Grants Approved

Continuing Programs and Projects
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 18, 2011 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects.
Chair Margaret Sasges is pleased to announce that funding totalling $3,707,440 was approved for 44 programs and projects:

Funding totalling $673,965 was approved for the following six projects:

$266,670
ECOJUSTICE CANADA
B.C. Litigation Program

FIRST UNITED CHURCH
$175,000 First United Church Poverty Law Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$72,920 First United Church Poverty Law Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

$75,000
TERRACE AND DISTRICT
COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY
Poverty Law Advocacy Services Project

MPA – MOTIVATION, POWER & ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY
$56,250 Vancouver Court
Services Program: 2011-2012
$28,125 Vancouver Court Services Program: 2012-2013

Funding totalling $2,208,775 was approved for the following 24 continuing programs:

$323,610
B.C. BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week

$168,000     
TOGETHER AGAINST POVERTY SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

$166,920
GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS’ LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY
Law Students’ Legal Advice Program

KETTLE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
$150,000 Mental Health Legal
Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$112,500 Mental Health Legal
Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

$112,500
SOUTH FRASER WOMEN’S SERVICES SOCIETY
Legal Advocacy Program

ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY
$109,000 Legal Advocacy
Program: 2012-2013
$81,750       Legal Advocacy
Program: 2011-2012

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST B.C.
$89,210 Travelling Poverty Law Advocate Program: 2012-2013
$66,910 Travelling Poverty Law Advocate Program: 2011-2012

$84,375
B.C. CENTRE FOR ELDER ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT
Legal Advocacy Program

$84,375
MPA – MOTIVATION, POWER & ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY
Court Services Program

KI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
$82,500 Aboriginal Legal
Advocate Program: 2012-2013
$61,875 Aboriginal Legal Advocate Program: 2011-2012

ACTIVE SUPPORT AGAINST POVERTY
$75,000 Legal Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$56,250 Legal Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

CONTACT WOMEN’S GROUP SOCIETY      
$75,000 Legal Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$56,250 Legal Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

PORT ALBERNI FRIENDSHIP CENTRE
$75,000 Outreach Legal Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$56,250 Outreach Legal Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

SOCIAL HEALTH & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY   
$42,000 Legal Advocacy Program: 2012-2013
$24,500 Legal Advocacy Program: 2011-2012

$35,000
YELLOW PAGES GROUP        
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$20,000
PROVINCIAL COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Judicial Interns Circuit Court
Program

Funding totalling $75,000 was approved for the following Child Welfare Fund Project:

$75,000
NENAN DANE ZAA DEH ZONA CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Aboriginal Traditional Decision-
Making and Dispute Resolution

For full details of the programs and projects that received funding, please visit www.lawfoundationbc.org.

This article was published in the October 2011 issue of BarTalk. © 2011 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.