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What is The Social Planning Council?

Activities:

o Monthly Meetings: Attend meetings with guest speakers from within the community &/or presentations at each meeting. We currently meet the fourth Monday of every month (excluding summer) at City Hall with light lunch by donation.

o Facebook & Email Group: Utilize the network on Facebook. Start discussions, learn about & share upcoming community events, projects and meetings. If you don’t use Facebook, then join the email network instead.

o Inform City Council: The SPC provides reports to City Council regularly and the City keeps the SPC informed. Use the network and have your voices heard.



Strategic Direction of the Social Planning Council of Williams Lake & Area:

o Poverty Reduction and the local Living Wage Campaign.

o Community Collaboration and Networking.

o Retention and Succession of residents within the Area.



Community Social Planning:

o Supports communities in building an integrated approach to complex problems that take into account social, economic, and environmental concerns.

o Maximizes the effectiveness of often scarce resources by working to reduce duplication, overlap and competition.

o Provides an ongoing forum for communication, coordination and conflict resolution.



Friday, August 31, 2012

Community Updates – August 31, 2012

Community Updates – August 31, 2012

1) Jail n’ Bail Fundraiser (Cops for Cancer Fundraising):

Safer Communities Coordinator Dave Dickson, and Constable Chris Ives will be riding in the 850 km trip from Prince George to Prince Rupert from September 14 – 20th to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. They are continuing to raise funds from around the community. The next fundraiser will be on Wednesday Sept 12th in Spirit Square downtown Williams Lake between 9 am – 2 pm. This fun event enables you to send someone behind bars.

To have someone you know (friend, family member, boss, coworker, etc.) thrown behind bars at this event, please contact Dickson at 250-392-8701 or email dave.dickson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

2) Williams Lake Harvest Fair:

Taking place at the Stampede Park on September 8 & 9th, find exhibitions of various goods. There will also be wagon rides from Cariboo Carriage, entertainment including musicians, clowns and magicians. See the Tribune’s Harvest Fair Booklet for more information (available around town and at the Tribune office).

3) What are you most interested in?:

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF THE SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL

Poverty Reduction:

Continue connection with Living Wage BC; Promoting & developing a living wage Campaign for Williams Lake including continuing measure of Living Wage calculations.

Develop a community poverty reduction plan.

Advocate for local government to enact Poverty Reduction legislation and new legislation (other community connection examples).

Looking at solutions for affordable and safe housing (e.g. Seniors and life long lease).

Food (nutrition, security) initiatives and greater access.

Childcare, transportation, education, services.

Literacy and financial literacy.

Community collaboration:

Identifying balance between doing more with less.

Building network systems.

Develop clear purposes for collaboration.

Building a knowledge base/language about collaboration – what is it, what are the levels – what are the measures – the continuum - networking – cooperation – collaboration.

Develop SPC leadership role around cooperation and community collaboration.

Creating an environment for shared action.

Develop a process for info sharing on issues.

Retention & succession:

Building Community Desirability.

Tap into resources & reach out.

Encourage engagement.

Education – build, encourage and promote.

Look at Mine development and it’s impact.

Encourage City, Industry and Government to plan and anticipate negative impacts.

To get involved in any or all of the above: email spc-coordinator@xplornet.com, call (1)250-243-2126 or join Facebook: Socialplanning Council, or check out our webpage: http://socialplanningcouncil.blogspot.ca/.

The next SPC meeting is on September 24th at 11:30 am at City Hall (downstairs boardroom). Even if you cannot attend meetings, you can still participate.

4) The Williams Lake Library now has a Facebook Page. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/CRD-Williams-Lake-Library/188026934639955

5) Public Play Party at SINC:

There will be a public Play Party at Scout Island Nature Centre (SINC) on Saturday September 8th from 10 am – 3 pm. Play games, take guided nature walks, nature challenges and visit information action stations. The event is being hosted by the Healthy by Nature Movement, a coalition of Scout Island Nature Centre, Williams Lake Field Naturalists, Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society and the Williams Lake Environmental Society.

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Contact Us

The Social Planning Council is made up of volunteers from the community. Many of us work in social services agencies or also volunteer for other organizations.

Our Mailing Address is Box 20045, Williams Lake BC V2G 4R1

To reach the Society Coordinator Jessica Dunn please email spc-coordinator@xplornet.com or call 250-243-2126

To reach the Communities that Care Project Facilitator Barb Jones please email communitiesthatcare.wl@gmail.com or call 250-305-4838

To reach the THRIVE Williams Lake Project Manager Anne Burrill please email annelburrill@gmail.com or call 250-267-7211

To reach the current SPC Chair Larry Stranberg please email happytrails@cfdccariboo.com or call 250-392-3626