Part of DABC’s and SPARC BC’s
Women with Disabilities Networking for Health and Wellness Series

 FREE SESSIONS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 5:00 – 7:30 PM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

What is Food Security? It is having reliable access to a sufficient amount of affordable, safe, and nutritious food.

Session one we will:

• Talk about barriers to accessing affordable, healthy food
• Women will share coping skills they have learned and programs they know about in their communities with their peers
• Share a meal together

Session two we will:

• Have a presentation about community gardens and community kitchens
• Share information about community resources, such as: food boxes, free or low-cost community meals, and community food networks
• Talk about how we can advocate for food security for people with disabilities
• Share a meal together

Disability supports, transportation costs and a light meal will be provided to participants. Registration is required. Please contact Karen Martin, karen@bccpd.bc.ca

Look for information in our next e-newsletter on our upcoming October sessions on menopause and disability.

Sessions generously funded by Shoppers Drug Mart Life Foundation, Women’s Health Program.

RDSP Workshop Information

What:               Free Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) Workshop
Where:             BCCPD’s office at #204-456 West Broadway in Vancouver
When:              Tuesday, September 9th from 1pm-3pm
To Register:    Call Val at 604-875-0188 or email: feedback@bccpd.bc.ca

We will cover the RDSP, Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and basic financial skills. The workshop is for people receiving the Persons with Disabilities Benefit (PWD) or living on very low incomes. Staff and volunteers from community organizations are welcome to attend. We’ll be happy to help participants apply for the DTC and RDSP.

This and future workshops have been made possible through the generous support of Vancity.

At our June 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), our Board and members voted to change the name of our organization to Disability Alliance BC. Over the next while, we will be gradually transitioning our website, social media and email addresses to our new name. All communications will be automatically re-routed. We will also have a new logo.

We hope you like our new name! We’re still doing the same work for the disability community; nothing else has changed.