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Richmond Centre for Disability has new home
Published 12:15 PST, Tue January 29, 2019
Last Updated: 2:12 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
Richmond Centre for Disability’s new home at
Lansdowne Centre is bright, airy and welcoming.
“People keep coming in and saying, ‘It’s so
much bigger,’ but it’s only 500 square feet (46.45 square metres) larger than
our old location,” Dave Thomson, the centre’s community outreach co-ordinator,
says at the grand opening. “It’s great.”
The centre offers a variety of activities
that are both useful and fun in a supportive environment, everything from board
games and relaxation classes to computer and English language classes.
It also offers a host of clubs and support
groups. In all, over two dozen options are listed on their website.
The new home offers all the former programs
but the new location’s high visibility and easy access means far more people
stop by out of curiosity than they did at the street-front site, across from
Lansdowne Centre.
“Before, when you came to our centre, you
came for a reason.” Thompson suggests people came specifically to be at the
former office for a class or to apply for a parking pass.
“Now we get people kind of poking in and
saying, ‘What’s this? What’s that?’ That’s the big thing.”
Thomson gives the example of a woman who
regularly strolls the mall for exercise with her walker. She just popped into
the centre’s new digs with a simple question.
“All she was doing was asking which store
sold walker cup holders. And she ended up walking out of here with a membership
which is good. I think we’ll have a lot of stuff like that.”
So, whether it is for a quick look, more
information on your options, or to sign up for an activity, all are welcome at
the Richmond Centre for Disabilities’ new offices at Unit 842, 5300 No. 3 Rd.,
near the mall’s information/customer service desk.
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