Disabilities charity Vecova opens in Airdrie as it prepares to close Calgary facility
When one door closes, another door opens.
That’s the case for charitable organization Vecova, which has officially opened its new location in Airdrie — months before its main building in northwest Calgary is slated to shutter.
For over five decades, the organization has been offering services for people with disabilities, including employment programs, housing support and mental health services.
Over the years, many of those services were provided out of the organization’s head office in Calgary. But due to aging infrastructure, increased maintenance costs and challenges securing government funding, Vecova is closing its Calgary facility in June.
At the grand opening of its new facility, Vecova CEO Kelly Holmes-Binns said the Airdrie expansion was already underway when the Calgary closure was announced. She hopes it will fill a gap in services for people with disabilities in the city and other communities outside of Calgary.
“People with disabilities live everywhere across our province, but services tend to be located in larger centres. This gives us an opportunity to bring the services out to the communities that don’t have sufficient services right now and could really benefit from them,” said Holmes-Binns.
She said this move is representative of the direction Vecova is heading.
“We’re looking to branch out into more communities and take our services out to the individuals in the communities where they live, rather than having them come to our centres.”
While some programs are funded by the federal government, Holmes-Binns said the Airdrie expansion is mainly funded by the provincial government, and she hopes they’ll continue supporting the organization.
Vecova is also building relationships with the municipal government and the Airdrie Regional Chamber of Commerce to explore future funding opportunities and remain viable.
Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown said an organization like Vecova is needed in the city.
“As you grow as quickly as we have in the community — and you see the type of growth we’ve got — sometimes people slip through the cracks. And honestly, we don’t want anybody to slip through the cracks,” said Brown.
With over 88,330 residents, Airdrie’s population has grown by 22 per cent in the past five years, according to the province.
The organization also has a centre in Canmore, servicing people in that community, Banff, Lake Louise and Cochrane.
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