How does making friends and picking up some healthy meal cooking skills sound? Then register for one of these free sessions below, hosted by Family Services of Greater Vancouver, starting in January and running until August 2019. For more information and to RSVP, contact Minoo at 778-885-5165 or email mjavadi@fsgv.ca.

This past summer, Richmond Poverty Response Committee and Richmond Advocacy Support Committee collaborated with Keely O’Brien, City of Richmond’s artist-in-residence on a 3-D photo installation titled Home is. The theme of the project revolved around people with lived experiences of poverty. Home is was featured in the art component at this year’s Housing Central – BC’s Affordable Housing Conference taking place last week in the Sheraton Wall Centre. Take a look at the write-up on page 14 of the event program.

Please join the Richmond Advocacy and Support Committee on Sunday, Nov. 25 for this free event focusing on access for low income residents to healthy and affordable food. More details in the poster below.

Starting last month, families and seniors may be eligible for increased benefits under the BC Housing Rental Assistance Program. Please refer to the attached poster.

For those interested in advance voting for the 2018 Richmond Election, the first opportunity is a little under a week away. Please refer to the chart below for exact locations.

The 2018 Richmond Election is less than a month away, and we want to make sure you have all the necessary information at your disposal to make an educated vote on General Voting Day, Saturday, Oct. 20. Below is some information that you may find helpful.
Key dates:

Sat, October 6
·       Advance voting day

Weds, October 10
·       Advance voting day

Thurs, October 11
·       Advance voting day

Fri, October 12
·       Advance voting day

Sat, October 13 (Super Saturday)
·       Advance voting day

Sat, October 20
·       General Voting Day

Find out if you are eligible to vote by clicking here. If …

Greetings Friends of the Richmond Poverty Response Committee:
You are cordially invited to a special public forum on Tuesday June 26, details are attached.
Our project, called  “Communities Mobilizing for Justice-Addressing Poverty through Dialogue to Action”  has created a space for lived experience experts (the Richmond Advocacy and Support Committee) to learn and practice speaking out on issues that affect them daily. Since January they have been learning self-advocacy and leadership skills through art and literacy, thanks to generous funding from the Vancouver Foundation, Richmond Community Foundation, the City of Richmond and …