The Enterprising Non-Profits NS Grant Program
Upcoming Workshops and Grant Application Deadline

If you're thinking about starting an enterprise activity that will support both the mission and financial needs of your non-profit organization, this is the workshop for you.

More and more non-profits are exploring income-generating enterprises as a way to:

• enhance their programs and services;
• achieve their missions more effectively; and
• generate new revenues that enable them to diversify their funding bases.

This workshop is intended for staff, board members and volunteers of non-profit organizations that are considering launching, expanding, strengthening their enterprise and/or are new to social enterprise.  It introduces participants to social enterprise and the Enterprising Non-Profits program (go to http://enterprisingnonprofits.ca for more information), and walks them through the grant application process. 

Note: Organizations wishing to apply for the Fall round of enp grant assistance (application deadline: November 15) must have attended an enp Orientation Workshop. 

The Workshop will give you the following:

1.Knowledge of the enp program – its resources, supports and grant assistance

2.Enhanced knowledge of social enterprise

3.An understanding of the enp application process, and answers to application questions

Workshops

There are three Enterprising Non-profits workshops coming up next month. You can sign up for your preferred session below:

October 22, 9am - 12pm:  Liverpool CBDC 

October 23, 9am - 12pm: Dartmouth Sportsplex - Valardo Room

October 24, 11:30am - 1:30pm: Online

Registration fee:

$20 per person for the online course. Note that this is the first time we are holding an online enp-NS course, so the rate is discounted.
 

$45 per person for in-person sessions in Liverpool and Dartmouth.  The registration fee includes breakfast.  This fee covers the cost of the room rental, handouts, nourishment and facilitator. 

The benfits of attending the in-person workshop include the following:

- More interaction between facilitator and participants

- Ability to network with other like-minded not-for-profits

- Paper handouts of the forms (we will provide them electronically for the online course and after the in-person workshop for participants)
 

More about enp-NS

• Assists Nova Scotian nonprofits to start and grow social enterprises – businesses that address community issues
• Provides training, resources and social enterprise development grants
• Funded by Province of Nova Scotia
• An initiative in collaboration with enp-BC (www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca)

The new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act and other changes to the law affecting charities and non-profits have been confusing for many of us involved in the community sector and can cause tremendous problems if we are unaware of what these changes mean for us.  CENCB is very pleased to bring nationally-renowned lawyer Richard Bridge http://www.lawyerforcharities.ca/ to Fredericton for a special afternoon session on Friday, September 27th.  Dedicated entirely to the community sector, Richard has worked with community organizations of every size and given hundreds of presentations about the legal and tax situations facing the non profit sector. Interactive informative discussions will include:

• what you need to know about the laws governing your organization
• the emergence of social enterprise and the response of the Canada Revenue Agency
• how to manage Risk and ensure your NGO is compliant

When:  Sept 27 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Where:  Centre communautaire Saint Anne, 715 Priestman St, Fredericton
Admission:  $50 ($35 for students)

Seats are limited so register soon.  For more information or to register, please write to info@cecnb.ca 

Register here

Event brochure (PDF)

The webinar scheduled for Thursday, 10 October 2013 has been postponed

Community Social Planning Council is inviting leading employers in Greater Victoria to participate in dialogue about the living wage, a key strategy for combatting child poverty. Living Wage expert Michael McCarthy Flynn will show how a wage levels influence child poverty and local economic conditions, and CEO Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards will discuss the business case behind his company’s decision to become a Certified Living Wage Employer.

Watch our website for the new date!