Media invitation - community meeting about cuts to CLBC

VANCOUVER, Oct. 25 /CNW/ -

Skills & (Dis)Abilities: A community response to provincial budget cuts & service redesigns in BC's community living sector.

Vulnerable British Columbians are facing personal upheaval, changes to their living arrangements and potential risk to their wellbeing due to service cuts at Community Living BC (CLBC). The BC government is dictating the cuts and has ordered the provincial crown agency to find roughly $22 million in "efficiencies" this year.

Date/Time: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7-9 pm
Location: Ukrainian Orthodox Centre Auditorium 
154 East 10th Avenue (between Main & Quebec Streets)

Co-presented by: British Columbia Association for Community Living (BCACL); BC Coalition of People With Disabilities (BCCPD); BC FamilyNet; BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU); Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA); Moms on the Move (MOMS); United Community Services Co-op

For further information:

BCGEU communications at 604-291-9611 ext 454