Legal and Tax Assistance
Disability Services, Financial, and Legal
Provided by Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS)
Provides free, face-to-face legal advocacy for people with income assistance, disability benefits, employment standards, and tenancy issues.
Programs and services offered include:
- Legal advocacy: Income assistance, residential tenancy
- Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Application help
- Income tax filing (Victoria office only)
- Public legal education (Victoria office only)
Things they cannot help with include:
- Finding housing or applying for housing subsidies
- Applications for Income Assistance, Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) or Hardship Assistance
- Applications for or issues relating to federal disability or income support programs (CPP-D, OAS, GIS) including Employment Insurance (EI)
- Criminal, civil, or family law issues
250-361-3521 (Victoria)
Website: https://www.tapsbc.ca
828 View Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 1K2
250-824-0995 (Nanaimo)
Public email: nanaimo@tapsbc.ca
#502, 495 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 6B9
Serves Nanaimo, Parksville, Ladysmith, and adjacent Gulf Islands.
Cost: No cost
Availability
Service area: Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Parksville, Victoria + show cities
Service Types Provided
Disability Services
Financial
Legal
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.