{"id":12,"date":"2020-12-30T13:45:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-04-25T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T15:01:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>Our Mission,&nbsp;Active Together!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOur mission is to work together to network and provide accessible, inclusive, timely and high-quality programs and services for the diverse population of seniors living in South East Vancouver, such as long-term residents, new immigrants, urban aboriginal, and young seniors who are making transitions in their lives.\u201d &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>About the Seniors Hub:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Vancouver Neighbourhood House (SVNH) received funding from the City of Vancouver, United Way of the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Foundation and Vancouver Coastal Health for a 3-year Seniors Hub Pilot Project. The project commenced January 2010 and was to be completed by March 31, 2014. However, funding has been extended and the project has been embedded into the SVNH seniors\u2019 program to ensure that it can be sustained and continue to be successful well into the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>A different title:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In any way I want. The project commenced January 2010 and was to be completed by March 31, 2014. However, funding has been extended and the project has been embedded into the SVNH seniors\u2019 program to ensure that it can be sustained and continue to be successful well into the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area commonly referred to as South Vancouver is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>East: Boundary Road<\/li><li>West: Main Street<\/li><li>North: 41<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Avenue<\/li><li>South: Fraser River&nbsp;<\/li><li>Here is another link<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Goals of <strong>the Seniors Hub:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Support the independence and active participation of SV older adults in community and to deliver a sustainable and integrated community capacity-building model for connecting seniors at the neighbourhood level. &nbsp;<\/li><li>Set up systems (e.g., governance, policies, procedures, etc.) that can be replicated in other neighbourhoods across Vancouver. &nbsp;<\/li><li>Implement a collaborative community-based model that supports seniors&#8217; independence and active participation in the community.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>The mission:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Enable, build, increase and improve the lives of seniors in South Vancouver (SV) by making it possible for them to be independent and actively participate in the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Identify and promote awareness of SV seniors\u2019 issues and priorities.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Improve services in SV through collective action by the Council.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hub partners\/organizations\/community organizations and the community at large.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>The Hub is:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A network<\/strong>&nbsp;which brings together individuals and groups with the common goal to engage and serve seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Driven by and for seniors.&nbsp;<\/strong>Seniors lead, govern, identify needs, and organize activities to meet those needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An agreement among key organization partners<\/strong>&nbsp;who are participating actively in supporting the South Vancouver Seniors Hub. These partners are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southvan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Vancouver Neighbourhood House<\/a> \u2013 lead&nbsp;agency<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/champlain-heights-community-centre.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Champlain Heights Community Centre<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/killarneycentre.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Killarney Community Centre<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mysunset.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Community Centre<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_370bfa-ce\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\" style=\"height:6px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>South Vancouver Seniors Hub Council<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Vancouver Seniors Hub Council (Council) is responsible to set priorities, track progress and identify emerging needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Council consists of seven to eleven individuals who are recruited by the members of the Council and the Director.&nbsp;&nbsp;These individuals must be 55+ and 75%, must live in the SV geographical area, and they must strive to represent its diverse population, younger and older, regardless of gender, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender identification, immigrants and persons with disabilities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Every effort is made to represent the diversity of South Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission,&nbsp;Active Together! \u201cOur mission is to work together to network and provide accessible, inclusive, timely and high-quality programs and services for the diverse population of seniors living in South&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4400,"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/4400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientdev.dazil.com\/seniorshub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}