Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Richmond PRC information round-up containing useful weekly news and announcements for low-income residents from service providers, various levels of government and our members. If you, or someone you know, would like to join the RPRC please browse our site for more information. Monday September 23, 2024 Greetings to … Read more
Join Cinevolution Media Arts Society for a special free screening of The World is Bright at the Richmond Cultural Centre, in honour of World Mental Health Day. This award-winning documentary by Richmond-based direction Ying Wang shines a lens on immigration, mental health and a Kafkaesque state bureaucracy at the heart of global migration. See the … Read more
An all candidates meeting for the upcoming 2024 provincial election is scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 5:30 to 8:30 at Minoru Centre for Active Living. Come by and learn the viewpoints of the candidates on issues such as affordable housing and homelessness, food accessibility, transportation and transit, health and social services, income security, child … Read more
Drop by the Richmond Food Bank on Friday, Sept. 27 for an open house featuring self-guided tours, networking with partner organizations, refreshments and more! Scan the QR code above for more information.
Applications for the 2024 Ethel Tibbits Scholarship — available to women who have been Richmond residents for at least one year, have financial need, and require training to enter the workforce or upgrade skills to improve their ability to support themselves and their families — is open now, closing on September 27. Click here to … Read more
On July 31, the Richmond Centre for Disability and Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition co-hosted a Zoom forum to discuss the future of the Canada Disability Benefit. Speakers included Amanda Lockitch from Disability without Poverty; Cynthia Minh from Disability Alliance BC; Lorraine Copas from SPARC BC and George Pope who is on RCD Board of Directors. Click … Read more
The Richmond Centre for Disability and The Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition are co-hosting a virtual event to discuss the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB). Register by July 30 for this Zoom dialogue on July 31 at 5 p.m. where experts will discuss and answer questions about the future of the CDB. With your input we hope to … Read more