WCB community relations

WCB sponsorships

As part of the WCB’s mandate to work with our partners to build a safer Manitoba that fosters prevention and return to work, we are pleased to sponsor community events that help bring this vision to life.

The WCB sponsorship program is designed to support events and campaigns that help us promote workplace health and safety, return to work and support diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

WCB Prevention/Return to Work sponsorship request guidelines

Any sponsorship support by the WCB should, either wholly or in part:

• help organizations prevent workplace injuries and illnesses
• help organizations reduce the impact of workplace injuries and illnesses and return injured workers to work
• raise the awareness of occupational health and safety practices and accommodation for persons with disabilities in the workplace
• enhance existing relationships with employers and workers and build new relationships
• promote workplace safety and health in diverse communities
• promote claims reporting awareness

WCB diversity sponsorship request guidelines

Sponsorship requests in support of WCB’s diversity and inclusion strategy should, either wholly or in part:

• raise awareness or support accommodation for persons with disabilities in the workplace
• enhance existing relationships with Indigenous peoples, diversity groups and agencies and build new relationships
• build a link to diverse communities for WCB staff
• provide the WCB opportunities for recruitment in diverse communities

Note: The donation of WCB promotional items may also be granted, as part of or in lieu of a sponsorship.

The WCB will not consider requests that:

• does not sufficiently meet any of the above criteria
• are represented by a political party
• position the WCB as appearing to endorse a lobbying effort or approval process
• position the WCB as appearing to endorse a specific product or vendor
• position the WCB as appearing to be in a conflict of interest
• position the WCB as appearing to endorse an investment opportunity
• compromise the image of the WCB as a responsible and respectable organization within the community or industry
• is outside of the province and not attended by large numbers of Manitoba workers or employers

Those groups seeking sponsorship from the WCB are invited to do so at their earliest convenience. The WCB may not accept any sponsorship requests once its allocated sponsorship budget has been met.