A New Partnership that Matches Great Community-Benefit Ideas to Funding and Resources
The Elevator Project has officially launched, bringing the promise of awesome things to come.
The Elevator Project (originally called the Guelph Community Innovation Connection) is a collaboration between 10 Carden, the City of Guelph, the Guelph Community Health Centre and Innovation Guelph. Together they are creating a new process to match great ideas that will make Guelph an even more amazing place to live and work, with the resources to make these ideas happen such as funding, advice and connections.
“Guelph’s citizens have a wealth of ideas that will contribute to community well-being. This process will help strengthen and launch many of these initiatives.” Julia Grady, Co-Founder 10 Carden
With support from a three-year project grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the initiative has now officially launched with two key ways to become involved.
Do you have a great idea to make Guelph more awesome?
Share it! Stop by 10 Carden and meet with their Community Collaborateur, Katrina McQuail ([email protected]) during drop-in times running for the rest of 2013:
- Tuesday afternoons from 1:00-4:00pm
- Wednesday evenings from 7:00-10:00pm
- and Friday mornings from 9:00am-noon
Katrina will help you flesh out your idea, and begin to put together the initial written material necessary to enter the process.
This idea generation and preparation work is building towards a process that will identify community interest around topics and specific projects. Within the next 3 months, supports will be matched to those projects with both short-and long-term community interest and benefit. A public event to announce these projects is being planned for January. To be featured in this first round of funding, get your ideas in early!
Have skills, time or dollars to contribute to a project that will make Guelph better?
Connect with our project lead, Gabrielle Clermont ([email protected]) who can help identify ways for you to support this project.
On November 14, Industry and Community leaders from across Guelph and Wellington County will come together to explore ways that they can leverage and extend their social capital to help affect community-benefit change in the region.
Community Builders Meeting
November 14, 2013, 7:30am-12:30pm
Delta Hotel in Guelph
Register at /event/8519300457
On behalf of the Province of Ontario and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Liz Sandals, MPP and Minister of Education will officially announce the launch of the Elevator Project at this event.
“The City’s Community Investment Strategy identified the need to partner with other sectors to launch a new and exciting approach to building social innovation in Guelph. We are already impressed by the level of enthusiasm and commitment for the project in the community”.
Barbara Powell, General Manager of Community Engagement, Community Engagement and Social Services Liaison, Community and Social Services, City of Guelph
The Elevator Project and the collaborations that will arise through this process are founded on the idea of cash + which means it’s not just about money. Everyone will benefit from participating with selected projects receiving mentorship support, business coaching, communications, community engagement as well as financial funding.
For more information about the Elevator Project Contact:
Gabrielle Clermont, Community Animator, The Elevator Project
[email protected]
phone (519) 780-5030
cell (519) 239-6972