July 18, 2018
Add your voice to BC Poverty Reduction Coalition efforts to create a better life for the more than half a million British Columbians living in poverty.
As the coalition notes in its action plan, reducing poverty is …
July 17, 2018
It’s heartening news to everyone with a passion for better social health and more opportunity and connection for BC children and youth to see that community-sector champion Jennifer Charlesworth has been unanimously endorsed to become BC’s next …
Discussions of the need to replace BC’s income-assistance system with a “living wage” date back decades, but the BC government will be moving from talk to action this summer with a plan to research and pilot a basic wage.
The …
An open house June 20 at the new Victoria Social Innovation Centre provided a welcome glimpse of social policy planning at the community level.
Three Greater Victoria community non-profits have now moved into shared space in a 14,000-square-foot building that …
Hello to Board Voice members! I wanted to introduce myself as the new executive director of Board Voice. My name is Jody Paterson, and I’ll be working hard to fulfill Board Voice’s role in supporting the volunteer boards of BC …
For those of us intently following the issue of the pending Employer Health Tax, there was encouraging news from the legislature this week.
Finance Minister Carole James was asked by the Opposition about non-profits and the EHT, based on Board …
Board Voice continues to urge the provincial government to understand the implications of the coming Employer Health Tax on the non-profit sector. Our letter to the editor by Board Voice co-chairs Leslie Welin and Terry Anne Boyles appeared May 12 …
March 7, 2018
To: The Honourable Carole James, Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier
Dear Minister:
We are writing to express the deep concern of Board Voice’s member Boards with respect to the impact of the new Employer Health Tax …
Great 2018/19 project opportunity for our Vancouver Island members, all of which are non-profits dedicated to services that strengthen and enhance community wellbeing.
Island Health community wellness grants of up to $150,000 are available in each of four Island regions: …
Board Voice co-chairs Terry Anne Boyles and Leslie Welin wrote the following letter to BC’s new Lieutenant Governor, Janet Austin, upon her appointment in spring 2018. She gave us some wonderfully wise words when we embarked on our campaign for …
