Keep up to date with the Community Action Initiative news & updates below.
The Community Action Initiative provides grant and training opportunities for community-based organizations across BC to develop and deliver innovative projects that respond to the needs of individuals and families experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.
By Noah Chalifoux Over the past year, Local Leadership United (LLU) has engaged over 50 local governments in conversations about the Unregulated Drug Poisoning Crisis, harm reduction and community health.[...]
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), a global event held each year to raise awareness and end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief[...]
The Breaking Barriers Project was implemented from June 2020 to March 2021 through a collaboration between the City of Chilliwack, Fraser Health and Chilliwack Healthier Community, and was funded through the Community Wellness and Harm[...]
International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31 each year, aiming to spread the message that the tragedy of overdose death is preventable. It also[...]
Written by: Tanis Oldenburger – Peer Project Coordinator I have had many jobs at restaurant and offices where I have felt that I am easily replaceable, just an accessory employee, not[...]
Written by: Janine Stevenson – Director of Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects, Dakota Fayant-McLeod – Communications Coordinator With a focus on Indigenous Harm Reduction methods of support and education we[...]
For many of us, National Indigenous Peoples Day may take a different format than an in-person celebration of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and cultures, but there is still[...]
Today’s Provincial budget announcement of $500M in new funding for expanded mental health and substance use services is critical to the delivery of programs and resources that support the mental[...]
Written by: Prairie Chiu, Project Manager – Overdose Prevention and Education Network (OPEN) OPEN’s grantees have not only been measured by the success of its strategies or projects, but by the[...]
