Vibrant Communities’ Communities Ending Poverty (CEP) has grown to host 90 members representing more than 350 cities and communities across Canada. Through 20 years of tireless work, our network has contributed to 1 million Canadians being lifted out of poverty.
In 2021, at our End of Poverty national gathering, we collaboratively shifted our sights from reducing poverty to ending it.
CEP offers learning that supports our members to develop community plans, create collaborative governance and leadership structures, engage their community, track and report on outcomes, and achieve financial and leadership sustainability.
Our learning channels include coaching, one-on-one support, online learning, case studies, publications and blog posts.
A key contributing factor to CEP’s success in realizing population change is peer-to-peer learning and support.
CEP Managers of Cities work with members to deeply understand their work; co-write case studies and blogs; and invite them to share their challenges and successes at events, on Community of Practice calls, and on webinars.
Members ask and answer each others’ questions, and share contacts and resources through convenor calls and a private Facebook group.
As we approach the holiday season and look ahead to 2022, the CEP team would like to pass on our immense gratitude for the knowledge and experience that our members contribute to the network.
We would also like to highlight some of our accomplishments for 2021:
Moving into 2022, our team is excited to continue to advance our eight Ending Poverty Pathways, implement Tamarack’s 10-year plan (including sharpening our focus on policy and systems change) and deliver joint learning with Vibrant Communities’ three other practice areas: Cities Deepening Community, Communities Building Youth Futures, and Community Climate Transitions.
We are proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and could not have done it without the broad-based support of CEP’s members and learners.
We encourage you to reach out to Alison if you are interested in learning more about CEP membership and wish you a happy and healthy 2022.
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