Community Connections program

Community Connections is BC Housing’s employee-driven community investment program. It binds BC Housing’s values and business objectives with an expanded range of fundraising and community involvement activities such as a donations drive, employee fundraising activities, and employer supported volunteerism.

The program generates more impact for communities in BC and deepens BC Housing’s reputation as a progressive and positive member of the community.

Employee involvement and support are key ingredients to the success of Community Connections.   Every two years, employees identify the BC Housing investment “pillars” - which are intended to guide our investment and generate more impact for communities in BC. Through an annual survey, employees choose up to six charities within the pillars to support through the Community Connections program.

The four investment pillars are:  

There are a number of eligibility requirements for charities participating in the Community Connections program, one of the primary criteria being that money raised by our employees may not be applied to housing-related activities that are generally supported by BC Housing's funding streams. The charities chosen are intended to support, enable and empower peple who may otherwise be marginalized in society, providing a strong connection to BC Housing's own mandate.

For more information

Please note that BC Housing does not accept unsolicited funding proposals from community organizations. If your charity would like to be considered under in the Community Connections program, and if its mandate falls under the focus of the current three investment pillars and meets all of the eligibility criteria required by the program, you are encouraged to contact us for more information: 

Elisa Hendricks 
Director, Employee Engagement
BC Housing
ehendricks@bchousing.org