The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) will be giving an award in 2014 to a BC employer who has demonstrated excellence in the hiring and employing of people with disabilities. A Committee will select the Award winner and the winner of an Honourary Mention.
The names of the two winners will be announced at the BCCPD’s Swing into Spring Annual Fundraiser on April 9th 2014 and publicized through our magazine, e-news and more.
We Want To Hear From You: Nominate Your Employer
Nominations for this Award must be made by an employee with a disability of the nominated business or organization. We want to hear stories from people with disabilities who have benefitted from their employer’s approach.
And the Winner Is!
The purpose of this Award is to recognize an employer who has gone the extra mile to ensure that a person with a disability has been able to obtain and maintain employment. The Award winner and winner of the Honourary Mention will be the employers the Committee judges to have demonstrated extraordinary innovation and support for their employee/s with a disability.
Demonstration Project to Improve Social Inclusion Outcomes of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Clients
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD), CMHA-BC Division, Inclusion BC and SPARC BC are working with the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (MSDSI) to facilitate the development of community-based demonstration projects that will contribute to improved social inclusion outcomes for people receiving Persons with Disabilities (PWD) assistance.
Eligibility: Who Can Apply?
BC based not-for-profit organizations that operate primarily for community benefit and whose services are open to the public and not restricted to the organization’s membership. The organization does not have to be a registered charity, but must have a democratically elected volunteer Board chosen from its membership.
Application Deadline is October 25/13.
Important Note About the Application
Use only Acrobat Reader version 9 or higher to complete the application form. Other PDF programs will not allow you to complete the document.
Your computer and/or your browser will have a default PDF reader program set up in your preferences. If this program is not Acrobat Reader, your computer will download and open the Application Form in the other program and you will not be able to complete the form.
To avoid any difficulties completing your application:
• Make Acrobat Reader version 9 or higher the default PDF reader program on your computer, or
• Once you download the Application Form to your computer, open Acrobat Reader first, then open the Application Form from within Reader.
– Raise funds for people with disabilities by supporting the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD). Prescriptions filled at No Frills Pharmacy, located at 310 West Broadway in Vancouver, will help raise funds for the BCCPD.
– Receive 20% off all No Frills name brand non-prescription medications after you register with your stamped Loblaw Card at No Frills Pharmacy
– No Frills will contact your old pharmacy and transfer over your client info Free home delivery of No Frills Pharmacy prescriptions to anywhere in the Lower Mainland
– If you have to pay for part of your No Frills prescription, receive a discount voucher for No Frills groceries
How to Participate:
Register in-person with Nicole at the BCCPD office, #204- 456 West Broadway. Complete a short form and receive a stamped Loblaw Card. Take the card with you to No Frills Pharmacy (310 West Broadway). Present this when you are filling out your prescription.
*Note: this program is only available at No Frills Pharmacy’s West Broadway location.
For more information, call Nicole at: 604-875-0188.
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The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) will be giving an award in 2014 to a BC employer who has demonstrated excellence in the hiring and employing of people with disabilities. A Committee will select the Award winner and the winner of an Honourary Mention.
