CCVO Releases Recommendations for the Private Sector in Building a Community Prosperity Strategy
This summer, CCVO drafted a start to some recommendations for the private sector, the provincial government, and funders to get started on a multi-sectoral Community Prosperity Strategy. With feedback from various stakeholders, CCVO is re-working the recommendations and will be publishing them as a series on this blog.
Through engagement with nonprofits, community organizations, and research, CCVO has identified the following recommendations for the private sector:
Encourage and support an organizational culture of giving and volunteerism by: providing more opportunities for employee involvement on nonprofit boards; making a commitment to support social issues in partnership with nonprofits; and continuing employee engagement with nonprofit organizations through innovation in this new environment.
Find and recognize ways to advance the prosperity of local communities through supporting the nonprofit sector with expertise and knowledge by: supporting technology access, training, and maintenance; providing access to corporate training opportunities; and providing access to emergency planning professionals.
Leverage the nonprofit sector's contributions to the prosperity of our communities through: robust and vibrant social infrastructure that benefits communities and supports business objectives; and more advocacy on how much nonprofits contribute to society.
These recommendations are only a few ways in which the private sector can support nonprofit organizations in their efforts to rebuild their communities and their organizations so that they can continue to support those most at risk.
Read more about these recommendations here. This is CCVO’s last set of recommendations in our #ABCommunityAdvantage blog series.