We send  on the MOVES on the first and third  of the month. Our goal is to share information about upcoming events, agency news and relevant announcements with the DC MOVES mailing list. If you have information to share through this bulletin, please email your information in text and an attached image or logo OR pdf AD/Flyer  (maximum size 5M)  to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes .

PLEASE share  a  story of success  !!!

A partnership, collaboration, connection   

email DC MOVES

we know the stories are out there !!!
   EVENTS

All 3 Lunch and Learn webinars are available with audio under the Capacity Building event heading - if you missed the January 29th event or the followup Lunch and Learn events or if you want to review what you heard and learned all the resources are there for you. 
Feel Free to share with your team and use them in your own work place. 
Thanks to Sylvia Cheuy and the Tamarack Ins.  
See the website for Forum resources
 From the FORUM
March 20th

Pictured below (L to R)
Fiddlehead Care Farm, Active Lives After School, and Caledon Dufferin Victim Services

Thank you to our 3 impromptu  presenters
 - selected from the poster activity for Who's in the Room 
EQUITY
(renamed from Poverty Reduction)
Community Services has modernized and re-launched the Addictions Services Initiative Program. PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS ARE REAL PEOPLE.
 
The program supports people who are struggling with addiction and are in receipt of Ontario Works Assistance in Dufferin County by providing referrals and supports during their journey to recovery.
 
For more information about Ontario Works Addiction Services contact your Community Services Worker or call 519-941-6991

FWD is OPEN for business! 

Beginning in March 2019, FWD facilitators are once again available to offer independent facilitation support to people and families on a fee-for-service basis.  Facilitators work 1:1 with you and your loved ones to plan for and build the life that you want in community.  Whether you want to focus on starting a support circle, planning for life after high school, getting a home of your own, or becoming more active in your community, facilitation is about building YOUR LIFE, YOUR WAY.  Call us at 226-326-0916 x 210, or  email us to find out more.

COMMUNITY WELLBEING
 
Guelph Initiative Offering Free Workplace Wellness Workshops and Webinars


Would you like to decrease stress and boost overall wellbeing at work? The Career Education Council is offering their free Thrive in the Workplace wellness training in-person around Guelph and via webinars to Canadians outside the area from March-July 2019. Intended audiences include students, job-seekers, employees, managers, supervisors, and employee service providers. Interested in attending a workshop or webinar? To register, contact Project Coordinator   Samantha or at 519-827-6468 today.
 
 WDGPH seeking input from people who use drugs (other than cannabis, alcohol or tobacco) - please circulate broadly
 
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has launched an online and anonymous survey to seek input from those who use drugs to help inform local strategies, identify gaps and provide a better understanding of substance use in the community.
 
Public Health is looking for input from those who live in Wellington County, Dufferin County, or the City of Guelph, who are 16 or older, and who use drugs other than cannabis, alcohol or tobacco.
 
The anonymous survey is available online at wdgpublichealth.ca/druguse-survey. The survey will be open until April 30, 2019. Participants can also enter a draw for a chance to win one of three $50 gift cards.
This survey will build on an earlier needs assessment completed in 2018 with people who were using drugs and already connected to various harm reduction and community services in downtown Guelph. This online survey will provide an opportunity to hear from those who we did not reach in-person, so that their voice can be heard and reflected in our understanding of substance use and program and service needs in the community.
 
We would appreciate your support to help spread awareness of this survey . Please share this opportunity with your clients, colleagues, community partners, family members and friends. We will also be sharing this survey through social media @WDGPublicHealth, if you are able to promote via Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
 
If you have any questions, please contact  Kyley.

RESOURCE SHARING
COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR 2019 

A huge THANK YOU to all the vendor booths (almost 50 tables) who participated in The Orangeville Community Resource Fair Thursday March 21st 2019 and to all the wonderful people who came out to support the event (over 80 in attendance). I really appreciate the turn out and the abundance of wonderful community resources available to people and families in Dufferin County !!!
 
 
Thanks again,
Karenda Carpenter
Passport Community Developer
 
MoveItOn......facilitating the movement of surplus workplace supplies for participating agencies of DC MOVES
 
what's acceptable:
  • functional workplace furniture i.e chairs, desks, filing cabinets, shelves
  • useable disposable supplies i.e. file folders, binders, printer cartridges
  • excess workplace equipment i.e. copiers, printers, lamps, phones

how to move it:

  • you identify surplus workplace supplies
  • you access against the above parameters 
  • you contact Habitat for Humanity ReStore Orangeville to arrange pick up
  • ReStore picks up and holds the supplies
  • you notify DC MOVES Coordinator with supply list for publishing in  What's on the MOVES

Have you got a good Terms of Reference to share ?

Please send it to me and we'll will share it on our DC MOVES website.  A great way to help each other be better together !!