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The Everybody gets to play™ initiative is designed to help recreation practitioners and volunteers mobilize the resources already available in thier community. This initiative provides:
- Research and facts about poverty in Canada, the health and social consequences of poverty, and how recreation can improve the lives of kids, families and communities,
- Tools to help you build partnerships in your community and plan effective action,
- Workshops that can help you build skills, raise awareness and mobilize your community, and
- Success stories about programs that have already made a difference.
These workshops are complimentary to the Everybody gets to play™ Tool Kit and essential for understanding the community mobilization steps for making your recreation programs more accessible to children and families of low-income.
Workshop Details
- Workshop Outline
- The workshop is 7 hours
- Groups of 10-25 are recommended
- Participants will receive an Everybody gets to play™ Tool Kit
- Paricipants will receive a certificate of completion
- Cost:
$75 per person for BCRPA members
$85 per person for non-members
| Everyone wants to help |
| Recreation practitioners understand the value and benefits of participating in physical activity, organized sports, and arts and cultural events. Departments, however, are faced with limited funding which may oblige them to charge user fees and limit their ability to offer subsidized programming. Attempts to help children participate can even create more barriers - low income families may feel uncomfortable proving they can't pay user fees in order to qualify for subsidies. Improving access to recreation for low-income families and their children take community-wide cooperation. |
For more information please contact:
Heather Muter
BCRPA Parks and Recreation Coordinator
Phone: ( 604) 629-0965 ext. 229
Email: hmuter@bcrpa.bc.ca
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