If you hold a leadership position with an NL nonprofit or charity, this guidebook is for you! This easy-to-use document has been created to assist nonprofit leaders both paid and unpaid in managing compliance basics.

This report is the outcome of a seven-phase study by Training Works on behalf of the CSCNL to create a Leadership Competency Model for the Newfoundland and Labrador community sector.

This collection of narratives tells the stories of innovative organizations doing work in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A report on the CSC’s Day of Dialogue on social enterprise, involving 68 people from 49 organizations and government departments and 14 communities around the province.

SWASP enables students to perform community service with a nonprofit during the summer, develop transferable skills and earn a tuition voucher and weekly stipend.

A comparison chart of webinar software.

A presentation on running a webinar

CSC’s 2011 Submission to Income Support and Employment Act and Regulations.

This report presents a literature review and the findings from a survey of webinar users.

The priorities presented in this document are based on work of the Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) in discussion with the Community Sector Working Committee (CSWC). The CSWC, formed by CSC in follow up to its Provincial Fo ...

Vibrant Communities has an overarching goal in the St. John’s area to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for low income families. One of its strategic imperatives is to improve access to quality, affordable childcare for low inco ...

A tip sheet for constructing effective emails in point form.

This report examines the use of communication tools in the social economy.  Based on results from 466 participants sampled through interviews, focus groups, and a survey, the study identifies.

Reporting on the priorities of social enterprise leaders

A synopsis of Day One of CSC’s Forum New Thinking for Next Decade which took place September 29, 2011 at the Capital Hotel in St. John’s.

A report of Day Two of CSC’s Provincial Forum New Thinking for the Next Decade which took place September 30, 2011. Day Two was led by Imagine Canada.

National studies and research carried out by the Community Services Council NL indicates that many organizations need more volunteers for all sorts of work (to serve on boards and committees, for short-term activities, for work on a regular basis, ...

In this study, we surveyed 251 individuals in Newfoundland and Labrador’s community sector to discover their preferences and patterns in opening and reading email.

Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) has evaluated the use of online communities by a network of university and community-based researchers in Atlantic Canada.

A manual published by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy with input from ten partners across Canada, including Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Caledon Institute on Social Policy (with Fran Locke, Penelope Rowe and Anne Makhoul) has published a brief story of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Strategic Social Plan (SSP).

This paper reports on a CSC-initiated process of identifying the contributions of community enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador to social, economic and cultural development.

In this paper, findings from interviews with key informants, a case study of an alternate virtual research environment, and self-reports from network members demonstrate further information

Presentation to accompany Sub-node 6 documents on communications in the social economy.

A poster summarizing research done on communications in the social economy.

A thesis study by Allison Catmur on the history of collaborative governance and the impact of the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) in Labrador.

A discussion paper prepared for the Values Added Symposium outlining Innovative Strategies in Government-Community Collaboration:Voluntary Sector and Citizen Engagement in Public Policy Development

Community Profits is a preliminary inventory of organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador involved in community enterprise activity and profiles of exceptional organizations.

The literature review focuses on evaluations of online communities.

This report presents findings after 20 months of use of web communities for the Social Economy and Sustainability (SES) Research Project.

A supplement to “Annotated Bibliography on the Social Economy”

On February 9, 2007, CSC brought together representatives of voluntary organizations and youth volunteers together for the Attracting and Retaining Young Adults in Voluntary Organizations Forum.

This paper presents a case study of the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

A short paper that frames the province’s SSP from a historical perspective.

From 1998 to 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador had a unique Strategic Social Plan (SSP) built around bringing the voluntary, community-based sector (VCBS) into the policy process, instead of presentin.

This paper reports on a CSC-initiated process of identifying the contributions of community enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador to social, economic and cultural development

Usability Sociability Links (Sub Node 6) Hollett 2007
Community Services Council NL

Collaborative, more devolved initiatives have become a keystone of government policy across a wide range of jurisdictions in the  last twenty years. In the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Strategic Social Plan (SSP) is best viewed as a ...

The movement towards increasingly ‘civil,’ participatory societies is an international phenomenon posing new challenges for elected governments as citizens and community groups press for a stronger voice in political affairs.

Presentation of the conceptual model.

The National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (NSNVO) conducted in 2003 is the first comprehensive study of nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Canada.

People, Partners and Prosperity: A Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador provided a framework for a shift in focus from remedial social programs for individuals to “place-based” social development. Social programs, investments an ...

The Strategic Social Plan (SSP) for Newfoundland and Labrador articulated a role for the voluntary, community-based sector in   social development that the sector had long known was essential in achieving community and population well-being.

The focus for this annotated bibliography was to provide a listing of resources on the
Social Economy with special reference to communications.

In 2004, the Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador undertook research on youth voluntarism.

Newfoundland and Labrador has been undergoing a series of demographic, economic, and social changes resulting in population decline in rural areas. There is a perception that these changes, especially depopulation, are negatively affecting the lev ...

Environmental Scan of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Voluntary Sector.

Among the pressing challenges for the voluntary, community-based (non-profit) sector are human resource issues. Whether  articulated as the need for more volunteers and a new leadership base or under-recognition as a potential employer, there is ...

This paper focuses on the increasingly important role being played by academics in undertaking collaborative, community-based research.

After a successful first-year pilot, the Policy Internships and Fellowships (PIAF) Program was renewed in 2003. The program is managed by the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD), a joint initiative of the University of Ott ...

In November 2003 the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (CSC) released the report Expanding Their Universe: Reshaping The Future – A Report on the Impact of School Fees and Fun.

On 6 February 2003, the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada held a roundtable on voluntary sector issues at the Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador.

In December 2002, a Planning Event was held to bring together researchers, stakeholders and policy shapers to identify new avenues of exploration to help shape our research agenda with a long-term.

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Volume I reviews literature findings on pre-employment models and reports on a survey of Newfoundland and Labrador career specialists and community partners.

This report summarizes a massive research project taken on by the CSC between 1997 and 2000 to build a picture of the community sector in Newfoundland and Labrador: opportunities, challenges, demog.

The final report on the Roundtable on the Role of the Voluntary Community-Based or Third Sector and the Social Economy in Regional Development in Atlantic Canada.

People, Partners and Prosperity – A Strategic Social Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador 1998.

Report of the Strategic Social Planning Public Dialogue Newfoundland and Labrador (1997)

Volume 2 – Report of the Strategic Social Planning Public Dialogue Newfoundland and Labrador (1997)