by Geoff | Dec 9, 2015 | Matches
Spark match! St Matthews Maryland Community Ministry runs a drop-in and other community development programs in West Central Winnipeg. They provide support for people dealing with issues related to poverty, mental health, addictions, and violence, and are making a...
by Katie | Nov 20, 2015 | Matches
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg is considering relocating, but they don’t just want to go anywhere: they want a new home with more activity space for their mentors and youth, room for training sessions and group activities, and a more accommodating office...
by Geoff | Nov 17, 2015 | Matches
The Red Road Lodge, located in the old Occidental Hotel on Main Street, offers housing, pre-employment training, arts workshops and a caring community for local people, many of whom struggle with mental health issues and homelessness. Repeat Spark volunteer and law...
by Geoff | Nov 3, 2015 | Matches
Even though they have had a variety of physical locations over their almost 15 years of existence, the Elmwood Community Resource Centre has been and continues to be a go-to space for community programming and development activities in that area of Winnipeg. Bridgman...
by Geoff | Oct 28, 2015 | How We Work
It’s Global Pro Bono Week, and Spark wanted to promote and celebrate that here in Winnipeg. So we invited local community development and community economic development organizations to lunch, so they could learn about Spark and talk to us about some of the...
by Katie | Oct 14, 2015 | Matches
The short story: Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) is working with local communications firm ChangeMakers to create a strategy aimed at getting 6 anti-poverty policy priorities into the platforms of candidates for Manitoba’s 2016 provincial election. The...
by Geoff | Sep 24, 2015 | Matches
Keith Robinson is the coordinator at the Osborne Village Resource Centre. The OVRC acts as a bridge and resource, connecting people who are unemployed and under-employed to the labour market. While they’ve been around since 1996, and have successfully connected...
by Lindsey | Sep 18, 2015 | Matches
Spark match! Y.E.S. Manitoba’s Meghan Reid will be working with IT professional Serge Fundi Etelembongo to add features and functionality to youthemploymentservices.com In the fall of 2014 Youth Employment Services Manitoba created an excellent new website via a...
by Katie | Sep 16, 2015 | Matches
Kim Champion-Taylor, pro bono HR consultant, will be working with Pamela Zorn, new Executive Director at Family Dynamics. Together they’ll review some of the organization’s HR practices with an eye to improving and updating them.
by Katie | Aug 28, 2015 | Matches
Spark match! Food Matters Manitoba’s Lissie Rappaport has been matched with Peg City Car Co-op Board President Liz Dykman in a twist on our usual mentoring match. Over the last few months, Lissie has taken on leadership of the Winnipeg Foodshare Co-op’s...
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