The SMART Fund has received the Canadian Public Health Association's 2007 Ron Draper Health Promotion Award in recognition of its significant contribution to health promotion.
The SMART Fund is the only program of its kind in Canada, assisting groups that have traditionally experienced barriers to accessing good health and health services. These include seniors, mental health consumers, children and youth, low-income families, lesbian/gay/bisexual/ transgendered people, aboriginal communities, and people with disabilities.
It currently provides over $3.7 million in annual funding to 75 programs of 42 non-profit agencies that support members of society who face multiple barriers in accessing health services.
The fund is named in honour of the late Sharon Martin, the founding Director of Community and Public Involvement for the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, one of the predecessors of VCH.
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