Funding highlights:

• 411 Seniors Centre Society: $210,000 over three years was granted for community information, referral services, and activities that promote active aging and social connection to their network of Vancouver’s seniors, the majority of whom live on a very low income.
• Indigenous Healing and Wellness: $245,000 was granted to organizations that provide traditional, spiritual and cultural healing and wellness activities to support Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers in Vancouver’s urban Indigenous community.
• Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Society BC: $34,628 was granted for programs and workshops to address violence prevention for at-risk youth.
• Neighbourhood Houses in Vancouver: $1.3 million collectively was granted to support a wide range of programs, activities and services in neighbourhood houses across the city that address City priorities.
• QMUNITY, BC’s Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society: $125,000 was granted to provide to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ through support, connection and leadership.