Seniors in North Vancouver can expect better programs at the Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre because of a $20,000 age-friendly grant from the provincial government.
The community centre doesn't currently know how most of the money will be spent, but the goal is to reach socially-isolated seniors, said Annwen Loverin, executive director of Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre.
"We're actually going back out into the community to do some consultation about how the project should shape," she said.
The community centre's current programming largely focuses on active, independent seniors.
Seniors with more connections to communitybased programming are more likely to have better mental and physical health, said Loverin.
The money is for innovative programming, not ongoing funding, she said.
Twenty-six communities throughout the province received funding.
