On August 1st, London’s Community Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2017 was released. London City Council's 2015-2019 Strategic Plan identified the need to develop a Community Diversity & Inclusion Strategy (CDIS) as a way to "build a diverse, inclusive and welcoming community " by "supporting all Londoners to feel engaged and involved in our community." A call was put out in November 2016 for Diversity and Inclusion Champions to volunteer to... Read More
August 9, 2017
The Case Study follows the success of five consultants based out of Innovation Works who came together under the auspices of Pillar Nonprofit Network to form the Pillar Design Collective in response to an RFP by a consortium of Big Brother Big Sisters agencies in Southwestern Ontario looking to undertake a Regionalization Study.Read More
August 5, 2017
What if your event could support social innovation, provide training for youth, create jobs for disadvantaged Londoners, AND help underprivileged children attend camp? By working with local social enterprises, you can do just that!Read More
August 3, 2017
Pillar is pleased to congratulate this year’s recipient of the Willy Van Klooster Nonprofit Governance Scholarship, the London Youth Advisory Council ! This Scholarship was established in 2008 to honour Willy Van Klooster, the founding board chair of Pillar Nonprofit Network in recognition of his exemplary leadership. Valued at $5000, this scholarship strives to help a member organization build excellence in board governance, and is particularly valuable to organizations with... Read More
July 27, 2017
Recently Meals on Wheels London rebranded with new colours, logo and tag line: ‘Together We Can Deliver!’Read More
July 25, 2017
Andre Vashist has just returned from the Social Innovation Residency with an incredible amount of hope, as a recipient of incredible gifts of wisdom. His blog is a reflection of this journey so far, and his opporutnity to share these gifts with you. Read on for some inspiration and great resources on Social Innovation and stay tuned for Pillar’s Systems Thinking Exchange and Workshop coming soon.Read More
July 24, 2017
Nick van der Velde will be joining the Impact Consulting Team at Pillar part-time. Nick has incredible experience in designing and implementing business models including financial analysis and he will be a stellar addition to the team. Nick will help to deliver on some existing projects and focus on business development. Here is a note from Nick.... "Pillar Nonprofit Network is the perfect example of a purpose-driven organization, which creates... Read More
July 19, 2017
Pillar Nonprofit Network is doing public policy work locally, provincially and nationally. Learn more about our public policy focus areas and what we're doing in 2017-18.Read More
June 29, 2017
The Ontario Impact Measurement Task Force cultivated an Action Plan for Ontario social enterprises that recommended there needs to be a common way to measure impact in Ontario—essential for the future of social entrepreneurship.Read More
June 28, 2017
New project to expand the capacity of organizations to evaluate their programs and services and, as a result, increase their effectiveness and enhance their impact.Read More
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