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Weekly e-bulletin and monthly newsletter
BCHC and BC Healthy Living Alliance are partnering for weekly e-bulletins and a monthly newsletter.
To sign up to begin receiving the e-brief and newsletter, email your contact info to bchc@bchealthycommunities.ca
Imagine. A Healthy Community.
Healthy lifestyles. A vibrant economy. Affordable housing. Protected parks & green space. Accessible community services. Thriving neighbourhoods. Clean air and water. A sustainable environment. Ethnic and cultural diversity. Healthy public policy. Engaged citizens. A healthy community is all this, and more.
BC Healthy Communities is part of the international Healthy Cities/Healthy Communities movement. We support communities and community groups that are taking a holistic and integrated approach to increasing the health, well-being and healthy development in their communities.
Worldwide, the Healthy Communities movement has identified some important building blocks for creating a health community:
- Community Involvement
- Political Commitment
- Inter-sectoral Partnerships
- Healthy Public Policy
These building blocks are important tools for addressing multiple and interconnected determinants of health: social, environmental, economic, physical, psychological, spiritual and cultural.
BC Healthy Communities supports communities and community groups that are working on Healthy Community-related initiatives in a number of ways:
- Providing information on resources, tools and other Healthy Community initiatives
- Making referrals to relevant resource materials and organizations
- Facilitating/co-facilitating community meetings that engage diverse sectors
- Developing educational materials and resources
- Publishing the BCHC Healthy Communities newsletter
- Working in partnership to develop/maintain databases and resource inventories
For more information about BCHC and to find out how we might be able to support your efforts to create a healthier community, please contact us at our Central Office in Victoria, or call the Regional Facilitator for your area.
* BC Healthy Communities was launched in the Fall of 2005, with funding from the BC Ministry of Health.
© 2006 BC Healthy Communities
545 Superior Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 1T7
Tel: (250) 356-0892 Fax: (250) 356-5119
Toll free: 1-888-356-0892