create plans and initiatives to influence policy-makers, businesses, government and organizations for future seniors-related planning. It will create a new mechanism for seniors-led, seniors-driven planning and action plans, initiatives and projects, with and for seniors to build an age-friendly community on the North Shore.

Organization: Lionsview Seniors' Planning Society aims to ensure that North Shore Seniors (55 plus) are able to live and age well in their own communities.

Project: A Sturdier Neighbourhood Fabric: Weaving Policy, People and Place Together Grant Received: $100,000 Location: Vancouver This project will more deeply connect diverse residents of Mount Pleasant to their local area, while increasing their capacity to positively influence the way in which the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood is developed. It will develop effective protocol for early engagement of local stakeholders by property developers; and create a toolkit to benefit multiple neighbourhoods and municipalities.

Organization: Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House under the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia. ANHBC umbrella is a community based, multi-service agency in operation since 1976. MPNH offers programs, services and community-based programs.

Project: Network for Belonging Grant Received: $75,000 Location: Vancouver This project will work with people who are brain-injured, drug and alcohol-addicted, and who have mental health issues. It will increase their sense of belonging through the development and implementation of the personal support network model across formal care communities. It will influence public policy to promote a networked care system. The outcome will be citizens who report increasing levels of belonging and inclusion, and personal support networks supported through public policy.

Organization: Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network promotes the leadership and participation of people with disabilities and their families in helping us to revitalize our community.

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Project: From the Heart: Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation Grant Received: $15,000 Location: British Columbia Through performance, this project will show the need to transform the difficult relationship between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal people in BC, Canada, and worldwide, and to challenge preconceived attitudes toward First Nations people/cultures. It will leverage the power of theatre to give a culturally diverse group of non-Indigenous youth, adults, and seniors a creative way to investigate, and then give voice to, their personal commitment to meaningful reconciliation with Aboriginal people.

Organization: Victoria International Development Education Association facilitates communication, cooperation and strategic networking among Canadian groups working for global justice, peace and sustainable development, linking local and international issues with community initiatives.

Project: maladjusted Grant Received: $15,000 Location: Metro Vancouver Through theatre, this project will shed light on how and why patient-centered mental health care is currently being compromised and will also aim to find solutions. An interactive play created and performed by caregivers and clients will stimulate a deep community dialogue on these issues. Audience suggestions will be gathered into a policy report to be used by agencies and government.

Organization: Theatre for Living Society (Headlines Theatre) creates the best theatre possible that functions as both a "true voice" of a community and also an aesthetic space in which community dialogue (not monologue) takes place about issues that lie beneath the surface. Headlines’ mission is to have the language of cultural activity become part of people’s everyday vocabulary so that Canadians can live in healthy communities.

Project: Leading the Way: A Province-Wide Peer Support Network for Women Living with HIV Grant Received: $60,000 Location: Vancouver Women living with HIV often experience discrimination due to a lack of knowledge and shame- based thinking about HIV. They also struggle finding health care sensitive to their needs. This project will support 30 women living with HIV to become peer mentors throughout BC. They will support other women and work with service providers to educate them on the unique needs of women and the role women can play in changing society’s beliefs and responses to HIV.

Organization: Positive Women's Network Society provides education, support and resources for women living with HIV in BC and for service providers in health and social services across the country.

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Project: Groundswell: Grassroots Economic Alternatives Grant Received: $70,000 Location: Vancouver Young people are the most disconnected and isolated group in Vancouver, a social and economic alienation that is often expressed as a suspicion of community and a reluctance to establish roots. Groundswell will train low-to-moderate income and immigrant youth to build and run cooperatives, social enterprises, non-profits and other independent projects. They will link graduates in a network of ongoing support and development. The first year will graduate a minimum of 22 youth with the skills to develop and run viable enterprises.

Organization: Groundswell Education Society in partnership with Arts in Action Society Purple Thistle. Arts in Action addresses issues of public interest through the use of the arts as an educational tool. Groundswell will link those projects into a community of support and mutual aid.

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April 2013