Recent Work

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries is involved in a wide variety of projects - a few of our larger projects are described here.

Directions Day 2006 Proceedings

On June 9, 2006, the Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries [SPC-CND] presented their 2006 Community Trends report to the community for discussion and feedback. Approximately 75 community members attended this event. Key comments made during discussions are presented in a bullet-form fashion and organized into topical areas previously listed; comments made by participants are then grouped by discussion question posed. These comments and recommendations do not necessarily guide the Social Planning Council’s next steps, but rather are presented here simply as a summary of the actual discussions that took place.

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Strategic Planning Overview

The Social Planning Council recently completed a new five-year strategic planning process. This project was graciously funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. To assist in this process, a strategic planning overview was developed & shared with board and staff members as an orientation to the process.

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"Non-Profits GoGreen"

Looking for strategies to make your agency more environmentally friendly? Looking to save your agency money?

Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries has created a practical toolkit to help your agency GoGreen. Attend our upcoming forum on October 20th to learn more.

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Building Bridges: The Process to Develop an Emergency Shelter in Cambridge

"The Bridges", a 3 storey, 40 bed emergency shelter with 20 transitional apartments, opened its doors in Cambridge on November 7, 2005. The purpose of this report is to document the process that was undertaken to identify that there was a need for this facility in Cambridge, and the steps taken to see it materialize. The report includes a research scan as well as information gathered from local stakeholders.

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Poverty Symposium Proceedings

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries held its first annual Poverty Symposium as part of DIRECTIONS on June 9th, 2006. Many community leaders demonstrated their support for this event as they were directly involved by facilitating group discussions on specific poverty-related concerns. These small groups addressed a broad range of concerns related to poverty, such as employment and training, poverty and the media, social policy, living wage, “living with less”, seniors and poverty, as well as housing and homelessness (more details follow). Therefore, this symposium was relevant and useful to our community, as it provided a wide array of perspectives on poverty issues.

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Sustainability Manual

The Social Planning Council has partnered with the Centre for Research and Education in Human Services to develop a Non-Profit Sustainability Manual. This resource guide includes practical suggestions for improving the sustainability of programs. Stories on local sustainability projects have been collected to help us learn about sustainability and help guide the development of this new resource tool. The manual may be viewed here.

 

Data Works

Data Works is technological solutions designed to address the special communications and accountability needs within the nonprofit sector.

For more information about what we are working on currently or have done in the past please contact us.