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Become A Member Of The Brain Injury Alliance

Become A Member Of The Brain Injury Alliance

NEW MEMBERSHIPS ONLY

NOTE: The deadline to submit Applications for Membership in 2023 only has been changed from March 31 to April 30, 2023.

An amended Application form will be posted to the website before March 31, 2023.

(For Membership Renewals, please see the Membership Renewal Application page.)

Who Can Apply

Charitable community non-profit brain injury associations in British Columbia whose primary purpose is to provide comprehensive services to people with acquired brain injuries.

Criteria For Brain Injury Alliance Membership:

  1. Must be a registered non-profit society in the province of British Columbia.
  2.  Must be a registered Canadian charity.
  3.  The board of directors and head office of the organization must be in the Province of British Columbia.
  4. The primary purpose of the society, as stated in the organization’s constitution, must be the provision of direct services to individuals living with an acquired brain injury.
  5. Services provided by the society must be available to any person whose primary disability is acquired brain injury (some reasonable restrictions based on safety or competency are accepted).
  6. Services must not be provided soley contingent on ability to pay, or upon the agreement of a third party to pay. Societies providing fee-for-services must provide evidence that they meet this criteria.
  7. Services must focus on the choices and needs of the individual living with the brain injury; and the individual must be considered the primary client, especially when services are funded by a third party.
  8. Alliance membership evaluation includes the extent to which a society provides the following services:
    1. One to one services (comprehensive case management, life skills, community access, outreach, etc.)
    2. Services to groups of individuals with brain injury (brain injury education, facilitated support groups, drop-in supports, social events, etc.)
    3. Services for family members and associates of persons with a brain injury
    4. Community education programs and/or consultation services
    5. Injury prevention programs and event services
  9. Services must be available on a frequent, regular, and as-needed basis.

Brain Injury Alliance Membership Application Procedure:

  1. Organizations must review the criteria for eligibility in detail prior to submitting their application for membership in the Alliance.
  2. Applications for membership, or for renewal of membership, must be submitted annually prior to midnight of March 31st.
  3. Applications must be submitted using the appropriate form below. Necessary supporting documents must be provided at the time of application.
  4. Applicants will be advised when a decision has been reached by the board.
  5. Membership must renewed annually.

Membership in the Alliance terminates when an agency no longer has a written agreement with the Alliance.

Brain Injury Alliance members must recognize the Provincial Government and the Brain Injury Alliance on their website.

Benefits of Brain Injury Alliance Membership

  • Brain Injury Alliance Member Organizations may apply for funding through the Community Program Grants.
    (Please note: to be eligible to apply for Community Program Grants, you must have your Brain Injury Alliance membership application approved by May 31)
  • Members will be informed what their counterparts in other parts of the province are doing with their grants; polled for opinions on a variety of topics, and will receive an annual report and financial statements.
  • Each member society has one vote at a General Meeting of the society.
  • Each member agency is eligible to nominate one individual to stand for election to the board of directors of the Alliance.

You will be required to provide digital signatures in the membership application. For information on creating a digital signature, please visit: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/digital-ids.html

Note: You must save the form to your computer to complete before emailing it and supporting documents to us. Submitting scanned supporting documents are acceptable – however, scanned application forms are no longer accepted.
A completed digital application form (pdf) is the only acceptable manner of application submission.

ALLIANCE MEMBER APPLICATION FORM (pdf – opens in new window)

(For Membership Renewals, please see the Membership Renewal Application page.)

Brain Injury Alliance members must recognize the
Provincial Government and the Brain Injury Alliance on their website.

Brain Injury; A Personal Challenge, A Community Response