Written by Emily Killin, Nancy’s daughter My mother, Nancy Killin, has been a member of Wellspring for over two years. Over the last two months, my father, my siblings and I raised donations in her name to support Wellspring’s Birmingham Gilgan House. It has been a meaningful project for us because it gave us the… [Read More]
Posts from ‘Chinguacousy (Brampton)’
Federal Budget Announces expansion to EI Compassionate Care Benefits
Posted on May 1st, 2015 | 0 Comments
By: Pamela Bowes, M.Ed. Manager, Money Matters and Workplace Programs The Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care Benefit offers partial income replacement for people who are employed and need to leave work to care for a gravely ill family member. Here are some of the present facts about the program: The employee must have worked a… [Read More]
Inside Story- Karen Nichols
Posted on April 8th, 2015 | 3 Comments
“Wellspring is my home away from home,” says Karen Nichols, a Wellspring member and long-time volunteer. When Karen was first diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in September 2006 a friend encouraged her to visit Wellspring Birmingham Gilgan House (Halton-Peel at the time). “The first time I went there, I found myself nervously sitting in… [Read More]
CPP Disability and Benevolent Employer
Posted on December 19th, 2014 | 0 Comments
CPP Disability and Benevolent Employer By: Pamela Bowes, Manager, Program Development One of the special application provisions of the CPP Disability Program is the Late Applicant Provision. In order to be eligible for CPP Disability, an applicant must meet both application criteria – both the contributions rule and the definition of disability rule and meet… [Read More]