Building Stronger Organizations (in Ontario's small to medium sized volunteer organizations) through volunteer centre services and engaging newcomers as volunteers.
The Volunteer Centre of Guelph & Wellington County has been funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration to oversee a two-year project with a goal to strengthening volunteer centre services in Ontario. A particular emphasis will be placed on identifying opportunities for volunteer centres to engage new Canadians in our communities.
The Government of Ontario has funded “Building Stronger Organizations” through the Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration's Strategic Partnership Program.
This two year project, announced on June 9, 2007, will enable the Ontario Volunteer Centre Network to strengthen and support volunteer centre services in Ontario, through environmental scanning of existing resources on engaging volunteers, an analysis of best practices, professional development, networking and conferences.
In addition, this project will also position volunteer centre services to be a hub of information and volunteer opportunities for engaging new Canadians in our communities. We will create a tool kit for small-medium sized non-profit organizations on how best to meet the needs of newcomers, and create an orientation tool for newcomers, based on the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement.
The Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington is the administrative lead on this project.
The project will be governed by a 10-12 member Advisory Committee, made up of volunteer centre representatives, as well as other community stakeholders. Each of the four project components or streams, noted below, will be linked to the Advisory Committee and will have a 4-6 member Working Group that manages its own distinct deliverables.
A Project Manager has been hired to oversee this project. In addition, there will be a number of “request for proposal” processes for environmental scanning, research and tool kit development, and train-the-trainer development. All job descriptions and RFP notices will be openly and publicly distributed.
The project will be composed of four distinct but inter-related components.
This project will build on current resources and services that are available from other sources through the development of a research inventory. Sources include current Strategic Partnership Initiative projects, national and provincial volunteerism resources and local organizations that have developed their own regional solutions to the issues this project will address.
A resource kit will be created, based on the inventory materials noted above, for small to medium sized organizations that summarize best practices and key resources in the field of engaging diverse ethno-cultural populations as volunteers.
Volunteer Engagement: Using the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement
A new tool will be produced; a variation of the Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement and supporting training materials, that can be used to educate and orient individuals to the culture of volunteering in Canada, including the benefits and expectations of volunteering.
This project will enhance the current services provided by Volunteer Centres and organizations that provide volunteer centre like services through an exploration of current issues, trends, challenges and successes within the volunteer centre network in Ontario. Specific models for “working differently to work better”, recommendations and tools will developed and compiled in an interactive catalogue that will support volunteer centre services in all areas of the province as the local community resource for engaging new volunteers. طراحي وب سايت تاريخ تمدن باستان لينکدوني تبادل لينک دانلود کتاب اسطوره اساطیر Ancient civilizations Eski Tarih تاریح القدیم دايرکتوري تبادل لينک مشاهير چهره ماندگار علي شريعتي بهینه سازی سايت اشتراک لينک ابهر abhar تاريخ فلسفه اخبار خبر ایران باستان تبلیغات آگهی رایگان آشپزی طراحي سايت Your Link Here Call me mtn.exe@gmail.com
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