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Enterprising Non-Profits Toronto Orientation

Is your non-profit organization thinking about starting or expanding a social enterprise?

Enterprising Non-Profits Toronto (enp-TO) may be for you!

We provide matching technical assistance grants of up to $10,000 for planning activities to help non-profit organizations start and grow social enterprises. To apply, you must attend an orientation.

Youth-led, youth-driven and/or youth-centred non-profit organizations are especially encouraged to participate, as some of the funds in this Round are from the Capital One Youth Entrepreneurship Fund and are dedicated to social enterprises managed by or serving youth.

Organizations that are thinking about or starting a new social enterprise must attend the session for the full day; organizations that are already operating a social enterprise may join the session for the afternoon only:

Thursday, March 6th,
Full Day (new enterprise): 10:30 – 5:00 - $100
Half Day (existing enterprises): 2:00 - 5:00 - $50
at 26 Wellington St East , 12th Floor Boardroom A (click here to view a map)

Check your eligibility for this session by emailing Agapi Gessesse at agessesse@uwgt.org

The orientation will review the enp-to application process and all attendees will receive a copy of the Canadian Social Enterprise Guide . The person who attends must be the staff person responsible for the social enterprise.

Reduced pricing available if more than one member of your organization will be attending a session (max. 2 attendees).

**Non-profit organizations without charitable status will need a charitable trustee if they are approved for funding.**

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Manager, Citizenship Programs

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Director, Sustainability & Citizenship, the Manager, Citizenship Programs is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of strategies, policies and practices to position The Co-operators as an impactful contributor to Canadian communities. This role has frequent and direct contact with both internal and external stakeholders in English and French enabling the company to be a good corporate citizen.

Deadline: 
18 Feb 2014
Website: 
www.cooperators.ca
Region: 
Ontario

Creating Funds for Social and Environmental Impact - National Launch of 'Community Finance Solutions'

Community Finance Solutions provides expert advisory support to high-potential initiatives creating new impact investing funds and innovative financial products. We envision a vibrant marketplace of effective impact investing funds and innovative financial products in communities across Canada, pooling and placing capital to create social and environmental impact.
 
The national launch will take place on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 12 p.m. EST through a webinar. The launch event is entitled Creating Funds for Social and Environmental Impact and will provide an insider’s view on developing a new impact investing fund. The launch webinar will be moderated by Katie Gibson from the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing and will feature the following speakers:
  • Jane Bisbee, Social Enterprise Fund (Edmonton, AB)
  • Garth Davis, New Market Funds (Vancouver, BC)
  • Margie Mendell, Concordia University speaking about La Fiducie du Chantier de l'économie sociale (Montreal, QC)

Who is eligible for support?

Our clients are individuals and organisations located across Canada who are working to launch new impact investing funds or innovative financial products. Please see our online application for more details.
 
Community Finance Solutions could support the following types of initiatives:
  • Creation of an investment fund focusing on First Nations communities, affordable housing, sustainable food and water, or renewable energy;
  • Development of a community loan fund for local businesses;
  • Creation of a blended philanthropic and investment fund to finance projects with a social mission;
  • Issuance of a community bond to finance an infrastructure project; and
  • A variety of other impact investing funds and products that meet our established criteria.

[ Register today ]

More information:

For more information or if you have further questions about Community Finance Solutions, please contact kgibson@marsdd.com or visit our website. 

Collective Impact & Community Change

Advance your community's agenda with tools and techniques that move beyond impact.

Join internationally recognized trainer and community builder, Liz Weaver, for a workshop that dives into the collective impact approach and how it can enhance the impact of community change efforts.

  • Learn how collaborative tables can organize for change
  • Explore how the application of the three preconditions of collective impact and the five conditions for community change can enhance your local efforts
  • Advance your community’s agenda with tools and techniques that move toward impact
  • Embrace the power of citizen engagement and collective impact

This workshop is for those who:

  • Desire new ways to lead, engage and transform your community
  • Want to learn about collective impact and how to manage or work within a collaborative team
  • Work on issues such as community engagement, health and well-being, poverty reduction, local government, community sustainability, neighbourhood renewal, crime prevention, youth development, citizen engagement, local food systems and other collaborative ideas.
  • Are contemplating the start-up or renewal of a collaborative initiative
  • Are a key supporter of community engagement and collaboration including NGOs, businesses; funders and national, provincial or local government

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Why the Collective Impact Approach?

Increasingly, community organizations are engaging in collaboration as a means to try and solve some of the most complex issues that they face. But these challenging issues require a new approach, a new framework. In 2011, John Kania and Mark Kramer of FSG Social Impact Consultants wrote an article, Collective Impact, that changed how we look at collaboration. Collective impact provides a framework for multi-sector community-based roundtables to re-consider how community change should occur and what impact these efforts should have. This workshop will explore the application of the three pre-conditions of collective impact and the five conditions for community change efforts.

Keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, Liz Weaver, will provide exciting tips to help your collaborative table explore the concepts of community change and collective impact as we address complex issues. Liz will lead the group through the key questions collaborative tables need to consider before applying the collective impact framework and share with the group examples, tools and resources they can use to scale up their collaborative community change efforts. She will also lead us in conversations about the new forms of collaborative leadership required for community change today.

Throughout the day, you will explore the key concepts of collective impact, spend time in dialogue and work through tools and resources that will help them increase their collaborative effectiveness. You will also have an opportunity to connect and exchange with each other during the workshop.

Good Till the Last Drop: Strategies to Manage Stormwater While Greening Communities & Creating Jobs

Speaker: Sharyn Inward, Program Manager, RAIN, Green Communities Canada
Managing stormwater with infrastructure improvements can help to mitigate the impact of traditional development practices, which can cause the combined volume of rain and wastewater to exceed a sewer system’s capacity. Pollutants in the runoff from rainwater can destroy biodiversity, while excess stormwater backups can result in the increase of street and basement flooding. Practices that can green stormwater infrastructure include modifications to a range of soil, water and plant systems in order to green housing, yards, community spaces and municipal lands that intercept stormwater, infiltrating a portion of it back into the ground, air and sewer system.
Affordable housing providers, municipal environmental service departments and community organizations will have an opportunity to learn about practical, cost effective stormwater management solutions, such as rain gardens, treescapes, rain barrels, container gardens and porous pavement. We will be joined by Green Communities Canada Sharyn Inward, who will discuss these strategies, along with exciting new programs in the United States that work with housing, neighborhood groups, schools and businesses to manage stormwater that, in addition to creating jobs, have created more livable, prettier communities with higher property values and improved health outcomes.

[ register here ]

SPEAKER

Sharyn Inward has over twentyyears of experience researching, developing, funding, implementing, managing and evaluating community-based environmental awareness and action programs. Notable examples include Cancer Prevention (Women’s Health and Environmental Network) and Well Aware and Pesticide Free Naturally (Green Communities Canada). Sharyn’s latest work includes developing and implementing the RAIN Program, addressing lot-level stormwater management in eight Ontario communities and Depave Paradise, both for Green Communities Canada, as well as designing green buildings and houses in her spare time. Areas of specialization include community engagement, program development, water quality, stormwater, energy efficiency, green building, passive solar greenhouses and architecture for small, natural buildings.
  • Green Communities Canada(GCC) is a national association of community organizations that help people go green – in their homes and gardens, on the road, at work and in the community. Sharing knowledge and best practices, GCC is a leader in delivering programs and services at the community level, and is represented in every region of the country.

Space is limited. REGISTER NOW!

Please note that, as always, webinars are free for CHRA members. 
For non-members, the cost is $40 + tax.

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