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In support of the Disability Hub Europe project, the European Foundation Centre's Disability Thematic Network is hosting a webinar, titled "Leveraging the disability-related SDGs in your grantmaking."
The Disability Hub Europe is an initiative led by Fundacion ONCE supported by the European Social Fund.
The webinar is designed to enhance the knowledge of funders on the Agenda 2030, and inform them how to leverage the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their social efforts.
The webinar also aims to enable funders' udnerstanding of how they can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and how they can align their work that's linked to disability-related SDGs.
The webinar, which will be the first in a series of webinars, will be moderated by the Dhub Technical Secretariat. It will feature four guest speakers that will discuss policy frameworks, how this framework can be used, and how to leverage this framework for grantmaking purposes of philanthropic organizations. Read the Entire Article
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"Having a purposeful job actually does transform someone's life," says Edwin Walsh, who runs a social enterprise in Australia called Assembled Threads. "You actually are moving someone from...more
A new scholarship fund in Canada will help high school students who want to further their education, the CBC reports. The Westlock Community Foundation in Alberta received a $26,800 donation from...more
Foundation: Citi Foundation
"To the youth, I urge you to be proactive, resilient, and persistent on your entrepreneurial journey," says the UN's resident representative in the Philippines. "Make your voices heard, take up...more
Canada is putting its money where its mouth is, with a $2.5 million investment in five projects in India meant to help the country's poor, the Toronto Star reports. "Many of these novel projects...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Southern Indiana
"When you see the kids interacting and them building communitythat's what it is," says Camp Quality Kentuckiana executive director Eddie Bobbitt. "It's bigger than fishing and pie fights." The...more
The Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation is now accepting applications for its statewide grants program, which will award up to $75,000 to historical and educational organizations in the...more
The Whitfield Education Foundation is holding its annual golf tournament Monday in Dalton, Ga., and it's using the event to raise money for teacher grants. The foundation's executive director,...more
Foundation: Community Giving Foundation
"There's one simple statement that we see a lotthat is 'be kind,'" said Kara Seesholtz, CEO of the Community Giving Foundation, after students from 15 school districts in central Pennsylvania handed...more
Foundation: Hawaii Community Foundation
If you're in your 60s or older and looking for adult day care in Maui, you're in luck. The nonprofit Maui Adult Day Care Centers lost its West Maui Center in the Lahaina fire last August, but...more
If you're looking for a place to get buff and healthy, the YMCA in Corry, Pa., might be just the place for you. That's because two new employees there have joined the staff, the Times of...more
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Calgary Social Enterprise Offers High-Tech Services by People with Autism
Meticulon, a project of Autism Calgary Association in partnership with the federal government and the Sinneave Family Foundation, operates as a social enterprise that renders high-tech services provided by people with autism, leveraging their natural abilities at requiring attention to detail, repetition, and sequencing.
