Winnipeg’s social enterprise community has spawned an exciting new book called The Beautiful Bailout: How Social Innovation Will Solve Government’s Priciest Problems.

The essence of Community-led Development (CLD) is working together in a place to create and achieve locally-owned visions and goals.  Rather than being a model or service, CLD is a planning and development approach.

This guide is mainly about the first of these terms. We’ll talk about the others, but the focus of this guide is on the enterprise. Social enterprise is a noun. It’s simply any business — including and especially a non-profit — that is primarily focused on a social purpose.

You can access the Measuring Community Capacity Resource Kit by downloading it and printing it yourself, or by ordering a hard copy from us by downloading the order form using the link below.

New Zealand and Canada have a lot in common: we could be cousins. Positioned at the end of the world – albeit different ends – both countries boast stunning natural landscapes and sports loving citizens.