The Richmond Food Security Society is looking for volunteers to help out with their Get Rooted! Growing Youth Leaders in the Food Movement. The project is aimed at engaging and mobilizing youth to address the root causes of food insecurity and build a fair and sustainable food future. There are two different roles to be … Read more
Did you miss physician and poverty/health advocate Dr. Gary Bloch‘s presentation back in September, when he was speaking about curing social disease at the Carnegie Community Centre? If so, not to worry: here is the video in its entirety, courtesy of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
Here is some more information on the upcoming Richmond forum on Metro Vancouver Transit Referendum taking place on March 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. Add your voice for a better city!
We are pleased to announced that longtime Richmond Poverty Response Committee member Janice Lambert has taken on the role of executive director at the Richmond Family Place (RCF). She has worked with the RFC for the past eight years and was the acting ED since September 2014. Congratulations, Janice!
There’s still opportunity to take action against the B.C. government’s clawback of child support. Feb. 28 is the deadline for public feedback on the topic, so please take some time and make your voice heard to #endtheclawback. Visit the First Call website for more information on how to help.
The e-edition of our latest Richmond PRC newsletter is out! In it we talk about the handover of the Richmond Rental Connect project to Chimo Community Services, the Metro Vancouver Homeless Count and more. Click here to view the newsletter.
The Richmond Poverty Response Committee made a submission to the B.C. Government Select Standing Committee on Health last week to close out 2014. In it, we provide information on the effects of poverty on health and address the issue of sustainable health care. Here is an overview of the report: This is what we know … Read more