B.C. Recovery Benefit Support The B.C. Recovery Benefit is a one-time, tax-free payment of up to $1,000 for eligible families and single parents and up to $500 for eligible individuals. You have until June 30, 2021 to apply.
Room of One’s Own Small BusinessSupport Affordable therapy and consultation services that centers intersectionality and narrative inquiry, currently free for Black and Indigenous people. Prioritizing non-judgement while focusing on agency amplification, Katherine will help you explore “the room within you where agency is alive”.
Liberate Counselling Collective Support Liberate Counselling Collective (LCC) offers affordable counselling support online* with an intersectional feminist, narrative and somatic approach. In our collective and sessions, we engage with feminist and anti-oppressive values, and prioritize curiosity, inclusion, and non-judgement by taking on the therapist’s role as a co-researcher.
GoFundMe: Black Lives Matter Vancouver Anti-RacismDonateSupport The Black Lives Matter Vancouver chapter is a cause that supports the organizing work of black folks and allies in undoing systemic racialized violence. Black Lives Matter is a cause cognizant of the ongoing struggles of all marginalized folks and we strive to honour that in the work we do.
GoFundMe: Black in BC Community Support Fund for COVID-19 Anti-RacismDonateSupport This Black community support initiative is a fundraiser for a low-barrier, emergency, micro-grant program for Black people in British Columbia, Canada, who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers Support B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers, a tax-free, one time $1,000 payment for B.C. residents whose ability to work has been affected due to COVID-19. (Applications closed December 2, 2020)
Staying at Home for You Creative CommunitySupport A platform where we can encourage and send love to the essential workers staying at work for us, while we stay at home for them. We hope that they can read our encouraging messages to help boost their day and to help give them strength. Thank someone or share your story on the site.
Financial Support List Support A summary of financial supports that are available to support Canadian people and businesses during the COVID-19 crisis. New information is also issued as a bulletin when new public health orders are issued.
Co Make Do Creative CommunitySupportThings to do Each week, Co Make Do will share a range of virtual experiences to connect neurodiverse folks with self, community, and the wider world. These experiences will take place online, using YouTube, Facebook Live, Zoom and over the phone, for those without Internet access.
Vancouver Food & Beverage Community Relief Fund DonateSupport All money raised will be distributed to food & beverage workers impacted by COVID-19 who require urgent financial relief. There is also a slack group for community support.
Still Hiring Creative CommunitySupport A place to connect job seekers with employers amid today’s global crisis.
Asian Unification Project DonateSupport This is to specifically support seniors, immunocompromised folks, and disabled folks in the Asian community with grocery delivery and errands. The website is in English, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean, and Vietnamese, with more languages to come.
Share the Goods DonateFoodSupport Share the goods is connecting people to get goods into the hands of those who need them. We’re all in it together.
Homebody Club by OCIN Small BusinessSupport Instagram driven community platform to listen, move, share and learn from each other. #HomeTogether #TheHomebodyClub
Massy Books LearnSmall BusinessSupport Indigenous-owned Vancouver book store offering free delivery within Metro Vancouver (reasonable rates across BC and Canada).
A Better Life Foundation DonateSupport Produces 850+ healthy and nutritious meals feeding women & children fleeing violence, street-entrenched youth and folks living well below the poverty line every single day.
COVID-19 Come Together (Vancouver) Support Facebook Group to connect community members needing or offering help.
Union Gospel Mission Shelter DonateSupport DTES shelter and meal plan provider for at risk individuals.