PLAN INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DISABILITY
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to lead a good life. For Plan Institute, the concept of a good life means: • Being financially secure • Contributing to and participating in caring and inclusive communities • Being respected and empowered to make decisions • Knowing the loving support of friends and family • Choosing a place to live and call home • Having a well-planned future
About This Cause
Plan Institute is a national non-profit and social enterprise based in Burnaby, B.C. We support people with disabilities and their loved ones by: providing educational material and resources; collaborating on community-based projects; and engaging with a wide array of partners to host innovative initiatives for change and policy reform. Founded in 1999, Plan Institute is a sister organization of PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network). PLAN was created by a group of families in 1989 who wanted to ensure their children living with and without disabilities could live a good life and contribute to their communities. Plan Institute was born out of PLAN to take the values, concepts, and practices used by these families and to share them with other groups. The two organizations evolved together and continue to share a common goal. Although a financially self-sustaining entity, Plan Institute continues to work collaboratively with PLAN and our joint networks. We endeavour to continue our role in the disability movement to promote and demonstrate the success of community-based concepts, principles and values. So far we have developed seven affiliates across Canada, as well as inspired and established mentoring relationships with more than forty grassroots family groups around the world. We host annual retreats for caregivers, publish books and manuals, offer online workshops, and run a national Disability Planning Helpline (1-844-311-7526). Plan Institute has been working with individuals and families from across Canada to identify the barriers that people with disabilities face every day. By exploring solutions and making recommendations for reforms to public policy, we have seen significant changes in the way in which society and government view disability. Being a social enterprise means that we don’t only rely on outside funding for our operations. Instead, we earn our income through various means. This includes selling our intellectual and social capital in the form of publications and educational training. We seek partnerships with financial institutions, law firms, trust companies and estate-planning specialists to support and subsidize some of our programs. Our priority is to create social change, not profits, while remaining sustainable and not relying solely on government funding.