Please check out this very interesting initiative in Holland in which students live alongside seniors in ‘retirement’ homes: Read it here.
Programs, activities, services, and events for seniors in the West End
Please check out this very interesting initiative in Holland in which students live alongside seniors in ‘retirement’ homes: Read it here.
Volunteers in the city of Vancouver’s civic agencies help connect the city with the community. Volunteers’ ideas make the city richer and more creative in its approach to policy solutions, and their commitment to the city helps to make our community stronger.
The City of Vancouver is currently seeking volunteers from the general public for positions on the following civic agencies:
• Renters Advisory Committee (NEW)
• Active Transportation Policy Council
• Arts and Culture Policy Council
• Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee
• Chinatown Historic Area Planning Committee
• Civic Asset Naming Committee
• Cultural Communities Advisory Committee
• Development Permit Board Advisory Panel
• First Shaughnessy Advisory Design Panel
• Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee
• LGBTQ2+ Advisory Committee
• Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee
• Public Art Committee
• Seniors’ Advisory Committee
• Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Advisory Committee
• Urban Design Panel
• Vancouver City Planning Commission
• Vancouver Civic Theatres Board
• Vancouver Food Policy Council
• Vancouver Heritage Commission
• Women’s Advisory Committee
To view the detailed descriptions of each agency, including terms of reference, eligibility requirements and time commitment, and apply online at: vancouver.ca/volunteer.
You must complete an online application form to apply. The deadline to submit an application is 5 pm on Friday, January 30, 2015.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected] or phone 3-1-1
Please check out this great video at What Feeds Us.
One article from the Globe and Mail last week – a very personal essay talking about one woman’s experience of aging. A second article from the New York Times by a British journalist and sociologist:
The Spring of Old Age (G&M article Jan 2015)
WESN is currently exploring establishing an Aging Support Group that would allow participants to explore together the issues, challenges and joys of the aging process. Please contact Jessica Smith, Programs Manager, at (604) 669-5051, [email protected] if you might be interested in participating in such a program.
1447 Barclay Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 1J6
604-669-5051
[email protected]
110 – 1030 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 2M6
604-682-0327
118 – 1030 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 2M6
604-669-7339
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