Scale Collaborative

Miss the latest West Vancouver Foundation Leadership Lab with Lee Herrin? Follow the link below to access a recording of "Organizational 'Renovation' Road to Recovery" and tools for organizations experiencing a period of significant change in their operating and funding environment.

Is your organization ready to explore a social enterprise? Social finance investment readiness? Our team at Scale Collaborative offers coaching services through Innoweave to assist organizations in different areas from policy engagement to scaling impact. Explore the coaching streams and see which is the right fit for your organization:

The February newsletter from Scale Collaborative is out now! Read more about new program applications, Buy Social Vancouver Island, and the Business Legacies Project: https://bit.ly/FebruaryAtScaleCollaborative

Thank you everyone for attending the Thriving Non Profits Community Info Session for Vancouver and Gulf Islands! Applications for the upcoming Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands cohorts are open until February 19th:

Coming up next week: join the Coastal Communities Social Procurement Initiative - CCSPI for their Social Procurement 101 training. The session will provide a solid understanding of the concept of social procurement and some of the potential opportunities to begin to implement these practices in your organization. Sign up for the free session:

Survive & Recover is a multi-pronged, triage program that will help your organization map out a road to recovery. Applications are open now for social purpose organizations to prepare for uncertainty in the changing COVID-19 landscape. Apply to access 2 months of group coaching, individualized support, peer support, financial tools, scenario thinking tools, resources and timely webinars: https://bit.ly/SurviveAndRecoverApp

A belated #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay shout out to the co-founders of Scale Collaborative, Kristi Rivait and Kristi Fairholm Mader. Scale was founded in 2014 to support community and level initiatives to scale up for greater impact. Since then, we have shifted to explore how non-profits can become more independent, resilient, and impactful. Scale has grown to support hundreds of organizations across Vancouver Island and continues to build initiatives and program to strengthe...n the social impact sector. #WomenEntrepreneurs #WEcreateBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland

It's the last day of the The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance State of the Island Summit! Our co-founding director, Kristi Rivait, is moderating two panels today: "Entrepreneurs Panel - Island Good Manufacturers Share Their Unfinished Stories" - 10am "Leadership Is Essential! We Now Know What This Does and Does Not Look Like..." - 2:30pm... Learn more and register for the Summit:

ICYMI... The Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative has extended their survey deadline to November 22nd. "Your struggle to find, maintain, share or develop affordable space matters. The time you take to provide information on your real estate situation is invaluable. The data gathered through the SPACE for COMMUNITY Survey will be used to make change - in public policy, funding programs and community organization innovation. We hope you will join the movement to improve the space and facilities non profits and social enterprises need to do your important work!" Fill out the 15-30 minute survey here:

ICYMI... Scale Collaborative partnered with The Consulting Hive to provide free consulting services to non-profits and social enterprises impacted by COVID-19. Learn more and access support here: https://theconsultinghive.ca/

We remember those who have sacrificed for our country. Thank you to our veterans and to those serving today. Lest we forget.

We are excited for the Keynote presentation tonight at the The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Summit moderated by our Co-Founding Director, Kristi Rivait! If you haven't already, register for the Summit here: https://viea.ca/vi-economic-summit/

We are excited for the The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance State of the Island Summit this week! Join our co-founder Kristi Fairholm Mader tomorrow for the "Accessing Investment Capital and Investment Opportunities" session at 3pm. Register now: https://viea.ca/vi-economic-summit/

We are thrilled for the THRIVE program to expand and support the Calgary community through Calgary Foundation. Thank you to the The Victoria Foundation for supporting the development of the THRIVE program and to Coast Capital Savings, the core sponsor of the program. Our co-founder Kristi Fairholm Mader and Lee Herrin are excited to talk with and support organizations to become financially resilient.... Learn more about THRIVE: https://calgaryfoundation.org/initiatives/thrive-program/