enp social enterprise-slideshow_(2011)

Supporting social enterprises for 15 years

C elebrating 15 YearsC elebrating 15 Years

(1997-2011)(1997-2011)

This presentation is a This presentation is a snapshot of social enterprises in BCsnapshot of social enterprises in BC..

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A collaborative program supported by the following organizations:

Every ASPECT Management services include association and events

management, ASPECT impact on-line training, as well as administering sales and support for ASPECT's existing employability

resources.

ASPECTEvery ASPECT Management

Victoria

enp workshop participant

Camp PringleUnited Church Residential Camp

Shawnigan Lake/Victoria


The Bagel Club Catering

Vancouver


The Bagel Club Catering provides adults with various abilities the opportunity to be trained and

employed in the catering field.

Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver

Queen C harlotte C ulinary C o-operative

2008 enp grant recipient

Queen Charlotte

Haida Gwaii Culinary Co-op

CAFCA Autism Services

2005 & 2008 enp grant recipient

Victoria

Child and Family Counselling Association

A Rocha Agricultural ServicesSurrey


Their Community Shared Agriculture program in Surrey produces over 8,000 pounds of organically-grown vegetables

annually, with a portion going to low income families.

Glendale Gardens


Victoria

Horticulture Centre of the Pacific

The Cleaning SolutionVancouver

2003 and 2010 enp grant recipient

The Burnaby Hospice Society…provides compassionate care to individuals and families during the dying and grieving process and educates the

community about death and dying.


The Burnaby Hospice Society Thrift Store

Burnaby

Modo The Car Co-op(Formerly the Co-operative Auto Network)

Supported by enp in 2008

Vancouver


The Cornerstone Café

Victoria

Fernwood Community Centre


Blade Runner Shredding Service

Cranbrook Society for Community LivingCranbrook

Shredding services soc ial enterprise employing people with disabilities

GO2 Carshare Cooperative

Smithers


(One Sky: Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living)

Blue Lake’s enp grant for a feasibility study helped the organization leverage $1.2 million in funding to

implement their project.

Blue Lake Forest Education SocietyCranbrook


SOAICL promotes, organizes and supports the education, training, development and welfare of

special needs children and adults.

Bicycle social enterprise

Double O Bikes

Osoyoos

Southern Okanagan Association for Integrated Community Living (SOAICL)

Past enp workshop participant

Vancouver

MOSAIC Language Services

A leading Canadian language-services agency specializing in interpretation, translation, foreign-language consultation,

videoconferencing and more.

Landscaping with Heart invests in people living with a mental

illness by providing professional landscaping training and market

employment.

COAST Landscaping with Heart

Vancouver

2001, 2003, & 2009 enp grant recipient

COAST Social Enterprise Foundation

Malaspina Printmakers


Vancouver

Malaspina Printmakers is a non-profit artist-run centre

that supports the development of printmaking as a contemporary art form

and promotes and preserves traditional print practice.


Vancouver

Joe Ink Performance Society

3H CraftworksVancouver

Since 1966, Craftworks has worked with Vancouver adults who

are unable to seek and maintain regular employment due to

physical challenges and/or mental illness, to participate in meaningful

work.


Earth Matters Eco Store

Nelson


Nelson Cares Society


Ecotrust CanadaVancouver


Larry’s Cycle and SportKelowna and District Society for Community Living

Kelowna

Aunt Leah’s Thrift StoreVancouver


Proceeds from the thrift store support vulnerable moms and babies.

Aunt Leah’s Society helps prevent children in foster care from becoming homeless, and

mothers in need from losing custody of their children.

Fair trade, organic coffee

at a great price.

Café Etico

Vancouver

(Co-Development Canada)

Original enp pilot project participant & 2008 & 2009 grant recipient

JUSTPOTTERS

Vancouver


Camp ThunderbirdYMCA-YWCA Greater Victoria

Sooke

A residential camp

Parent organization was a 2002 grant recipient

Vancouver

Bugs Be GonePortland Hotel Society (PHS)

EMBERS Staffing Solutions is a job brokering enterprise that hires workers onto its own payroll and places them in temporary and part-time jobs that fit with the individual’s work availability, job readiness,

skills, and back-to-work plan.


EMBERS Staffing Solutions

Vancouver

EMBERS (Eastside Movement for Business & Economic Renewal Society)

Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC


Vancouver

AMSSA is an affiliation of over 75 multicultural agencies providing immigrant settlement and multicultural services in communities throughout British Columbia.

The Banqueting TableNorth Vancouver

Catering social enterprise

A non-profit catering company since 1998

Hillside Church

Sewing with Heart supports clients who are interested in employment as sewers through membership in the Common

Thread Co-operative.

COAST Sewing with Heart

Vancouver


COAST Social Enterprise Foundation


Street Youth Job Action (SYJA)

Vancouver

Family Services of Greater Vancouver

A women’s training and employment program in the

Vancouver Downtown Eastside


Vancouver

Tradeworks Custom Products

EWMA is a self employment initiative for women impacted by

violence who face significant barriers to traditional employment.

Enterprising Women Making Art

Parent Organization has received an enp grant

Vancouver

Atira Women’s Resource Society

Provides a full selection of residential property

management services.

ATIRA Property Management

Vancouver


Brian Harris Photo

ATIRA Women’s Resources

Parent organization has received an enp grant

Ten Thousand Villages is an organization which sells handicrafts from “developing” countries through its network

of stores in Canada and the USA.

The Lower Mainland, Okanagan and Victoria

Ten Thousand VillagesMennonite Central Committee

Bella Coola Valley Sustainable Agricultural Society

Bella Coola


A Fraser Valley organic farm cooperative

Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-opAbbotsford

The farm runs a small Community Supported Agriculture program. Members of the CSA become partners with the farmers - they

purchase a share of the crop at the start of the season and receive a weekly Harvest Box over 16 weeks in the summer.

Cariboo-Central Interior Poultry Association Abattoir

Quesnel


CCIPPA endeavors to create economic diversification in

communities of the Cariboo-Central Interior

through agriculture initiatives.


Coquitlam Farmers MarketCoquitlam

Slenyah Convenience Store Stellat’en First Nation

Fraser Lake


The store has been operated by the band since 1998 and offers a range of fairly priced goods: gas, diesel, staples, packaged foods,

nonalcoholic drinks, newspapers, automotive and household goods, cigarettes and apparels.

Parent organization received enp grant in 2005

Ecoworks

The Fraser Valley

Employment & Community Development MCC BC

Ecoworks has demonstrated the ability to create a positive and safe

learning/work environment that builds employability skills and self

confidence. They perform quality landscape design and maintenance.

Tom Uphill ManorFernie Family Housing


Fernie

(Actual building not as shown)

Supported by enp in 2010

Common Thread Sewing Cooperative

Vancouver

Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society


Queen Charlotte

The Talkin’ Donkey is a non-profit coffee house with a social, environmental and spiritual conscience. All

profits support local and international needs.

Frequent enp workshop catering provider

The Talkin’ DonkeySalvation Army

Vernon

Camp ElphinstoneYMCA-YWCA Greater Vancouver

Sunshine Coast

A residential camp

Farm Folk / City Folk

2000, 2008, 2009 & 2010 enp grant recipient

Vancouver

FarmFolk/CityFolk is a not-for-profit society working to cultivate a local, sustainable food system

Christina Lake Living Arts Centre


Christina Lake


Vancouver

Vancouver Farmers Markets

Fiddleworks provides accessible, affordable music education for children and adults

delivered with heart and skill by dedicated

professionals.

A music education social enterprise

FiddleworksSalt Spring Island

MP Enterprises


Vancouver

Mission Possible

Museum of Vancouver

2008 enp grant participant

Vancouver

My Sister’s Closet Vancouver

(Battered Women’s Support Services)


Profits are used to fund services and programs for women dealing with

violence or abuse.

Kootenay Carshare Coop(Formerly Nelson Carshare Cooperative)

Nelson


Ray Cam Community CentreVancouver


Vancouver Youth Radio

Licensed Childcare

enp workshop participant and caterer

Surrey

Kla-how-eya Culinary Arts ProgramKla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre of SACS

Career Development Services (CDS)

Trail Association for Community Living


Trail

C ity of Trail Landscaping C ontract s ince 1989 Gyro & Haley Park Concess ion S tands s ince 2001

Thrifty Treasures Thrift S tore s ince 2004 West Kootenay Youth & Adult Woodshop s ince 2006

Trail Blazers Property Maintenance s ince 2008

Vancouver Folk Music Festival


Vancouver


Vancouver

W2 Community Media Arts

Mis’cel’la’ny Finds


Vancouver

Women Working With Women (W4)

A thrift store that trains hard to place women

"community... with earth in mind"


Shawnigan Lake

O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE

Pacific Rim Health Services Co-operative is a multi-

s takeholder co-op with around 100 members . They are compris ed of s ix local

organizations , the co-op doctors , 10 founding members

and individual community members .

Pacific Rim Health Services Cooperative

Port Alberni


The Painter SistersVancouver



JUSTRENOS

Vancouver


White Rock

White Rock Hospice Society Thrift Store

Generating a reliable source of income

throughout the year, the Thrift Store allows the Hospice Society to be less dependent on fundraising events

and government grants.

New Vista Café Burnaby


The New Vista Café is located on the first floor of the Care Home and is open to all New Vista residents, tenants and visitors. The café offers

delicious and nutritious meals at very reasonable prices.

NK’MIP (Inkameep) winery inc ludes

a golf course and conference

centre and is owned by the

Osoyoos Indian Band

Social enterprise wine offered at most enp events

Osoyoos

NK’MIP Winery

Light House – Sustainable Building Centre

Vancouver


Light House is an enterprising non-profit society dedicated to

advancing and catalyzing sustainability in BC's built

environment.

2011 enp workshop participant

Vancouver

Our Community BikesPEDAL: Pedal Energy Development Alternatives

"Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the

3rd millennium"

Ethical Computer Recycling

A computer recycling social enterprise

Free GeekVancouver

Crafthouse at YVR & Crafthouse Granville Island


Craft Council of BCVancouver

Nelson


Association des Francophones des Kootenays Ouest

French community radio, language classes, Internet services, summer camp,

and library services

The Gathering Place Catering and Hospitality Services

Prince George Native Friendship Centre

Prince George


2001 enp grant recipient for related venture

The Grape Box

Burnaby

Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI)

This small woodshop provides training as well as employment opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities

CirKids


Vancouver

Harrop Procter Community Forest – Forest Products

Procter


Venue and caterer for enp events

H.A.V.E. Culinary TrainingVancouver

Health & Home Care Society of BC(Formerly Victoria Order of Nurses)

Vancouver

enp original pilot project participant and 2009 & 2010 grant recipient

Hope in ShadowsVancouver


Hope in Shadows is a charitable organization creating positive social change for people and

communities impacted by poverty and

marginalization.

The Improv Centre (Granville Island)

Vancouver

Venue for enp’s 15th anniversary party

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2010 Social Enterprise MeetUP participant

Inn at Laurel Point Victoria

Owned by a foundation

Producer of enp’s 2010 video on Social Enterprise

Vancouver

Intersections Media

Providence FarmDuncan



Vancouver

The Kettle Friendship Society

The Kettle Friendship Society is a member of the Common Thread Sewing

Cooperative

Poco Dots provides quality daycare programs in a safe and nurturing environment for children from

30 months to age 12.

A daycare social enterprise

Port Coquitlam

Poco Dots

Quince Paste & Butter

Quince Jelly Kings and Spies Hard Cider

2002, 2005 & 2008 enp grant recipient

Victoria

LifeCycles

The Aboriginal Mother Centre started the Studio to make blankets, wall hangings, tote bags and other knitted products with genuine

Aboriginal design.


Vancouver

MaMa’s Wall St. StudioAboriginal Mother Centre

Aleza Lake Research Forest SocietyAleza Lake (Prince George Region)


* All photos courtesy of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society from their website at http://alrf.unbc.ca/

The Aleza Lake Research Forest is a 9000 ha university-based outdoor research facility and working forest

Megaphone


Vancouver

Street Corner Media Foundation

Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of

Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors.

Metchosin Camp


Victoria

Boys & Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria


Jewish Family ServicesVancouver

Seniors Home Support

Resettlement and Employment Services

Pearl’s Seconds Thrift Store

Squamish


The most eclectic thrift store in Squamish offering quality second

hand items at low prices!

Howe Sound Women’s Centre Society

JUSTCATERING

Vancouver

enp event caterer & 2009 grant recipient

Potluck operates a fully professional Café and Catering enterprise.

Revenue is directly invested back into its community social programs that are integrated into its daily

operations.

Photo: Brian Harris

Potluck CateringVancouver


Naramata Centre

Naramata

(United Church of Canada)

Retreat and Conference Centre

A social enterprise in the Okanagan

Prince George Native Friendship CentrePrince George


The PGNFC maintains several meeting rooms and halls suitable for meetings, conferences, and training

sessions.

Mary Winspear Centre


Sidney

Sidney and North Saanich Memorial Park Society

New Hope Cuisine The North Shore Salvation Army

North Vancouver


New Hope Cuisine meals are ideal if you’re in a hurry, need a night off from cooking, or have limited mobility.

Every meal sold supports The North Shore Salvation Army Community Programs

The Radio Station Cafe


Vancouver

PHS Community Services

Providence Place InnPort Hardy

2009 enp workshop participant and 2010 workshop venue host

The Hotel with

Heart

Moving On was started with a long-term purpose to help support

social programs through Fraserside Community Services

Society.

Moving On, a moving company which specializes in small

moves.

Photograph by : Jason Lang/THE RECORD


New Westminster

MOVING ONFraserside Community Services

Village Arts Society


Invermere

Raincoast Conservation FoundationRaincoast Images

Sidney


Frequent venue for enp workshops & events

Vancouver

YWCA Hotel

Sanford Property Management


All profits are directed to Katherine Sanford Housing Society to help

realize their mission of developing safe, secure and affordable housing for people with mental illness and/or

addictions.

Vancouver

The Katherine Sandford Housing Society

Vancouver

ReBoot


Reboot Vancouver is a non-profit retailer of refreshed PC's.

Summerland’s Penny Lane Bargain Outlet provides a sustainable source of funding for youth initiatives through their retail success. The store provides both training and employment opportunities for youth.


Summerland

Penny Lane Bargain Outlet

ReStores are located all across Canada

including several in BC.

Vision: A world where everyone has a safe and

decent place to live.

Victoria, Vancouver and Nanaimo

Photo: Brian Harris

ReStore

Victoria: 2002 & 2008 enp grant recipient

Nanaimo: 2001 enp grant recipient

Richmond Society for Community Living


Richmond

A First Nations social enterprise

Atlin

Taku Wild was formed by the TRTFN to enable the commercial sale of sustainably caught wild salmon products to benefit the Taku River Tlingit and to help fund conservation efforts in the

Taku River basin.

Taku Wild Smoked SalmonTaku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN)


Nelson

West Kootenay Women’s Association

Recycled and reclaimed bags

The Right StuffGreater Trail Community Skills Centre

Trail


The Outdoor School

Brackendale/North Vancouver


School District #44

Strathcona Community Dental Clinic


Vancouver

Rotary Centre for the Arts


Kelowna

Sasamat Outdoor Centre Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC

A residential camp

Sasamat Outdoor Centre offers campers the opportunity to

participate in a wide range of outdoor activities in a safe,

supervised environment

Port Moody

Senden Sustainable Agriculture Resource Centre


Hazelton

Upper Skeena Development Centre (USDC)

Started in 2004, Sewing With Heart

focuses on providing income, work opportunities

and skill development for

people recovering from mental illness.

Parent organization has received enp grants

Vancouver

Sewing With HeartCoast Social Enterprise Foundation

Richmond Family Place Thrift Store


Richmond


Nelson

West Kootenay Social Enterprise Society

A janitorial social enterprise employing people with disabilities.

Camp FircomUnited Church Residential Camp

Gambier Island


SFP Fun ZoneSemiamhoo Family Place


Surrey

SHARE Thrift StoreCoquitlam


Public DreamsVancouver

Public Dreams produces events, rituals, and traditions

that promote healthy and vibrant neighbourhoods.

2001, 2002, 2008 & 2010 enp grant recipient

Retreat & Conference Centre

Sorrento Centre

Sorrento

2009 enp workshop attendee

Anglican Church of Canada

The Bean on Burrard Nechako Valley Community Services Society

Vanderhoof

Parent organization was an enp grant recipient

The Bean’s primary objective is to provide employment for adults with special needs and to provide a greater

level of integration into the community for individuals who are often significantly underemployed and isolated.


Crews @ Work

Victoria

The Cridge Centre for the Family

Developmental Disabilities Association Child Development Centre

Vancouver


Their Children's Services offer quality

inclusive childcare programs in Vancouver and Richmond for both

typical and special needs children.

Spark Youth Centre & Bookstore

Kimberley


The Spark Youth Centre is the longest running youth centre in BC. Its music and bookstore sells new and used books,

music CDs, and DVDs.

Starworks Packaging & Assembly

Vancouver


Developmental Disabilities Association

Starworks employs people with developmental disabilities to perform light labour and assembly work. They employ over 25 on call workers

in their 5000 square foot warehouse.


Vancouver / British Columbia

Western Canada Wilderness Committee

Online s tore with calendars , cards , books , posters , maps , fair trade Firs t Nations products and more.

Stillwood Camp & Conference Centre

Cultus Lake

A camp and conference centre

Mennonite Brethren Conference of Churches

Vancouver

United We Can

In 2007 United We Can …

• Recycled 16 million containers• Refunded $2.7 million back to the

community• Created 22 full-time and 127 part time jobs for people with multiple barriers to

traditional employment.

A successful social enterprise in Vancouver’s DTES


Victoria

WIN ShopsVictoria Women in Need Cooperative

The coffee kiosk provides employment skills training and a community hub for

people living in the area. The Kiosk sells espresso coffee products, BC Lottery tickets,

teas and cookies.


Vancouver

South Vancouver’s First Cup Coffee Kiosk

South Vancouver Neighbourhood House