The annual calculation of the Living Wage for Greater Victoria was announced on May 2nd.

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Pump Up the Volume - Pre-Election Event

The Community Action Plan on Poverty (CAPP) joins together with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition in an effort to support the election actions that are being planned by poverty activists and agencies in the Capital region.

Pump Up the Volume is an activists ‘show and tell’ leading up to the May 14th provincial election.

Share and invite people | RSVP | Like CAPP Facebook page

Youth Social Entrepreneurship Webinar Series - Next up April 30, 2013

The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is launching a new webinar series on Youth Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Canadian CED Network. Presenters will discuss a variety of local, regional and national best practice examples.

Click here to watch/listen to a recording of the second webinar.
Click here to watch/listen to a recording of the first webinar.
Click here to find out more and register.

Listen to Stacy Barter, our partner from Smart Communities BC, on C-FAX 1070 with Frank Stanford discuss Resilient Neighbourhoods.

Click here to listen.

Youth Social Entrepreneurship Webinar Series

Starting March 12, 2013, The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is launching a new webinar series on Youth Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Canadian CED Network. Presenters will discuss a variety of local, regional and national best practice examples.

Click here to find out more and register.

New report:
Towards a Community Benefit Model of Procurement for Social Services

The Community Council is proposing a “community benefit model” of procurement, in which the government establishes long-term funding relationships with key community service providers, develops a clear policy framework for procuring community services, and establishes regional planning tables to better align community service funding to the needs of each community.

Report | Highlights | News Release

RFP for Legal Services

The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria is seeking to retain legal counsel to assist with the incorporation and associated activities of a Community Investment Cooperative for Vancouver Island.

Click here to read the request for proposal.

Affordable Housing For BC’s Capital Region: Tools For The Future

The Final Report is released on National Housing Day 2012. Click here to read or download the report.

Click here to read the tweets and retweets from the event.

Quality Matters - A Youth Program Quality Initiative

Are you looking to participate in more free, targeted professional development opportunities? Want to learn about a new program evaluation tool that can support your funding applications and reporting? Want to empower your staff to take action to support quality programming and learn from other youth programs about what they are doing? Read the Phase 1 Report here.

Click here for more info or here for the appication form.

December 3, 2012, 12noon PST.
Free informational webinar about this project. Register here.

Building Resilient Neighbourhoods

A resilient community pro-actively responds and effectively adapts to external forces and internal challenges. Would you like to work closely with others to help make your neighbourhood more resilient?

Click here to register.

Many employers cannot increase wages, but they can help make Victoria more affordable for their employees.

Ten Ways to Attract and Keep Your Staff | HR Options for Action | Living Wage

Membership Renewal Time
It is almost September our traditional membership renewal time. Click here to read more about membership in the Community Social Planning Council and to downlad our our membership form.