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.

Current Publications:

Responding to the Economic Downturn Nonprofits in Cambridge and North Dumfries

Locally many nonprofits are experiencing serious difficulties as they respond to the economic downturn resulting in staff reductions and the closure of programs and services. Also cited in the study were significantly increased levels in demands for human and social services.

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A Community Social Profile of Cambridge and North Dumfries

This community social profile was compiled for the Ontario Social Landscape Community Profile project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries is one of fourteen Social Planning Councils participating in this project.

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Here is our success story on Affordable housing Forum held on May 13, 2009

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Here is our success story on our 2009 Poverty Symposium

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries (SPC-CND) held its fourth annual Poverty Symposium on May 27th, 2009. The theme of this year's event was "Building Inclusive Organizations: The experiences of new immigrants and refugees in Cambridge and North Dumfries".

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click here for the keynote speaker's presentation

Myths & Facts About Homelessness & Poverty

To increase the awareness of homelessness and poverty issues in the community, members of The Cambridge Action on Homelessness Group (CAHG) worked to develop the series of myths and facts around those issues.

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Click here for links to the original data sources

Building Community Capacity in Rural Waterloo Region - BCCRWR

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries would like to congratulate the 2009 recipients of mini-grants under the BCCRWR initiative.

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Current & Upcoming Events:

Our Communities, Our Health and Our Future

The final product of the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition's Healthy Communities and the Built Environment project has been completed. The development and production of 'Our Communities, Our Health and Our Future: Understanding and Changing the Built Environment' was coordinated by the Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries. The purpose of this publication is to provide information related to the HCBE project and to convey additional information and resources in specific topic areas. Case studies are used to showcase community-based efforts to create healthy communities./p>

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Other Publications

Blueprint For Economic Stimulus

Click here to access the Blueprint for Economic Stimulus - Feb 2009

Blueprint for Poverty Reduction

For more information visit the poverty watch website

“BREAKING THE CYCLE”

For more information please visit www.Ontario.ca/breakingthecycle

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.

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Cambridge Neighbourhood Profiles - Research update

To learn more about this research study, click here.