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YWCA: Women's Employment Learning and Livelihoods Program
Women's Employment Learning and Livelihoods
rogram (WELL) is a new skills training and
employment program for women. The WELL
Program is offered by the YWCA of
Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton's
How To Apply:
The WELL program in Peterborough is
scheduled to begin in January 2010. Please
request a referral from your OW or ODSP
counsellor and call Heidi Schaeffer at
705-743-3526 to register for an orientation
session.
Orientation sessions will be held:
January 6, 2010 from 10:00 to 11:30 am and
January 7, 2010 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm
at the Peterborough Public Library
345 Aylmer Street, Lower Level
If you are entering the WELL program, please
expect to stay longer to complete the application
process.
View the complete flyer for further details
 (168 KB).
People Partnerships and Possibilities
The People Partnerships and Possibilities Network Project (PPP) was funded by the Campebllford Seymour Community Foundation. It was open to all service organizations, community services organizations and not-for profit organization based in and working in Trent Hills. In 2008, there were two planning sessions and three workshops facilitated by the Compass Training Centre called: "On the Road To Partnerships in Trent Hills".
As part of the planning process, the YWCA’s Compass Training Centre researched training needs of the twenty two PPP network organizations, as well as opportunities for partnership. A key outcome of the research was direction for a shared vision of what a vibrant Trent Hills will be like. The individual vision pictures were given to a local artist to interpret. After several rounds of feedback from the network members a beautiful vision poster was finalized. The poster is a source of inspiration for working together across the three distinct communities of Trent Hills. The vision poster is also evidence of a shift in awareness within the PPP. The network started out being about sharing information between groups and organizations from Warkworth, Campbellford and Hastings and ended up being about how to work together in caring and respectful ways.
See vision poster here (443 KB).
In 2009 and 2010, YWCA's Compass Training Centre has received funding for Project STRONG (Strengthening Rural Organizations in Northumberland), from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Compass Training will be working one on one with five organizations to do capacity assessment, strategic planning, training, coaching and support for organizational development activities. The organizations include:
- Campbellford Palliative Care
- Northumberland Big Sisters Big Brother
- VON, Trent Hills Nursing Team
- Northumberland United Way
- Campbellford Seymour Community Foundation
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