advocacy

The Nelson Community Food Centre strives to advocate on behalf of our community members around issues of poverty reduction, food security and social justice. Simply put, Food Security is a Poverty Issue, and we are committed to advocating at a local and systemic level for poverty alleviation for community members in Nelson and the surrounding areas.

The Nelson Community Food Centre advocates on multiple fronts, initiatives include: 

• Working with our partner organization – Community Food Centres Canada – we promote the establishment of a Groceries and Essentials Benefit and the Canada Disability Benefit. 
• Staff have developed relationships with MP Rob Morrison and MLA Brittny Anderson to foreground food insecurity issues in the Kootenay-Columbia region. 
• We actively participte in “Nelson at its best”, a network of local organizations & individuals who come togther to reduce poverty, promote and implement civic wellness initiatives.
• NCFC is also a member of the Central Kootenay Food Policy Council and the Nelson Committe on Homelessness
• We run annual Tax Clinics for our community through the CVTIP program and have brought tens of thousands of dollars back into our community.