MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR On behalf of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver Foundation (BBGVF), I am very proud to introduce the new Strategic Plan for the years 2020 to 2025. This plan is the result of many hours of effort on the part of Board Directors and myself under the conscientious leadership of Gerry Egan, Strategic Planning Task Force Chair. The committee was supported by Valerie Lambert, Executive Director and her capable staff. Our process was facilitated by Joanna Whalley who brought her vast experience to the table to help us distill and clarify our thoughts.
INTRODUCTION
The role of Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver Foundation is to provide shared services to Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver (BBGV) and Renew Crew Foundation (RCF). These services include marketing, communications, fundraising, accounting and finance, administration and HR. BBGVF also stewards the financial resources on behalf of the group of agencies. The Board establishes and monitors adherence to strict governance policies. Shortly after we began this work, it became apparent that we were on the verge of a pandemic of uncertain duration and severity. I particularly appreciate the efforts of the team in completing this work on time, notwithstanding the upheaval in the world. The pandemic actually helped us find our voice as we recognized the importance of raising emergency funding and reaching out to our longtime donors in order to maintain our financial security. The Committee began by reviewing the vision, mission and values of the organization to ensure they sufficiently inform and inspire our future direction.
Our vision is: To create a sustainable and strong foundation of funding and volunteers to support mentorship programs that empower children and youth to reach their full potential.
Our mission is: To source and steward sustainable funding, inspire volunteers to contribute their time, and to engage with our community and staff to build awareness about the impact and value of mentorship. As a Board, we participated in and endorsed the values of trust, collaboration and teamwork, growth and innovation and inclusivity. These have changed somewhat from the organization’s previous values. The new values resonated with our entire staff, who participated in our process.
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