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When Buy Social Canada and Tapestry Community Capital first started collaborating, our conversations noted how siloed conversations around community finance and social procurement could be. For us, it’s a simple premise: businesses need both access to capital and ongoing customer spending to succeed in the market. This is especially true for social enterprises, which deliver blended value through social and financial outcomes, but may face additional barriers that traditional for-profit businesses do not. Learn more in our latest blog post: https://buff.ly/4cu1riX

Western Financial Group is setting a powerful example for corporate inclusivity and talent development. Our recent blog, inspired by their July 11th webinar, sheds light on how they’re championing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their hiring processes—particularly for refugees. From broadening their talent pool to providing professional development opportunities, Western Financial demonstrates a proactive approach to building a workforce that truly reflects Canada’s multicultural fabric. 🌍 Join us in celebrating their commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/eGa6ZJjP #ByRefugees #ForRefugees #JumpstartTalent #DiversityAndInclusion #RefugeeSupport #WesternFinancialGroup #CorporateInclusivity

🎓 In 2022-2023, ISS pledged £348,000 to support 60 #apprentices across 10 #education businesses, helping these SMEs to deliver better outcomes for their own people and scale their operations. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ezbr3xUs #ChampioningSustainableWorkplaces | #InspiringISS | #SocialValue | #PeopleMakePlaces

👇 Are you interested in any of these goals? 👇 💵 Finding new ways to raise funds and create sustainable local funding solutions for your community, local business or projects. 🏭 Taking control of your local assets—land, resources, buildings, businesses—and putting them to work for the benefit of local people. 🤝 Pooling local financial resources to enable collective investment and to achieve more together. 🌱 Investing in community-driven projects, local businesses, infrastructure, and entrepreneurs that make a difference in your community. 👥 Locally governing and managing funding, assets, and development to ensure they serve the community. 💰 Building financial reserves for emergencies, large-scale projects, and long-term economic stability for your community. 🛠️Supporting communities in any of the above!   ✨ We’re inviting individuals, organisations, and communities to share your capital interests, needs, and aspirations. Whether you’re focused on empowering local communities, addressing housing shortages and the cost of living, transitioning to circular and sustainable economies or other goals, Place Based Capital solutions can help. ✨ It will only take you five minutes. Shares your interests today by completing this short form. https://lnkd.in/ggvx6r7c Your input will help demonstrate the demand for place based capital solutions, guide the support communities need, and ensure we’re ready to collaborate on impactful projects as we scale the initiative. More information in the form or contact Meaghan Burkett, Place Based Capital Initiative Lead at 📞 0407 024 036 or 📧 meaghan@ethicalfields.com. Samantha (Sam) Doove Kate Simpson Gareth Priday Jenny Saavedra Shane Arthurson Kate Williams #placebased #economicdevelopment #socialimpact #placebasedcapital

The PATH to reconciliation - Four Sacred or Essential Tools PATIENCE - We are not achieving reconciliation by next Tuesday. Have patience with the people you are working with, your team, and with yourself. AWARENESS - Be aware of what is going on in the lives of those that do not look like you. What is happening in the First Nation community you are attempting to work with? Do they have higher priorities than your project to contend with? TENACITY - Don’t give up. Maybe you have to give up for today and return to a conversation tomorrow or next week but make sure to return. HUMILITY - Remember “Humility builds bridges, ego burns them.” You may be an expert on your products or services. You are not an expert on Indigenous life or even on one specific community. We at RWC believe that every conversation must include these four sacred or essential tools so as to allow us to move closer to reconciliation. Think of recent conversations you have had (especially those involving Indigenous/non-Indigenous communication). Did you use these four tools? How would things improve if you did? At Reconciliation Works Canada, we serve non-Indigenous entities who wish to: • Hire Indigenous Peoples • Retain Indigenous Peoples • Work with or for Indigenous Peoples • Sell to Indigenous Peoples • Increase their Indigenous engagement. Whether you wish to engage with a local community, hire Indigenous peoples, or retain the employees you have, we have your back! Sign up for our weekly emails or monthly newsletter NOW at: https://lnkd.in/gtDbp9S2 or learn more by emailing: info@reconciliationworkscanada.ca #reconciliation #canada #change #indigenous #growth #success #recruitment #retention #employment #hiring #hiringindigenous #training #hiringindigenousemployees #reconciliationtraining #reconciliationeducation #indigenousconsultant #throughindigenouseyes

Throughout the year, the GIB Asset Management ED&I Forum will be hosting 4 sessions on topics related to areas of priority in our ED&I strategy. For the first session, we were delighted to welcome Alexandra Sufit, Social Impact Consultant, speaking on Social Mobility. Alexandra was part of the Social Mobility Commission team that launched the seminal Employers Program, partnering with British businesses to tackle the 'class pay gap' and drive socio-economic diversity across the UK.    In the session, Alex facilitated an interactive discussion on why and how to build a socio-economically diverse workforce, looking at questions around the personal future impacts of our socio-economic backgrounds, and how diverse the workforce is in the Financial Services industry.    #socioeconomicmobility #equalitydiversityandinclusion #financialservices 

The Middle East is currently facing a unique challenge. In our rapidly changing global economy, financial success requires adaptability and innovation. However, throughout the region’s rich history, commercial success has long been intertwined with heritage, and many family businesses are now challenged to balance their heritage with the demands of a modern, interconnected world. The experts at LGT Private Banking explore this topic in this article on Gulf Business. #familyoffice #middleeast #wealthplanning

To the community investment peeps out there… Check out the opportunity below to learn more about what CYJS can offer to your team as a partner. It’s an easy Win-Win.

Accountability is the bedrock of Democracy - If you are working on projects that hold the powerful to account, projects that build towards systems change, projects that raise the voices and leverage of the marginalised you should be applying for this funding opp.

What’s your community involvement plan for 2024? 🤔🧐   Let’s get this conversation started (indulge me). ☺️   How does your business or organisation get involved with the local community? 🧤💼⚽️🧘♂️   E.g Sponsoring a local youth football team, sharing intellectual property – redesigning business processes for a local community group? Perhaps offering careers advice or advancing skills for young or disadvantaged people? Or more traditionally Fundraising? 🚴♂️🏅💷 As SVRE Community Engagement Lead I’m here to inform, inspire and even have some fun around what community engagement could or does already resemble.   SMEs will need to embed social values and wellbeing into their business   * If you would like to find out more and complete a short 10 point questionnaire to discover how SVREready your company is follow this link https://lnkd.in/eefCkHud.  * You can also join the free SVRE Business Hub for access to all the guidance, support and expertise you need to become SVREready. Alice Carroll Lara Bull David Riley   Sectors that might particularly benefit from being SVRE ready are, but not limited to:   #constructionindustry – #refurbishment, #renovation, #newbuild #Highways, #Rail, #Socialcare, #infrastructureprojects , #processindustries , #Water, #Energy, #transportationindustry , Schools, Colleges and Universities, #communicationsolutions , #Recruitment