What is the Above and Beyond Campaign?
As our Recovery and Rebound campaign draws to a close, and we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pivoting our fundraising efforts to a new campaign to highlight feelings of hopefulness, aspirations for the future, and the new heights we can reach together. With the launch of our new Above and Beyond campaign, we are shifting away from the last two years of unprecedented changes and uncertainty and instead, we are creating a future-looking campaign that centers the life-changing impact we can continue to make with the help of our supportive community members and the generosity of our donors.
With you, we can innovate and expand our services, and ensure our waitlists continue to decrease and our clients continue to receive high-quality support and services.
Who does this campaign help?
BC Centre for Ability’s Above and Beyond campaign directs funds to our programs of most need – our THRIVE program, Gross Motor Clinic and Family Bursary Fund.
Children
The BCCFA Gross Motor Clinic provides physiotherapy services for children with motor delays. As part of our Early Intervention Program, the Gross Motor clinic serves children with disabilities from birth to 5 years of age. Early physiotherapy management of motor development and mobility challenges produces long-term positive impacts on health and enables children to increase their independence.
The Gross Motor Clinic was created in response to the high demand for physiotherapy services. Since the beginning of 2021, it has been successful in significantly decreasing the wait time from an average of 269 to 81 days while increasing services by 20%. The Gross Motor Clinic has helped us to provide important therapy support to children who would have otherwise been waiting for services.
With you, we can continue to reduce wait times, offer more services, and help more children and their families make progress towards their goals.
Families
Our Family Bursary Fund was recently created as a means to support BCCFA families who are facing exceptional financial circumstances or are ineligible for other community grants. Donations made in support of this fund will help us create an internal grant program, to then offer support to families in various ways and help cover equipment or service-related costs.
With you, we can help to bridge costs for families in need of extra support, especially in cases where other funding is unavailable, costs are unexpected or out of budget, or when support is urgent.
Adults
The Above and Beyond Campaign supports our THRIVE Program – a new, innovative service for youth aged 19- 29 with disabilities who have completed, or are enrolled in, post-secondary education. THRIVE was developed in response to an identified community need to support students and graduates with disabilities in developing vocational skills.
The program incorporates one-to-one coaching, mentorship, advocacy and direct connections to employers. Emphasis is also given to assisting employers to harness the talent of these individuals. The services are customized to meet the unique needs of each participant and employer.
With you, we can continue to ensure our clients have access to services and resources to enhance their vocational skills.
