The BCCPC has awarded $60,000 to 21 non-profit organizations, including 15 hospice societies and six community organizations in the fourth cycle of their Seed Grants Program.
This funding cycle focused on assisting BC community-based non-profit organizations to initiate, adapt, or continue to deliver critical community-based supports for isolated or frail older adults and those living with or dying from serious illnesses, and for their families, who have been disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Aligned with BCCPC’s province-wide mandate, half of the grants awarded in this cycle will go to organizations serving remote, rural and First Nations communities. In the first three funding cycles of the Seed Grants program, 49 non-profit organizations received funding and support for 68 projects.
To qualify for seed grant funds, applicants were asked to address at least one of BCCPC’s priorities:
• Provide practical, psycho-social and/or spiritual support services to the target population, including supports for grief and bereavement;
• Enhance public awareness of and engagement in advance care planning
Congratulations to our grant recipients that will each receive a grant of up to $3,000:
Fraser Health Region
Chilliwack Hospice Society
Compassionate Neighbourhood Health Partners Society
New West Hospice Society
Surrey Hospice Society
Interior Health Region
100 Mile House and District Palliative Care Society
Cranbrook Kimberly Hospice Society
Desert Valley Hospice Society
Hospice of the Columbia Valley
The Kalein Hospice Centre Society
Kamloops Hospice Association
Merritt & District Hospice Society
New Denver Hospice Society
North Okanagan Hospice Society
Xwisten – Bridge River Indian Band
Island Health Region
Campbell River Hospice Society
Cortes Community Health Association
Nanaimo Community Hospice Society
Oceanside Hospice Society
Port Alberni Friendship Center
Vancouver Coastal/ Providence Health Regions
Gaia Community Care and Wellness Society
L’Chaim Adult Day Care Centre
