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Tag: Basic Needs
Challenges and silver linings: How COVID-19 has shaped the everyday lives of front-line staff
The Alex Community Health Centre addresses health and social issues affecting vulnerable Calgarians by offering...
Basic Needs, COVID-19How you can help with food security in Calgary
In April 2020, 21% of Calgarians said they were struggling to easily buy food and...
Basic Needs, COVID-19, PovertyHow “doing the right thing” helped Mawer engage employees to create lasting social change
Charles Mawer, the founder of Mawer, strived to “do the right thing” for clients, employees,...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, COVID-19Shell Canada’s 30-year, $100 million commitment to being a good neighbour changes thousands of Canadian lives
A group of Shell Canada smiling with sign, saying, "Change Starts Here". Shell Canada and...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, COVID-19Community spirit shines in Calgary’s first #UnitedApart Basic Needs Round-Up
Despite being four months into the COVID-19 public health crisis, Calgary’s community spirit and local...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, COVID-19Disrupt-ATHON leads to inspirational ideas to disrupt food system in a responsible way
On Wednesday, July 15, eight teams of Calgarians pitched their ideas on how to break...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, PovertyHelping families in crisis avoid disconnection
Since the fund kicked off in 2017, the Direct Energy Emergency Fund has delivered much-needed...
#DoLocalGood, Basic Needs, COVID-19Local agencies providing hope and help to Indigenous community in response to pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified existing vulnerabilities that several populations in our communities already face....
Basic Needs, Community Impact, COVID-19, Social IsolationThe Way In Network: Supporting Seniors
Consisting of four agencies, Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society, Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association, carya, and...
#DoLocalGood, Basic Needs, COVID-19COVID-19 Community Response Fund Helping High River’s Most Vulnerable
Recent news stories may describe High River as one of Canada’s hardest hit areas in...
Basic Needs, Community Impact, COVID-19The COVID-19 Community Response Fund in action: Ensuring Calgarians have access to basic needs
Calgarians are struggling to meet their basic needs while dealing with COVID-19. Funded by the...
#DoLocalGood, Basic Needs, COVID-19Indigenous COVID-19 Task Force helping the most vulnerable
Providing basic needs to the most vulnerable is a priority. But the task force also...
Basic Needs, COVID-19, Mental HealthIn the spirit of our journey to promote reconciliation, we would like to honour the truth of our shared history and acknowledge Treaty 7 territory and the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, that includes the Kainai, Siksika, and Piikani First Nations. We acknowledge the traditional lands of the Tsuut'ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations. We would also like to recognize the Métis people and the Inuit people who have made their home here in Moh'kins'tsis, also known as Calgary.