2010, the Women's Centre of Calgary

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Our Mission and Vision The Women’s Centre of Calgary is a unique, street-front organization that provides a variety of services and opportunities to the women of Calgary. Our mission is to be every woman’s place for support, connections and community. Our vision is women supporting communities, communities supporting women. The Women’s Centre is a safe place for women to: • get assistance • connect with others • work for change
Fostering change and inclusion In 2010 we responded to more than 62,000 contacts. That’s double the number three years ago. As a result, growth management continues to be a major issue. To ensure we were not overwhelmed by basic needs demand, we made a number of changes. We reorganized our staff team so that we have leads on each of our three core areas of work: assisting with basic needs, building social inclusion and addressing social issues. We changed staff hours to ensure all staff have time for learning, increased training to build the depth of women’s issues knowledge among volunteers, and worked to foster an environment for change. With funding from the Calgary Foundation we are building skills around public policy. Project funding from United Way will enable us to continue our work to create change over the next three years. The Board of Directors focused on growth and ensuring sustainability. Goals were set at the annual board planning retreat and leads on resources, people and community will direct work in 2011. 2010 was a very successful year thanks to the hard work of staff and 434 volunteers. With City of Calgary, FCSS funding we were able to hire a consultant to evaluate our way of work and social inclusion. The evaluation found that “there is a reciprocal and interconnected relationship between the community capacity building peer model at the Women’s Centre and social inclusion . . . At times it is difficult to discern which begets which. However, what is fundamental to them both is recognizing that they are integral to one another and together create deep and far reaching positive impacts for all women involved with the Women’s Centre.” Best practices which were identified included: •Empathy •Reciprocity •Active diversity work and non-judgmental practice •Leadership and non-hierarchical culture •Staff and volunteer competency: critical thinking and reflective practice •Open-space physical layout of organization •Open and accessible operational structure •Immediate response and contextual support •Women’s only space Funding from United Way of Calgary will enable us to continue our evaluation in 2011 with an assessment of our work in the areas of basic needs and social issues. 2010 was a very successful year thanks to the hard work of staff and 434 volunteers. It was made possible by core funders the City of Calgary, FCSS and United Way of Calgary, and more than 700 individual donors, foundations, community groups and businesses who provided key support for our critical work.
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