Volunteer

1. Skill-based volunteers: Give your skills that you are good at
2. Committee Members: Join our different committee
3. On-going Volunteers: Volunteer with us for our ongoing operations
4. Current Board Members: Check out our current Board Members

Partnership

Local businesses can support by partnering with us and contributing to British Columbia Schizophrenia Society.

Spread the Word

1. Become a Fan on Facebook and Twitter and post advocacy and awareness messages to your profile
2. Subscribe to our Newsletter
3. Add our donation link to your email signature
4. Encourage family members or persons with Schizophrenia or Psychosis to speak in Partnership Presentations (Contact your local branch or coordinator)
5. Bring a Friend to join our Social Media or Newsletter
6. FundraisingRun, swim, bike, bake, give up your birthday presents or raise money for US. You can create a personal giving page benefiting the BC Schizophrenia Society, then email your friends and family with a personal request that they donate via this giving page, along with a link. You will be emailed when they donate, and they will get a tax receipt.

   (Tip: We would be happy to set the giving page and link up for you too, just ask: Email: development@bcss.org | Phone: 604.270.7841 | Toll Free: 1.888.888.0029)

    

Volunteer

The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is dedicated to helping families cope with serious mental illness.

For 25 years volunteers have assisted us in providing support to families, educating communities about mental illness, raising funds to increase awareness and promote research into the causes of schizophrenia, and advocating for improved services for people with mental illness.

Skill-based Volunteers

Are you a marketing expert, photographer, graphic designer or have any other skills? Let us know your skills and we might have a short-term or long-term project that matches your skills.

Committee Members

We are always looking for committed members for our different committees

1. Board Members Committee

   If you have a keen interest in Schizophrenia and wants to make a difference, please apply for a board member position

2. Business Initiative Committee

   We are looking for individuals who can be community leaders and reach out to business communities in an effort to raise the public profile and resources of BCSS & the mind Foundation

3. Public Policy Committee

   If you are interested in making a change in provincial level, please contact our volunteer office for more information.

4. Grant Application Committee

   Every year the MIND foundation provides grants to successful candidates for the studies relevant to advancing our understanding and treatment of addiction, schizophrenia, or combinations of both. If you are interested in sitting in this committee to help us process the application, please contact our volunteer office for more information

On-going Volunteers

We always need volunteers to help us during our special events or mailings. Let us know if you will be interested to help us.

Partnership

What is partnership?

Simple sharing of resources to reach a common goal.

Increased collaboration among non-profit, and community business is needed due to the decrease in the prominence of government in community life. The age of ever-bigger government has ended and there has been a shift of social functions to the non-profit and private sector. The shift has made the building of coalitions and partnerships between groups with similar mandates and missions essential.

British Columbia Schizophrenia Society Offers:

1. Detailed knowledge of the issue that our mission serves
2. Knowledge of, and access to, the client base we serve
3. Overall community positioning
4. Skills and expertise to solutions concerning our partners’ communities

Benefits:

1. Opportunities to showcase and promote our partners BCSS & MIND Foundation will promote your offer
2. Exposure to new customer base
3. Help promote your company’s brand to the community
4. Tax receipt
5. Corporate listing in BCSS Annual Report
6. Corporate listing and logo displayed on BCSS website, e-news and “Friends” newsletter

Current types of Partnerships:

1. Purple Cause Day: Create your own cause day
2. Groupon: Create added value to one of our Groupon ads
3. Social Media: Cross promotion between BCSS & the MIND Foundation
4. Holiday window dressings: Not just Christmas but even for Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, Easter, Spring, Summer, Vaisakhi and so onCustomer Loyalty Program
5. Employee Matching
6. Employee Volunteer
7. Gifts In Kind