[BCMA MBEN] Direct Access Update
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:20:36 -0700
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The BCMA has been able to secure two official releases from yesterday,
regarding Provincial funding. First regarding Direct Access:</span></font>
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>> August 24, 2009</span></font>
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>> Ministry of Housing and Social Development</span></font>
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>>  </span></font>
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>> COMMUNITY GAMING GRANTS AVAILABLE</span></font>
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>> VICTORIA - As announced last week, the Ministry of Housing and Social</span></font>
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>> Development has lifted the funding freeze for community gaming grants,</span></font>
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>> having completed a review of the program.</span></font>
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>> Priorities for the remainder of 2009/10 grants will be:</span></font>
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>> * Programs that support low income and disabled British Columbians.</span></font>
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>> * Programs that provide food, shelter and support to at risk individuals.</span></font>
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>> * Programs that support community health services.</span></font>
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>> * Programs that fund nutritional and similar programs in schools for</span></font>
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>>    underprivileged children.</span></font>
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>> * Public safety programs.</span></font>
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>> * <u>A limited number of arts and culture activities</u>.</span></font>
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>> * Community education programs, such as daycares and preschools.</span></font>
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>> * Public community facilities like community halls and recreation</span></font>
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>>    facilities.</span></font>
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>> * Youth and disabled sports.</span></font>
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>> * Non-sport youth groups, such as scouts and cadets.</span></font>
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>>  </span></font>
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>> As in previous years, demand for community gaming grants significantly</span></font>
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>> exceeds the available funding. The Province is fully supporting some of
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>> highest priority organizations. Other organizations will receive less</span></font>
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>> funding than they request so that the maximum number of organizations</span></font>
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>> receive support from community gaming grants. Some projects, such as </span></font>
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>> capital project grants, playground grants and three-year grants, will not
be</span></font>
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>> eligible for funding this year.</span></font>
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>> To date, $53 million has been allocated to gaming grants for 2009/10.
The</span></font>
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>> Province considers applications for community gaming grants four times
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>> year. Applicants for this quarter's funding - arts, culture and sports</span></font>
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>> organizations - will be notified of funding decisions in the next two weeks.</span></font>
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>> Applications for the next quarter from public safety organizations and</span></font>
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>> parent advisory committees are due to the Gaming Policy and
Enforcement</span></font>
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>> Branch by Aug. 31, and will be considered by Nov. 30, as usual.</span></font>
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>> More information about community gaming grants is available at:</span></font>
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<u>http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/gaming/</u>
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>> Contact:</span></font>
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>> Seumas Gordon</span></font>
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>> Ministry of Housing and Social Development</span></font>
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>> 250 387-6490</span></font>
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>> For more information on government services or to subscribe to the</span></font>
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>> Province's news feeds using RSS, visit the Province's website at</span></font>
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Please keep the BCMA posted of your official notifications. Thanks to those
Direct Access clients and other institutions who have written to Minister
Coleman. We are in regular contact with other related advocacy efforts in
the arts and culture sector, which have confirmed that the combined effect of
our "information campaign" has helped.</span></font>
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Please see the following bulletin regarding BCAC Funding Update.</span></font>
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--Jim</span></font>
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Jim Harding, ED</span></font>
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BC Museums Association</span></font>
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(250) 356-5694</span></font>
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