“Organizations across Greater Victoria have experienced significant impacts due to COVID-19, including with changes in service delivery models to safely meet the needs of the community or temporarily closing to align with the direction from the Province of B.C.,” said Sandra Richardson, the Victoria Foundation’s CEO. The funds are meant to provide financial security and to assist the organizations in continuing to offer services. “We framed the program around the question of ‘What do they need?’ The funding is meant to allow organizations some flexibility as they move to the new normal,” said Carol Hall, director of strategic initiatives at the Victoria Foundation. “We trust that organizations know best what they need.”
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The City of Victoria, the planners designing the infrastructure, and so many more people have repeatedly stressed that the new All Ages and Abilities infrastructure that has been built in the last five-plus years is NOT just for the avid cyclist, or anyone who calls themselves that. Avid cyclists, the one per cent, have been using our roads for years and feel very comfortable. The new infrastructure is for the 99 per cent, the rest of us. We are the the families with kids, the grandparents, the 10-year-olds rolling to school, the people who want to ride a bike to shop/dine downtown, take their kid to circus class, or just enjoy the fresh air on their face.
This year’s focus is on issues relating to inclusion and diversity. Respondents will be asked to weigh in on their experiences with prejudice and discrimination and to rate their overall sense of belonging and safety. “We would love to see all areas of our region represented, all ages, all cultural backgrounds, all genders, residents from all walks of life,” said Sandra Richardson, CEO of the Victoria Foundation. “Paying particular attention this year to the incredibly important issues of inclusion and diversity, we want to make sure everyone feels invited and encouraged to take part and have their voices included and heard.”