Richmond Society for Community Living

Seeing Beyond Disability to Ability

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Mission and Vision

The Richmond Society for Community Living is committed to providing community based programs and supports for children and adults who have a developmental disability or who have developmental disabilities and their families, to assist them to participate and contribute fully and to be recognized and accepted as valued members in the community.

As a Society, we are dedicated to:
  • Seeing beyond disability to ability;
  • Developing and managing services and programs that are nurturing and caring, which encourage personal growth, choice, and decision making;
  • Recognizing and valuing the unique abilities that each person brings to the community and to create opportunities for each person to use those abilities;
  • Informing, educating, involving and motivating the Richmond population to understand and support the rights of people with disabilities to live, work, and belong in he community;
  • Recognizing that individuals and/or their families are key decision makers, and;
  • Fostering and facilitating innovative ideas.

We value:

  • Full inclusion of people with disabilities in their community; 

  • Continuity of programs and services for individuals;

  • Supports for individuals from birth throughout all life stages;

  • The fact that individuals are part of a family support network;

  • Working collaboratively and in partnerships with everyone connected to the individual, and;

  • The gifts and talents each of us brings to our community

 


The Richmond Society for Community Living

170 - 7000 Minoru Blvd  Richmond BC V6Y 3Z5

Phone:  604-279-7040  Fax:  604-279-7048  Email:  info@rscl.org