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 …
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: …
We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Society’s new Executive Director, Jody Paterson, effective May 1, 2018.
Jody is a communications specialist, journalist, former not-for-profit executive director and community advocate. She values listening to community and partner voices …
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 …
Earlier this week, the Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) Project received the keys to their new building in Penticton. The YES Project, initiated by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan and the Similkameen in response to a bequest directed at …
