The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries actively participates in building and strengthening our community through social change, innovation, research, analysis, and facilitation.

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Current News & Events:

Click below for these publications:

• February 2008 Newsletter
• Sign on to Sign Posts
• 2007 Community Trends Report
• 2007 Poverty Symposium Proceedings
• 2007 Trends Small Group Proceedings

Our Third Annual Povery Symposium:

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 11:30a.m-3:15p.m. Fairview Mennonite Home, 515 Langs Drive, Cambridge, ON

click here for more information.

Making Ends Meet- "Town Hall Meeting on April 3, 2008"- our success story

We were very pleased with the public participation in our Town Hall Meeting on April 3, 2008. Attendance was great! More than 85 people attended the event. The highlight was that the key players from our community such as MP Gary Goodyear, MPP Gerry Martiniuk, Regional Councillor Claudette Millar and City of Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig participated as members of a panel at the event, acknowledging that the prevalence of poverty is a growing concern in Cambridge.

Moderator Stephen Gross helped illuminate the need for governments, private sector businesses, non profit organizations and local citizens to work together to develop short and long term solutions that would ensure a decent standard of living for all Cambridge residents.

The event received local media coverage from The Cambridge Times, The Waterloo Region Record and Rogers TV's "First Local" newscast which helped to meet the event's objective of increasing awareness of local poverty issues and the need for a poverty reduction strategy.

Click to read 'Cambridge Times article on our event".

Information Cambridge and North Dumfries

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries has assumed management of Information Cambridge and North Dumfries. Information Cambridge and North Dumfries provides a single point of access for information on community human services.

Click here for the link to Information Cambridge and North Dumfries.

Non-Profits GO GREEN Project

The Non-Profits GO GREEN Project provides awareness and practical tools for Cambridge non-profits to make the environment a priority in their agency.

Click here to view Environmental Toolkit a how-to guide for non-profits to become more environmentally friendly.

Click here for more information about the GO GREEN Project

Cambridge Community Access Program (CAP)

CAP is a program to offer free computer and Internet access to the community through a number of neighbourhood and non-profit organizations. The Social Planning Council has facilitated the development of this project. The Cambridge CAP program offers not only the physical tool but also the training necessary to make the most of this service thereby helping to heighten the collective base level of technological understanding. To find out more regarding training or a site nearest you contact us at jana@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org for information.

Click here for more information about CAP

Healthy Communities and the Built Environment

The SPC is a member of the Waterloo Region Healthy Communities Coalition. The coalition is one of the partners in a collaborative project called Healthy Communities and the Built Environment. The goal of the project is
“to improve the health of Ontarians and reduce health care costs through health promotion and chronic disease prevention strategies linking health and the built environment".

For more information on the project, click here for the Project Summary