We send  What's on the MOVES on the first and third Friday 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 to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes.
Wishing you a safe Holiday season, see you in 2020 !

Events
Watch this space for upcoming DC MOVES events in 2020

Community Wellbeing
You will find the following dates in the Academic Calendar in Resources on the website.

Jan 3 - Trees for Tots registration closes
Jan 7 - Monthly/Quarterly Report due
Jan 11 - Trees for Tots



Help Us to Grow & Improve Together - A Brief Survey

Your feedback counts! We would like your input to determine how the VolunteerDufferin.ca website is working for your organization.  
 
Please take a moment to answer a few short questions. Your input will help us grow and improve our service.

Thank you for your input!

Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
County Council received the first Community Impact Report from DCEC Co-Chair Anna McGregor Dec 12th, 2019
Canada announced that 825,000 less people are living in poverty and Canada now has its lowest level of poverty in its short history.
Province of Ontario announced Province -wide Consultations on a New Poverty Reduction Strategy Underway

The Ontario government wants to hear from people across the province about what they want to see in the next poverty reduction strategy.

“Empowering people and supporting them during challenging times is a priority for our government. We also know we cannot do this work alone,” said Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services. “It’s important we listen to people who have experienced poverty, community organizations, Indigenous communities and organizations, and our partners about how we can break the cycle of poverty to ensure everyone has a chance to succeed and contribute to their community.” 

New Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team to Provide Better Connected Care for Patients
Ontario Health Teams Part of Province’s Plan to End Hallway Health Care
December 6, 2019 1:30 P.M.
ORANGEVILLE - Ontario is delivering on its commitment to end hallway health care and build a connected and sustainable health care system centred on the needs of patients. The province is introducing Ontario Health Teams, a new model of care that brings together health care providers to work as one team.

Making Cent$ Guide Now Available

The Making Cent$ of Abilities Resource to Hiring and Retaining Persons with Disabilities is now available on the Workforce Planning Board's website. This guide is a unique local initiative highlighting the economic benefits of employing persons with disabilities, how employers can recruit workers with disabilities and the available supports for employers in doing so.

The Making Cent$ of Abilities Coalition is a partnership focused on providing businesses and organizations with an opportunity to tap into a larger hiring pool by providing resources to hire and retain people with disabilities.

EmployerOne

Each year the annual EmployerOne Survey, conducted by the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin, allows businesses to share important information about hiring challenges and specific workforce needs. This valuable information is shared with over 30 Partner organizations including Job Developers, Educators, Economic Developers, Industry Associations and Business Support Agencies to help shape programming related to local workforce development. The more respondents the survey receives, the more accurate and complete the data becomes.

In 2019, 542 businesses took part in the EmployerOne Survey for Waterloo, Wellington and Dufferin. This year’s survey will open on Thursday, January 2, 2020 and run until January 31. You can take part by following the link below.

Employees and Job Seekers Had Their Say

The Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin has released its first ever “Worker Survey”. One hundred and seventy-seven job seekers and employees filled out this survey that asked about their needs when looking for employment, reasons why they quit, what keeps them in a job and more. The new Worker Survey was introduced as a complement to the annual EmployerOne Survey which the Workforce Planning Board conducts every January around workforce and retention and recruitment practices.
  
This new survey lets the community fill in the gap – what is the perspective of workers, whether they are employed or seeking employment? The Worker Survey is the first step in understanding the needs of jobseekers and employees locally.


Resource Sharing
Federal Funding Opportunity:
Investment Readiness Program
$50 million to help Social Purpose Organizations become investment ready  
The Government of Canada will be investing $50 million over two years to help social purpose organizations become investment ready and access the new Social Finance Fund.
 
The Investment Readiness Program is part of the Government's Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy, which seeks to encourage new and innovative approaches to address the persistent and complex social and environmental challenges that make it difficult for people to succeed and reach their full potential.

Support partner, The Canadian Women's Foundation, will launch their second call for funding February 24, 2020 for grants up to $50,000.

NEW Service Announcement