CDF - Progress Update
Community level process
Community Level Process Organizing Steering Committees at the CHRCs level. Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Assessment Phase
Community Baseline/Assessment Surveys
Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Preparing Inventory of Resources
Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Action Planning Phase
Feedback sessions with community
Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Community Action Plans
Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Implementation Carlington Bayshore Overbrook-Forbes West Centre Town Progress as of July 21, 2009
The following aref recent activities/accomplishments:
1) The four CDF neighbourhoods have established Steering Committees. So far, Bayshore, Carlington and West Centretown have successfully held or planned a CDF launch, which in most cases, are linked with the beginning of the survey dissemination. The following are video highlights of each Neighbourhood launch:
- Carlington: http://www.cdfottawa.ca/carlington_launch.html
- Somerset West: http://www.cdfottawa.ca/somerset_launch.html
- Bayshore: http://www.cdfottawa.ca/Bayshorelaunch.html
The next planned launch is at Overbrook-McArthur on August 22, 2009 - Rain or Shine, from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm at the Overbrook Community Centre, 33 Quill Street.
2) Data entry training for residents is still ongoing through the Carleton Data Survey Centre. Formal recognition is being planned for participants involved this process.
3) As a result of Adobe’s local partnership and involvement at the Resource Table, the Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre applied to the Adobe Youth Voices program and were successful recipients of the grant. The program’s goal is to provide young people with breakthrough learning experiences by developing new tools for self expression, engaging actively with each other and with their communities, and connecting to new audiences beyond the classroom. Adobe and CDF partners are thrilled that the Centre will be joining a global network of educators and organizations that empower young people to create media that is relevant to local, national, and global audiences. The program will be launched for youth residing in the Overbrook-Forbes area in the Fall 2009.
4) The CDF is currently exploring partnership opportunities building on the Evaluation Framework (logic model/conceptual theory development) with Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration.
5) The CDF Celebration are being planned for the Fall 2009. As identified in the CDF Evaluation Framework, celebrating success is a key pillar for maintaining momentum in collaborative efforts.
7) CDF partners will come together for a one-day training workshop (September 14th or 15th, 2009) to share ideas, learn from one another, and hear how the latest trends in community development can strengthen our work in neighbourhoods. Community workers, volunteers, researchers, funders, city staff and residents actively involved in their neighbourhood community development initiatives are invited to attend and participate in this important workshop. Please note space is limited and reserved for individuals involved in CDF neighbourhoods.
Progress up to May 20, 2009
System level
- Community survey questionnaire has been completed and approved by KTT
- Translations of the questionnaire have been completed.
- Criteria and methodology for standardized community survey across the neighbourhoods agreed upon and approved by KTT.
- Programming for online survey support completed.
- Community Table has been established and its first sub-group meeting is planned for June 8, 2009.
Community level
- Community assessment survey has been completed in Overbrook-Forbes. Training of volunteers for data entry is next to follow in the next couple of weeks.
- Overbrook-Forbes will he having its community day event on August the 20th.
- Community assessment survey in Bayshore is planned to begin on May 21.
- CDF launch activity is took place at Bayshore field house on May 21st at 4:00 pm.
- The Somerset West CHC has planned at community launch and beginning of the survey process at Rochester Heights Community House for June 11th at 4pm.
- Carlington is having its CDF launch and beginning of the community assessment phase on May 26, 2009. The activity is taking place at Belleview Community Centre, 1475 Caldwell from 6-7 pm.
- This will mark the first step in the community assessment phase.
- The surveys will be given 4 weeks to complete, followed by at 2-4 week analysis by Carleton University.
- Unanalyzed data on some key questions and comments from the community members will be provided to CDers within two weeks of the completion of data entry so that they could go ahead with focus groups – the next step of the community assessment phase.
- Inventory of resources (assets mapping) is also underway in all the four CHRCs – which is also part of the community assessment phase of the neighbourhood planning process.
- Working with the four CHRCs and Adobe on developing a partnership and the possibility of funding a YouthVoice initiative in one of these Centres.
- Planning is underway for a Training Forum in September
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