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The 411 Initiative For Change Inc. undertakes public education and the promotion of civic participation of young people on social issues that frame their development within their communities. 411 works to build and strengthen the national action movement on common global issues, in their domestic and international contexts. Using music and young musicians, 411’s programming has reached over 200,000 young Canadians in 21 cities and regions nationwide. Endeavour Consulting Project 411 has engaged Endeavour to help develop a business plan that is aligned with its new strategic objectives. Learn more about this project Alli’s Journey is a non-profit, charitable organization that supports young adults (ages 18–35) who are battling cancer by supporting research specific to the cancers that target this population group. It also supports various community resources that provide critical care, counseling and assistance to young adults who are fighting the disease. Endeavour Consulting Project Alli’s Journey has engaged Endeavour for assistance with organizational structuring. Learn more about this project A.N.A.S.A. The Always Nubian, Always Scarborough Association (A.N.A.S.A.) Collective, A Trustee Program of Schools Without Borders is a not-for-profit initiative administered by its charitable partner, Schools Without Borders. It is an emerging organization determined to invest in the prosperity of women of colour. A.N.A.S.A.’s mission is to support under-serviced girls and women through their growth and developmental changes from a holistic perspective. Endeavour Consulting Project A.N.A.S.A. has engaged Endeavour to evaluate the organizational capacity and sustainability plans required to reduce its dependence on Schools Without Borders. Learn more about this project The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) is the educational arm of The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), a national organization that was constituted in 1964 to promote respect for and observance of fundamental human rights and civil liberties. In 1965, CCLA established the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) for the promotion and dissemination of knowledge and understanding amongst the general public of the rights, liberties and duties of all citizens and public servants; the promotion of research into social and other allied fields of study with particular reference to such rights, liberties and duties; and the publication or the procuring of publication of the results of such research by means of books, pamphlets, films, lectures and all other suitable media. Endeavour Consulting Project CCLA has engaged Endeavour to help with business planning for CCLET’s new set of educational videos and teaching tools. Learn more about this project International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT), is a division of the Foundation for Support of International Medical Training, Inc. IAMAT’s mission is to provide impartial and accurate travel health advice and to coordinate an international network of qualified medical practitioners to assist travellers in need of emergency medical care during their trip. The organization’s goal is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by travellers. Endeavour Consulting Project IAMAT has engaged Endeavour to help explore new directions for the organization that will enable it to make a greater impact in the field of travel medicine. Learn more about this project Motion’s Youth and Community Centre (MY.CC) is a non-profit in the seed stages of development. It currently provides a minimal number of services in the Pickering community, including March Break camp. MY.CC’s goal is to operate 7 days a week catering to the community residents of Pickering and surrounding area. The Centre will provide the community with a central location where youth may gather safely for recreational activities, receive assistance on their academic assignments and enjoy the positive influence of qualified supervision. Endeavour Consulting Project MY.CC has engaged Endeavour to assist with strategic planning as well as developing policies and procedures. Learn more about this project Sky’s the Limit Youth Organization (STL) provides refurbished computers to under-resourced students who are participants in a partner organization’s program. Students are provided support through an orientation or mentoring or training program that ensures that the students become familiar with how to use a computer and the Internet. Endeavour Consulting Project STL has engaged Endeavour to help develop a 5-year strategic plan. Learn more about this project Women’s Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) has been educating the general public, media and policy makers to the fact that environmental health is a key determinant of public health. WHEN actively promotes the primary prevention of environmentally linked health conditions such as cancer, asthma, immune system related conditions and others by advocating the reduction of toxic emissions; more efficient, renewable energy sources; affordable public transportation; a shift to safe production models, biological agriculture and lawn care and more. Endeavour Consulting Project WHEN has engaged Endeavour to develop a performance management strategy to effectively evaluate and communicate its progress and results to stakeholders. Learn more about this project The Canadian Association of Professional Pet Dog Trainers (CAPPDT) was created to give dog obedience trainers and instructors the opportunity of belonging to a cohesive group of like-minded people, and to provide a forum whereby professional pet dog trainers can be educated, exchange and generate ideas and network with other professionals. Endeavour Consulting Project To help CAPPDT continue to move forward as a professional organization in board development, policy and procedures, planning, budgeting, including identifying a central location, preferably in Toronto. Learn more about this project Contact Contemporary Music encourages emerging and established musical artists from diverse communities in the free expression of their unique life experiences however different from those not from their particular communities, creating and perpetuating a repertoire that reflects present realities. Endeavour Consulting Project To establish a clear identity (brand) for the organization. Learn more about this project Ecologos Institute is an applied research, demonstration and action network of volunteers, with a core unit in Toronto. Its aim is to help educate, motivate and inspire the ‘people-power’ needed to make the shift to a sustainable, economically vital and socially just society. Endeavour Consulting Project To develop a marketing plan for a web portal and the physical installation of the project to be installed at the Kortright Centre in Vaughan, Ontario. Learn more about this project Endeavour Consulting Project Engagement 1: To help FFP Canada identify the appropriate target markets to achieve its long-term goal. Learn more about this project Hospice Richmond Hill is dedicated to providing trained volunteers and professional staff who offer emotional support and compassionate care to individuals living with a life-threatening illness or are experiencing the death of a loved one. Endeavour Consulting Project To develop a 5-year strategic plan with short- and long-term goals to assist with growth and development. Learn more about this project Kids’ Internet Safety Alliance (KINSA) Foundation was established in response to the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the Internet. KINSA’s mandate is to help law enforcement find these children, rescue them and help them heal. Endeavour Consulting Project To raise awareness about KINSA and to raise awareness of the prevalence of online sexual exploitation of children. Learn more about this project Working Skills Centre (WSC) is a community-based, non-profit organization that supports immigrants. WSC’s purpose is to encourage economic self-sufficiency and the successful integration of immigrants, primarily women, into Canadian society. Endeavour Consulting Project Windfall was established in 1991 to assist homeless and emergency shelters meet their client’s needs for new clothing. Today, Windfall is an award-winning, registered charity that receives donations of new clothing and personal care items, small household goods and school backpacks. The charity works in partnership with over 90 community-based social service agencies to ensure that donated items are reaching clients who are enrolled in programs leading to their independence. Now in its 17th year of operation, Windfall has proven itself to be one of Canada’s most cost-effective charities, putting over $25 worth of basic-needs items into the hands of people in need for every $1 spent to operate its programs. Endeavour Consulting Project Somali Family & Child Skills Development Services (SFCSDS) was established in 1992 by members of Somali Community who were aware of the lack of services to develop the skills and promote the social welfare of the community, especially women and children and youths. SFCSDS helps families, children and youth realize their full potential through collaborations with community organizations to develop integrated community-building skills, indigenous leadership, and community-building creativity in order to build local capacity and achieve greater economic, social, cultural, and human development. Endeavour Consulting Project Although SFCSDS has been in existence for over 17 years, the organization and its services are not visible to the community. Endeavour has been engaged to develop a marketing strategy, including identifying SFCSDS’ core competencies, current client constituency, needs of the current client base and the services it should focus on, to increase the visibility and branding of the organization in its community and riding. Learn more about this project Seeds of Hope Foundation (SHF) is a unique, community-based charity that strives to open new doors for people who are at a crossroads in their lives, by supporting each individual’s gifts and talents while encouraging them to discover a passion for helping others. SHF’s model of shared learning, fellowship and action enhances livelihood, educational, and employment opportunities for individuals who face systemic barriers of homelessness, mental health challenges and addictions. Rather than relying on institutional methods, SHF’s model taps into the “genius of local communities” and focuses on guiding people who feel excluded or isolated back into the realm of community. Endeavour Consulting Project Epilepsy Halton Peel (EHP), founded in 2008 and a member of Epilepsy Ontario, is a charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of life, independence and community support, for persons living with epilepsy. EHP offers programs and services not to just meet the needs of its members, but also strives to offer education and public awareness to all diverse areas of the community. Endeavour Consulting Project Although EHP’s programs and needs assessment are complete, it is a new organization which requires long-term planning. EHP has engaged Endeavour to assist with the development of a formal strategic plan. Learn more about this project The Hearing Foundation of Canada (THFC) is committed to eliminating the devastating effects of hearing loss on the quality of life of Canadians by promoting prevention, early diagnosis, leading edge medical research and successful intervention. Endeavour Consulting Project The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) Endeavour Consulting Project Meal Exchange (MX) is a national student-founded, youth-driven, registered charity organized to address local hunger by mobilizing the talent and passion of students. Since 1993, MX programmes have been run on over 50 campuses across Canada and generated over $2 million dollars worth of food or 727,200 meals to address local hunger. Endeavour was engaged by Meal Exchange in Fall 2008 to conduct a pre-feasibility study of cause-related marketing partnerships with the corporate sector. Learn more about this project Fly By Night Theatre Company (FBN) aims to create outstanding theatre productions for a good cause. It nurtures young theatre artists and at the same time directs its proceeds toward supporting international development. Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour was engaged by FBN in Fall 2008 to develop marketing and volunteer management strategies to grow FBN. Learn more about this project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour was engaged by PSR in Winter 2008 to develop an implementation plan for the Association’s member communications strategy. Learn more about the project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour was engaged by TORC in Fall 2007 to assist its Rural Youth Working Group (RYWG) on the development of a youth council information kit to advocate the importance of youth councils to rural municipal governments. Learn more about the project Endeavour Consulting Project Endeavour was engaged by EYC in Fall 2007 to develop a sustainability strategy, including designing an organizational structure and marketing plan. Learn more about the project
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Food For The Poor Canada (FFPC) is a registered Canadian charity working in aid and development in the Caribbean and Latin America. It was created out of the mission and vision of the largest international aid agency in the US, Food For The Poor, Inc., which over the last 27 years has built 55,000 homes, fed and clothed millions of people, and last year delivered 1.5 billion dollars in aid and development throughout 16 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Engagement 2: To develop appropriate brand awareness tools to move forward in the Canadian marketplace using the market research and recommendations from Endeavour in the last consulting engagement. Learn more about this project
www.workingskillscentre.com
Although WSC has been in operation for 30 years, WSC wants its services to better reflect the current labour market. WSC has engaged Endeavour to conduct a feasibility study that could radically transform the skills training model of the organization. Learn more about this project
http://www.windfallbasics.com
As an innovative to manage donated items, Windfall has started a discounted bridal boutique for new bridal apparel donated from retailers in Toronto. Windfall has engaged Endeavour to develop a strategic plan to create a self-sustaining bridal boutique that will act as a source of annual revenue towards Windfall’s operations. Learn more about this project
www.sfcsds.org
www.seedsofhope.ca
Although SHF is a well-established and successful charity, it requires assistance managing the growth of the organization and supporting its growing but ever changing volunteer base. Endeavour has been engaged to recommend an operational model and implementation roadmap to SHF that satisfies its desire to introduce sustainable operating processes and structure to support future growth and maintain the entrepreneurial spirit of the organization. Learn more about this project
www.epilepsyhaltonpeel.org
Endeavour was engaged by THFC in Fall 2008 to assess the feasibility of an earned income venture that THFC wishes to pursue. Learn more about this project
is the leading provider of services, products, and information that remove barriers to communication, advance hearing health and promote equity for people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing.
Endeavour was engaged by CHS in Fall 2008 to identify strategies and initiatives with the goal of improving customer feedback to improve CHS’s service offerings. Learn more about this project
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www.flybynighttheatre.ca
Dress Your Best (DYB) is a registered charity that contributes to the relief of poverty by outfitting Canadian women, men and youth with clothing for employment. DYB clients range in age from 16 to 65 and are referred to its program by 175 non-profit job training agencies in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Endeavour was engaged by Dress Your Best in Fall 2008 to develop a marketing strategy with an implementation plan to help build awareness of Dress Your Best in the community. Learn more about this project
Vaughan Youth Cabinet (VyC), established in 2005, is the official voice of young people in the City of Vaughan. VyC’s goal is to empower youth in Vaughan and encourage them to make a positive difference in the community. VyC’s mission is simply: BE HEARD!
Endeavour was engaged by VyC in Spring 2008 to conduct business and strategic planning for continued growth and success of the organization. Learn more about the project
TechSoup Canada (TSC) is an initiative of CompuMentor, which has been dedicated to helping nonprofits enhance productivity and build sustainable technology systems that foster their missions. TechSoup Canada will be an overarching initiative that benefits charities and nonprofits, technology volunteers, capacity building organizations, and information and communication technology (ICT) corporations across Canada.
Endeavour was engaged by TechSoup Canada in Spring 2008 to develop a marketing and outreach strategy that ensures maximum penetration to the Canadian non-profit market. Learn more about the project
The Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY) is a national non-profit community arts service organization. ANCY was established by a group of arts practitioners with a vision to develop sustainable arts programming for children and youth in communities across Canada.
Endeavour was engaged by ANCY in Spring 2008 to design an organizational toolkit for supporting the development of the children and youth arts sector. Learn more about the project
Association for Bright Children of Ontario (ABC Ontario) is an all-volunteer, provincially incorporated support and advocacy group, with a provincial executive and local chapters across Ontario. It is dedicated to providing information and support to parents of bright and gifted children/adolescents through newsletters, networking, an annual conference and local workshops. It offers the parents’ voice to local school boards, educators, professional groups and the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training.
Endeavour was engaged by ABC in Spring 2008 to conduct a business strategy and business structure review, and develop a plan for the overhaul of its web site to include richer applications and a community dynamic. Learn more about the project
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Réadaptation Psychosociale (RPS) Canada is an association of individuals and organizations committed to the provision and growth of psychosocial rehabilitation services to support the recovery of persons with serious mental health issues. The Association promotes psychosocial rehabilitation principles and the growth of psychosocial rehabilitation practices in Canada.
The Ontario Rural Council (TORC) is a non-profit organization that brings together forty member organizations and other rural stakeholders to inform and influence rural policy, programs and research development. TORC members represent non-profit organizations, private sector corporations, the public sector, and individuals with specialized expertise and resources.
Eritrean Youth Coalition (EYC) is a loosely based non-partisan coalition of youth ages 18 to 30. Through HIV/AIDS awareness for youth, mentorship programs for youth by youth and employment counselling services, EYC aims to build capacity for change in the Eritrean diaspora.
