Year: 2005

The Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) is a unique undertaking between the Government of Canada and the voluntary sector to enhance their relationship and strengthen the sector’s capacity. Over the five…

This is a useful website based on the publication by Nick Wates (2000), The Community Planning Handbook. It provides an overview of new methods of community planning. It is aimed…

In its February 2004 Speech from the Throne, the Government of Canada identified the “social economy” as a new federal priority. Social Economy encompasses activities that are built on democratic…

Introduction: the nature of ‘community’ (excerpt) The term ‘community capacity-building’ only entered into the lexicon of policy-making a very few years ago. Like all terms associated with the much-abused term ‘community’…

Introduction Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have met with varying degrees of success in both Canada and the United States since their introduction as an affordable housing alternative. The goal of this External Research…

Achieving Financial Inclusion – Lessons from American credit unions and CDFIs for practitioners in Britain Community Banking Partnerships (CBPs) are being formed across England and Wales to tackle financial exclusion…

The Community Benefits Movement and CBAs Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) — deals between developers and coalitions of community organizations, addressing a broad range of community needs — are safeguards to…

When the social economy was introduced to the Canadian policy agenda in 2004, it aroused great interest among community-based stakeholders and policy makers. It also raised many questions of definition,…

This guide provides background on the social economy, identifies research issues whose examination would support the development of policies and programs, provides suggestions for how this research might be conducted,…

This toolkit was developed to meet the needs of the Nishnawbe First Nation. However, since its creation it has been utilized by many aboriginal and non-aboriginal organizations and communities throughout…

This SROI analysis of Pack-IT, commissioned by Social Firms UK, focuses on the incremental social value created by the company by employing disabled people, over and above what would be…

The purpose of the framework presented here is to: establish a shared understanding of the various methods used for the monetization exercise within Social Return on Investment Analysis by collecting,…