Please check out this brief video of some clients we’ve helped through our Tax AID DABC program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG6yS00ysPo
Since July 2015 we’ve helped PWD/PPMB recipients access over $100,000 in credits and rebates. For more information about our program: https://disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org/ourwork_new.htm or http://taxaiddabc.org/
Thank you to the Vancouver Foundation for making this project possible
We’re delighted to announce that nominations are now open for Disability Alliance BC’s (DABC) 2016 Outstanding Employment Awards.
This year, DABC will recognize a BC employer who has demonstrated excellence in the hiring and employing of people with disabilities. We will also recognize an outstanding employee with a disability who has exhibited exceptional skill or accomplishments in their work.
Award winners will be announced and presented with a plaque at DABC’s Swing into Spring Annual Fundraiser on April 7th 2016 at Vancouver’s Croatian Cultural Centre.
Download the nomination forms here:
https://disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org/…/dabc_employment_award…
Tickets to Swing into Spring are available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/swing-into-spring-2016-tickets-…
As part of our Tax AID DABC program, DABC has produced a new Help Sheet that describes how people receiving provincial disability benefits in BC can prepare and submit an income tax return for free over the internet.
You can download the Help Sheet here: https://taxaiddabc.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/hs16.pdf
Thank you to the Vancouver Foundation for funding this sheet!
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Since 1977, Disability Alliance BC has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia. Our mission is to promote a more inclusive and equitable society for people with all disabilities through direct services, community partnerships, systemic advocacy, research, and publications.
We acknowledge and have deep gratitude to work together on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Selíl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations of the Coast Salish people. We honour the many territorial keepers of the lands.
DABC is a proud member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)and BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
DABC is proud to be certified as a Living Wage Employer by Living Wage for Families BC! We are glad to be able to support our staff to feel valued in their roles and provide them with the opportunity to thrive in their communities.
