SpringDale Neighbourhood Centre, where ideas grow and people flourish
Approachable, Positivity, Innovation, Fairness
The SpringDale Neighbourhood Centre is building the capacity and strengthening our community to improve the quality of life for people on the Bellarine
What we will see?
Advocacy for Social Justice issues and to assist vulnerable community members to present information as required
How we will get there?
- By listening and responding
- Through research and partnering
- Through helping in small and big ways if possible and within our remit
What we will do?
- Provide learning and development opportunities relevant to the needs of our members and community
- Support individuals as appropriate
- Research possible alternatives to enable people over 55 to be financially secure
- Implement help for Women over 55 to live well
What we will see?
- Enable win-win collaborations
- Build strategic partnerships of mutual benefit
How we will get there?
- Work with current partners to move further forward
- Be aware of evolving trends and look for new partnerships
What we will do?
- Work with partners to help them and gain insight into their activities
- Leverage learnings from good partnerships
- Encourage two way partnerships that benefit all parties
- Celebrate good partnerships
- Create Community Development Website
What we will see?
- Share positive messages through the monthly Messenger
- Celebration of 30 years of Messengers
- Share positive messages through regular emails
How we will get there?
- Continue to provide a positive monthly magazine that the community values
- Keep adding to the Historical Messengers website
What we will do?
- Produce monthly Messengers to support the well being of all
- Produce annual Business and Services Directory
- Email the community with good news and opportunities
- Keep all our websites up-to-date
What we will see?
- Take every opportunity to inform and educate people
- More classes, more groups, more opportunities
How we will get there?
- Answer questions — encourage more learning
- Increase the number of classes and improve the quality of training
- Increase the number of groups in line with community needs
What we will do?
- Identify opportunities for more education in the community
- Advocate for best quality, in time education to meet community needs
- Advocate for group activities to enable sharing of learning between community members
What we will see?
- Use data to drive change
- Provide facilities for the benefit of the community
How we will get there?
- Work with community members / groups and classes about changes to bring
- Look at issues from different perspectives
What we will do?
- Help the community to do more
- Provide up to date information and advice
- Facilitate group, family and community connections
- Facilitate community involvement and activities
