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.

Events
SAVE THE DATES

FORUM dates for 2020
Tuesday March 24, Wednesday June 24, Thursday September 24

Venues and agendas to be announced

Community Wellbeing


Survey still open
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
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.” 

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.


Resource Sharing
Federal Funding Opportunity: 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.


First Call: January 8 th 2020 - February 10 th 2020 (there will be two more calls prior to April 2021)



OTF’s Seed application deadline in Feb 26, 2020. If you have Seed projects and want to learn more about how to submit a strong grant application, please attend OTF’s upcoming Seed Investment Stream in-person sessions, webinars and telephone coaching clinics (details below).  Please feel free to share this notice with your local networks – and many thanks for your help in getting the word out.
 
When: January 8 th – February 24 th , 2020
Registration: Please visit the sign up page and register for as many sessions as you need.
 
WHAT WE’RE OFFERING 
 
In-person sessions in Waterloo Wellington Dufferin area and nearby cities (additional sessions are listed on the sign up page):

Tamarack's Top 10: Kickstart Your 2020 Learning
By: Liz Weaver

Change-making is challenging. Tackling complex issues requires skills, instinct and an appetite to work differently. The field of change-making practice is continually changing and adapting. 
Over the course of 2019, the Tamarack team had the opportunity to engage, watch and document how community change happens. This article reviews ten resources published by Tamarack in 2019 and highlights key themes emerging. Each of these resources provides practical tools, approaches and strategies for building your skills as a community changemaker. These resources represent our observations about community change and the work that is happening across communities in Canada, the US and internationally. 

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