British Columbia’s Community Gaming Grant Review will visit 14 communities across the province during August and September, Skip Triplett announced.

View Community Forum Schedule.

Appointed earlier this month by Premier Christy Clark as the independent reviewer of the province’s community gaming grant process, Triplett will begin a 14-city tour on August 11 in Campbell River and conclude with a September 16 session in Vancouver.

The Community Gaming Grant Review is examining the role of government in allocating gaming revenue with input from charities, community members, industry representatives and local government.

The Terms of Reference include reviewing and providing options for:

• Existing legislation governing community gaming grant funding.
• Funding formula.
• Criteria/eligibility for community gaming grants.
• Processes involved with applying for and receiving community gaming grants.
• A multi-year funding model.
• The future role of government in community gaming grants.

Review forums will be held in the North, the Interior, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Submissions will also be accepted via the gaming grant website and by email, FAX, or mail. Triplett’s final report is due to government by October 31.

Quick Facts:

Community Gaming Grants currently help support the delivery of programs and services in the following sectors:

• human and social services
• public safety
• youth arts and culture
• fairs, festivals and museums
• parent advisory councils and
• sports for youth and people with disabilities.

Gaming generates more than $1 billion in revenue per year for the B.C. government. In 2010-11, $135 million in Community Gaming Grants - a 12.5 per cent increase over the previous year - was distributed to approximately 6,000 non-profit and charitable organizations in BC.

Learn More:

Find out more about the review, including the time and location of community forums, as well as registration and presentation information, through the Community Gaming Grant Review Website: www.communitygaminggrantreview.gov.bc.ca

Submissions can be made up to 5 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2011:

• through the website: www.communitygaminggrantreview.gov.bc.ca
• by mail: PO Box 9827 Stn Prov Gov’t, Victoria BC, V8W 9W4
• fax: 250 356-2842
• email: communitygrantreview@gov.bc.ca

Contact:

Jeff Rud
Communications Director
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
250 953-3677