COMEDY AT GACHET with Stand Up For Mental Health
Friday January 18, 7:00 pm
Gallery Gachet, 88 E Cordova Street, Vancouver
Admission by donation!!!
Founded by award-winning counselor, stand-up comic, and author of the The Happy Neurotic: How Fear and Angst Can Lead To Happiness and Success David Granirer, Stand Up For Mental Health teaches stand up comedy to people with mental illness. Come laugh your head off at this show that looks at the lighter side of taking meds, seeing counselors, getting diagnosed and surviving the mental health system.
For information http://www.standupformentalhealth.com
Come to the "Living with a Disability" Conference in February
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BCCPD is delighted to partner with March of Dimes Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Canada and Stroke Recovery Association of BC on an upcoming event.
Living with a Disability, Health and Wellness Information Day will include sessions on:
- Self-Advocacy
- Stroke Recovery, Muscular Dystrophy, Polio/Post-Polio Accessible Travel
- Coping with Depression
- Respiratory Care
- Registered Disability Savings Plan and other financial matters
- Conductive Education®
- Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
- Display Booths, and much more
Date: February 28/13, 9 am to 4 pm
Location: Holiday Inn Broadway, Vancouver
Registration Fee: $10.00 Attendees/$25.00 Health Professionals
Download the Registration Form.
If you have any questions or are interested in having a booth please contact:
Gemma Woticky | March of Dimes | gwoticky@marchofdimes.ca, 1-800-263-3463 x 7207
Vernon Mayor and Council voice support for raising disability benefit rates
December 14, 2012 by DABC
In today’s edition of the Vernon Morning Star, Vernon City Council spoke out in support of the Disability Without Poverty Network’s proposal for an increase to $1200 a month for people receiving provincial disability benefits.
We congratulate and thank Vernon City Council for their support of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities and community partners in the Disability Without Poverty Network’s proposal . The increase in overall funding the Minister refers to in the article is very different from the increase that individuals have received ($120 over the last 11 years). $300 million is a fraction of BC’s total budget. Moreover, people who cannot afford safe housing, healthy food and other essentials end up costing the province more in health care and other costs.
To read the full article, visit the following link: http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/183428621.html
