by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, Volunteer Awards
Picture this, a line of people that can wrap around an Olympic sized swimming pool…twice. In early February, BUILD, a social enterprise and trades-based employment training program for Indigenous and inner-city residents facing multiple barriers to...
by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Match Outcomes
Keith and Karen “I love listening to the sounds of our Centre- the positive and enriching conversations that my staff have with clients. We have such a positive energy at OVRC and it is truly a blessing to be able to share the experience of seeing relationships...
by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Match Outcomes, Social Enterprise
What a difference a year makes. Back in 2016 Art Ladd, Executive Director of BUILD (Building Urban Industries for Local Development), a local social enterprise that creates training and employment opportunities for people with multiple barriers to employment,...
by Genevieve Dack-Tittley | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog
In the spirit of Global Pro Bono Week, Spark is hosting Tell Us What Hurts. At this lunch hour event we stay true to our matchmaking service comparison and go one step further to host what can best be described as a speed dating session. There isn’t any stale...
by Geoff | Aug 3, 2017 | Matches
“I come from the business community, and now working in a community organization that runs a variety of social enterprises, I need to constantly walk that fine line between the business and non profit worlds” says Angela McCaughan, executive director at...
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