Funding for Community Development

  • Funding Sources for BC Communities
    http://communityfutures.com/cms/Funding_Sources.2.0.html
    These pages contain information on sources of funding for community development. The primary focus is support for social, economic and environmental community development initiatives in rural areas,however the programs are not necessarily exclusive to rural areas. You may also submit a new funding source. The resource was developed by the BC Rural Team, BC Rural Network, BC Healthy Communities and CFDC of Greater Trail.

Health Literacy

  • Keeping Your Body Safe
    "Keeping Your Body Safe" is a plain language booklet to help meet the particular need for sexual safety among people with cognitive disabilities. The booklet explains different levels of social connection and appropriate touching. There is an accompanying caregiver companion guide, as well as a "Relationship Ripples" sheet and poster to help show what kind of touching is OK for different people in one's life. For more information or a free copy, contact the AIDS & Disability Action Program/Wellness & Disability Initiative at 604-875-0188 or email adap@bccpd.bc.ca.
  • Health Literacy in Canada – Initial Results from the International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2007
    http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/Other+Reports/HealthLiteracy.htm
    This report, commissioned by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), provides Canadians with a country-wide snapshot of health literacy in Canada. With healthliteracy skills that are considered to be at level 2 and below (IALSS definition), 60% of adult Canadians lack the capacity to obtain, understand and act upon health information and services to make appropriate health decisions on their own. Read the news release, summary report and full report online.
  • See also Order Posters… for World AIDS Day under December 1st above.

International Literacy Best Practices