The Vancouver Park Board and City of Vancouver are holding a virtual workshop for transportation, mobility and accessibility-focused organizations and champions to learn more about how the West End waterfront could be shaped to meet the needs and aspirations of people experiencing barriers traveling to and within the area. The Imagine West End Waterfront virtual workshop for making the area more accessible will take place May 24th from 10AM to 11.30AM.

If you wish to attend, please RSVP to the Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagine-west-end-waterfront-virtual-workshop-for-accessibility-and-mobility-tickets-634209958057

• The workshop will be on Zoom and you’ll receive the Zoom link in your Eventbrite RSVP confirmation email.
• All participants will receive a living wage honorarium in recognition of their time.

Looking for help with a PWD Application booklet? Our advocates can help!

In order to receive assistance from the Advocacy Access program with a PWD application please ensure that you have met the following three criteria to be placed on our waitlist:

1. Applied for income assistance online at myselfserve.gov.bc.ca.

2. Have a blank PWD Application booklet

3. Have a medical professional (general practitioner, specialist or nurse practitioner) who is willing to support you with the application.

Advocates will schedule an appointment with you and ask in depth questions in order to assess how your disabilities impact your daily living activities in order to accurately assist you with your PWD application. Appointments can be done over the phone or in person depending on the clients preference. Appointments can typically take anywhere from 1-3 hours depending on the medical situation of the client.

Our advocates can support you with section 1 of the application, as well as support your medical practitioner with section 2 and connect you with an assessor for section 3.

You can place yourself on our waitlist to receive assistance by calling 604-872-1278 or by emailing us at advocacy@disabilityalliancebc.org. Please note that our services are in very high demand, and our PWD waitlist is currently roughly 14-18 weeks long.

Haven’t filed your taxes yet? Tax season is now over and the filing deadline has passed,  but if you are filing your taxes late and do not expect to owe any taxes, you will not incur late filing penalties. 

Need help? Contact Tax AID DABC: https://taxaiddabc.org/contact-us-2/