We believe young people have the potential to make a difference in their communities right now. And many will also become the leaders of tomorrow. BCACL works to build awareness and leadership skills among young people. They have proven to be our best champions of inclusion!
BCACL produced the award-winning "12 Inclusive Activities; A guide for youth Group Leaders” (see below) to help build youth leadership skills. We have also trained a group of youth with and without disabilities to give presentations to other youth and adults about the importance of including everyone in our communities. We have funded youth to attend conferences and workshops and supported projects across BC to make sure that youth have a voice in creating recreation and transportation services in their towns and cities.
12 Inclusive Activities: A Guide for Youth Group Leaders - award-winning booklet
Award Winning? Yes indeed. "12 Inclusive Activities" won the Award of Distinction from the international Communicator Awards, in the category of Community Development Booklet. The Communicator Awards is an international competition founded by communication professionals to recognize excellence in the communication field. The Award of Distinction is given to projects that "exceed industry standards in communicating a message or idea."
BCACL's booklet was selected from 5,078 print entries, juried by award-winning communication professionals. Congratulations go to the VOICES youth group, KINEX youth facilitators, Lori Seay, Pat Feindel, and the crew at Working Design for this outstanding achievement.
Tools for Community Social Planning: Youth Engagement - by Teya Greenberg (from SPARC BC's newsletter)