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Sara Lyons, Program Director, Community Foundations of Canada
Don Basham, Director, Sunshine Coast Community Foundation
Trina Prior, Manager of Grants & Community Initiatives, Vancouver Foundation
Community Indicators Consortium Webinar Series:
Vital Signs Part 2: Engaging Local Partners Across 30 Communities
Nov 9th, 2011
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Background
• Began in Toronto in 2001• moved from primary to
secondary research • Introduced as a national
program by CFC in 2006 with 6 foundations publishing
• 22 local publications (coast to coast) in 2011 and 32 community foundations in the program
• Internationally: Brazil, Australia, US, UK
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What is Vital Signs?
• An ongoing program and regular publication
• Collates and presents existing research data on the local community from a variety of sources
• Published by local community foundations, coordinated and supported by CFC
• Ten common issue areas : 1. Gap between Rich and Poor 6. Getting Started in our
Community2. Safety 7. Arts and Culture3. Health and Wellness 8. Environment4. Learning 9. Work5. Housing 10. Belonging and Leadership
• Community engagement in defining areas of interest, sources of research, grading of indicators and leadership
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What is Vital Signs?
Measuring the vitality of Canadian communities in critical areas helps community foundations:
•Increase the effectiveness of our grantmaking •Better inform our donors about issues and opportunities in the community •Assist us in making connections between individuals and groups to address those issues•Providing a context and catalyst for community discussion and deliberation•Platform for collaboration, action and change
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Reports
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What is Vital Signs?
Alongside local program, the national program features:
• Vital Signs Giving Guide, a national insert published in the Globe and Mail newspaper
• Website featuring all the national and local content, as well as local stories and contact information
• New national research each year focusing on quality of life in Canada, for example in 2010 we commissioned a national poll to learn more about how Canadians feel about their local environment
• Social media including the Vital Signs blog featuring regular Vital Signs program stories and quality of life news, written by a variety of bloggers.
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The Community Engagement Process- WHY?
• Vital Signs is about incorporating feedback and priorities
• Whereas much data is already publicly available, we add value by bringing it together and bringing it to life
• Adding profile, communications, public outreach and leadership capacity to facts
• Creating a platform for action
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The Community Engagement ProcessHOW?
• Early: Building awareness, interest and momentum
• Participating: Contributing to the project, accessing data, laying groundwork for collaboration and action
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The Community Engagement ProcessHOW?
• Launch:• Awareness raising• Key messages and positioning
• Presentations:• mayor and council; provincial and federal representatives• major charities and other non-profit organizations• social planning and social service organizations• citizen groups, service clubs• multi-cultural agencies• Chamber of Commerce, business associations• local economic development agencies• Vital Signs funders and potential funders• other community funders• community foundation donors• local media
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The Community Engagement ProcessHOW? (cont.)
• Feedback and Prioritization: perceptions, experiences, interests, conversations
• Grading 1. In dire need of corrective action
2. Of concern, needs attention3. Progress is being made4. We’re doing well & headed in the right direction5. Awesome! Our community’s tops!
• Polling
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Sunshine Coast Community Foundation
Community and program context
• Pop 29,000
• Accessible by ferry only
• Vital Signs report in 2009 and 2011
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Sunshine Coast Community Foundation
Community engagement in producing the Report
Community Expertise• Management team• Group meetings• Community experts
General Population• Online survey• Revised 2011 approach
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Sunshine Coast Community Foundation
Post Report community engagement
• Strategic planning• Community workshop• VOICE
• Funders dinner• One-stop website and grant writing workshop
• Sustainability Plan- Vital Signs as vehicle to monitor progress?
• Credit Union study
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Vancouver Foundation
Foundation and Vital Signs program background
Community Conversations•Why we decided to do the community conversations
•The format we used and why
•Outcomes/Feedback
•Next Steps
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Conclusion
Thank you
www.vitalsignscanada.ca
www.cfc-fcc.ca