Looks Like Social Enterprise in NL
Original livestream series - Looks Like Social Enterprise
Every day people in Newfoundland and Labrador and around the world face challenging and often systemtic social and environemental issues. The good news that social innovation and social enterprise has the power to offer solutions in support of social progress. The great news is that there is work being done in this province and across the country to support these initaitives.
These are stories worth telling. So through 2023 Guide to the Good and Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador developed an original livestream series, Looks Like Social Enterprise to share stories of new and established social enterprise and social purpose organizations. Each organization was the recipient of funding through the federal government's Investment Readiness Program (IRP). The IRP marked start of the Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy, a multi-year, $800 million dollar investment to build a sustainable social finance market.
Looks Like Social Enterprise is an exploration of the social, cultural and environmental purposes that underpin the social enterprises, and share how each one contributes to a strong, sustainable future for the province and all who live here.
From April to November, Guide to the Good founder Kim Todd and CFNL's Nicole Dawe enjoyed live-stream conversations with leaders of 7 social impact organizations.
Topics ranged from homelessness, access to health care, economic stability and inclusion with a focus on women, the 2SLGTBQ+ community, Indigenous women, newcomers, and people living amid violence, poverty, mental illness and addictions.
No doubt there is a lot of work to be done, and there's no straight path to resolving all these challenges. But using our dollars to lever the power of doing good through social purpose organizations is sustainable and smart route to building communities people who flourish.
Looks Like Social Enterprise was lived stream from the Guide to the Good Facebook page
The produced streams are available below, and through Guide to the Good's YouTube Channel.
Looks Like Social Enteprise Episode 1 - We Care Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador. April 27, 2023
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 2 - Taskforce NL, May 24, 2023
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 3 - Mokami Status of Women, June 20, 2023
Video: Looks Like Social Enterprise - with Mokami Status of Women Executive Director Stacey Hoffe
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 4 - Quadrangle NL, September 21, 2023
Video: Looks Like Social Enterprise - with Quadrangle NL Executive Director Charles Murphy
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 5 - End Homelessness St. John's, October 11 2023
Video: Looks Like Social Enterprise - with End Homelessness St. John's Doug Pawson and Nicole Aylward
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 6 - St. John's Status of Women Council, October 25 2023
Video: Looks Like Social Enterprise - DEI Training Sessions with Tania Heath, Status of Women
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Looks Like Social Enterprise Episode 7 - GNP Community Place, November 22, 2023
Video: Looks Like Social Enterprise - GNP Community Place with Joanie Cranston and Andy Hornsell
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The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is a Grower with Guide to the Good.
The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) supports social purpose organizations as they contribute to solving pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges across Canada. Its goal is to help social purpose organizations build their capacity to participate in Canada’s growing social finance market and prepare themselves to be able to take on investments.
Funding for the Investment Readiness Program is provided by the Government of Canada and facilitated by the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the Community Foundations of Canada network.
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