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Laurel posAbilities is putting on a workshop on developing healthy relationships and sexual health. A great opportunity for family members, home share providers and support staff. Check out the poster for more information here.
Hey everyone, here is your friendly reminder that today is the last day to sign up for MANDT training with our very own Mike Holdsworth — contact Mike for details and to sign up!
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We are pleased to confirm Carole James (Minister of Finance) announced today that Home Share Providers across the province will be receiving an increase in the 2019 provincial budget. This is a long overdue and a well-deserved increase for Home Share Providers.We want to take this opportunity to thank our members for your assistance and valuable input. The COPCS executive has been working for the past five years to bring our members concerns to CLBC and to the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. Our concerns for shared living rates were heard and addressed in today’s budget announcement.The COPCS executive will continue to participate in the provincial Home Share Working Group to improve the Home Share Program.The full announcement from CLBC can be found at the link below:Sincerely,Executive members of the Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society
Further to this…. anyone in Victoria for this presentation? Exciting news indeed… Brian
Hey everyone, there is a presentation coming up in April and taking place in West Kelowna regarding home ownership for people living on PWD within the home share model of support. Check out the information in the attached PDF. Presenting this discussion will be Doreen Shaw of Nanoose Bay, BC, who is a mother and also a former member of the Board of Directors for InclusionBC and Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Community Living. Remember to RSVP to Linda at linda.farr@gov.bc.ca
Hey everyone, check out the attached poster for training in the Foodsafe Level 1 course in Kelowna. There are 13 available public dates so far between now and the end of May 2019. Thanks to COPCS for circulating these opportunities. Please feel free to pass along to anyone you know who might be interested!
Hey all, on March 15th there is a Health Fair taking place in Creston, sponsored by CLBC’s Kootenay Community Council. There will be lots of information and door prizes, as well as lunch and swim time. You can RSVP to Susan if you plan to go, check out the poster for details. This will be a fun afternoon for all!
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Thanks to our colleagues over at The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities for passing along this opportunity.
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Hi all, just wanting to let you know there is an opportunity coming up for MANDT Training in both Creston and Cranbrook with our very own Mike Holdsworth!
Cranbrook
Location: Manual Training Center, next to the Cranbrook Library. 212 2nd Ave N, Cranbrook BC
Date: 7th of March
Time 9am to 5pm
Please confirm attendance by the 28th of February
Instructor Michael C Holdsworth
Contact Mike by cell: 250 919 7929 or by email Mike@commconn.ca
Course content: Building Healthy relationship, communication and conflict resolution.
Creston
Location: Creston Rec Plex, Kootenay Room, 312 9th Ave N Creston BC
Date: 12th of March
Time 9am to 5pm
Please confirm attendance by the 28th of February
Instructor Michael C Holdsworth
Contact Mike by cell: 250 919 7929 or by email Mike@commconn.ca
Course content: Building Healthy relationship, communication and conflict resolution.
If you would like more information on the training sessions scheduled, contact Mike!
Hey everyone, here is your sign-up reminder – don’t miss the cutoff to sign up for First Aid/CPR training in Cranbrook! Sign up by February 7th.
https://we.commconn.ca/?p=1816&preview=true
HOME-OWNERSHIP-PRESENTATION.pdf
Health-Fair-2.docx