Dear ESCLM Members;

There are still a few spots available for our "Accessibility Standards for Customer Service" Workshop. 

• Learn how your agency (and all businesses in Ontario) will have to comply with these Standards.
• Receive updates on the other Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Standards: Information & Communications, Transportation, Built Environment, and Employment.
• Find out what resources are available to help you meet these Standards, and enhance your business' services for people with disabilities.

Do you know an non-profit or for-profit employer who would benefit from this workshop? Please share information about this workshop with your employer partners, attend yourself, or send a representative from your agency.

Thursday, April 29, 2010, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
6th Floor Boardroom, Skill Centre
141 Dundas St, London

Cost: $40 per person includes handouts, coffee break and lunch

**Pre-registration required** Register here....

Mentorship for Newcomer Success

Please join us for the
2010-11 Mentor Recruitment Campaign
Lunch & Kick-Off Event

Friday, May 14, 2010 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (The Skill Centre Conference Room, 141 Dundas St.)

See our poster for more details....

Want to promote diversity in your workplace and gain access to an emerging talent pool? Do you want to help foster regional economic growth? Are you interested in learning more about your profession from an international perspective?

Become a Mentor to an Internationally Trained Individual!

Please RSVP by Monday, May 10th to mentorship@wil.ca

For more information on becoming a Mentor or Corporate Champion:
Deb Villani, Program Coordinator
519.663.0774 x359 or
visit the program website at
www.Mentorship.WIL.ca

Support for Nonprofits

Ontario is working with the not-for-profit sector to better support organizations that help Ontarians maintain a high quality of life. The province will develop a comprehensive and long term strategic action plan for its partnership with the not-for-profit sector.

This initiative will be a first-of-a-kind approach for Ontario and will lead to recommendations to support the not-for-profit sector. In collaboration with the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the government will conduct a series of discussions with the not-for profit, private and public sectors on how to make government more responsive to not-for-profit and volunteer organizations. This will help inform new ways to strengthen the sector, as part of the province's five-year Open Ontario plan.

Learn more...

A London Resource for Headache Suffers

Help for Headaches - Ontario Non-Profit Help For Headaches is a London-based non-profit organization and a registered Canadian charity that is committed to educational services for those suffering from and treating headaches.

Its website is all about headaches and migraines. Ontario non-profit with a totally free website focuses on pain and all related topics.

If you or your clients are one of the unlucky millions of Canadians to suffer from bad headaches, please check out the range of free services, including self-help directions.

Help for Headaches is always looking for volunteers.  Anyone interested in gaining some volunteer community/nonprofit/charity experience is asked to contact:

Brent Lucas
Headaches That Persist
www.headache-help.org
brent@helpforheadaches.org  
519.434.0008

Or, swing by the London Public Library (Central Branch) on Friday, April 30 and visit our table at the main library corridor between 9am and 3:30pm for a chat and to check out our new book: "Headaches That Persist".

Job Posting

The CIty of London is currently accepting applications for the following:

Manager, Neighborhood and Children's Services (Community Services Department)

Closing date: April 30, 2010

Being a CMA

This new presentation from CMA Ontario, Southwestern Ontario, is designed for help anyone interested in becoming a Certified Management Accountant and offers helpful resources for agencies advising individuals on career paths and professional designations. As referenced in the CMA powerpoint, 1 in 5 new CMAs in Ontario are internationally trained individuals from a broad range of industry sectors.

Questions? Contact:

Deborah Clarke, 519 845 0968; toll free 1-877-318-2422; dclarke@cmaontario.org 

Community Gardens Review

The City of London invites interested stakeholders to participate in its London Community Gardens: Business Plan Development Focus Groups.

Please see invitation for more details, focus group descriptions, dates and times....

It is our plan to consult with all key stakeholders, current community gardeners and other interested parties with a view to reaffirming the City's commitment to the Community Gardens program and having a renewed Community Gardens program in place for the future. Please consider:
• attending the community focus groups listed on the attached invitation
• posting this information in your organization
• forwarding this to groups and/or individuals who may wish to be part of this review

Pillar Sessions

Pillar Nonprofit Network is offering the following: 

• Media Relations: Hear both sides of the story! - June 1 or 8

• Citi Executive Director & Nonprofit Leader Breakfast - June 4

Regards, 

Carol Stewart
Project Manager

Employment Sector Council London-Middlesex
141 Dundas Street, 4th Floor, London ON N6A 1G3
Phone: 519.663.0774 ext. 224 Fax: 519.663.5377
carol@esclm.ca www.esclm.ca