By bevdunlay, on May 18th, 2012
By bevdunlay, on April 17th, 2012  Thanks to everyone, we have had yet another very successful (and fun) fundraising event !
It takes a team to make these events successful. I would like to thank Ryan Yarrow for taking the lead with the Comedy Show, he was instrumental in its success. Also, it wouldn’t have been possible without the help from Lori Buchan, Jessica Bright, Sarah Greenly, Katrina Joice, Raymond Leeder, Michelle Buchanan and Jane Wellard, the entire Fundraising Committee and our community members who come out each and every time to show their support.
Thanks so much and hope to see everyone on July 28th for our 4th annual Golf Tournament .
Thanks Again
Amy Widdows
Fundraising Committee Chair
By bevdunlay, on April 13th, 2012 Community Living Campbellford/Brighton
Hosts
The Comedy Night Show…TONIGHT
FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH 7:00 PM
AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE
53 FRONT ST. S., CAMPBELLFORD, ON
TICKETS: $20 PER PERSON
ONLY 150 TICKETS AVAILABLE
LIGHT LUNCH SERVED @ 9PM
Click on Comedy Show Flyer for more information: Comedy Show Flyer
For more information or to purchase tickets, Please call Ryan Yarrow 705-653-1821 ext. 217
By bevdunlay, on April 5th, 2012 4th Annual
Community Living Campbellford/Brighton
Golf Tournament
Saturday July 28th, 2012
Pine Ridge Golf & Country Club R.R.3, Warkworth, Ontario
Note: If entering as a single, the Committee will place you on a team.
Format: Team members will play as a team of four (4) in a best ball format.
Fees Include : Golf – including a cart, steak or chicken dinner and prizes!
Single = $80.00 Team = $ 320.00
Full Payment due by July 1st, 2012
Please make cheques payable to: Community Living Campbellford/Brighton 65 Bridge Street East P.O. Box 1360 Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0
Thank you for your generous support!
All proceeds will be donated to the Outcome Sponsorship Fund!
For more information, please contact Ryan Yarrow (705) 653 1821 ext 229
Golf Tournament Flyer
Golf Tournament Entry Form
By bevdunlay, on March 29th, 2012 Freezing Social Assistance Rates for People with Disabilities
Will Result in Increased Hardship
Community Living Ontario was alarmed to learn that the Provincial Budget brought down by the government yesterday will freeze the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Income Supports at their current level.
Current ODSP benefit amounts provide for an income that is approximately 40% below the poverty line.
While the government has made investments in ODSP benefits each year since 2004 to keep pace with cost of living increases, benefits prior to 2004 had been frozen for 11 years. As a result, ODSP benefits today remain more than 18% below what they were in 1993 when compared to inflation.
“This is not the time for government to abandon its practice of annual cost of living adjustments to ODSP,” says Deborah Rollier, President of Community Living Ontario. “When the economy is bad, that is exactly the time that investments must be made in social assistance. This can only cause hardship for those who rely on these benefits.”
The Government of Ontario has established a Social Assistance Review Committee to undertake a comprehensive review of the current system. Community Living Ontario has provided its views on the reform that is needed to ensure that ODSP provides an adequate level of support to those who need it. The government’s decision to freeze benefits now, just months before the outcome of that review is known makes little sense. Community Living Ontario calls on the government to reverse this decision and provide an appropriate increase to ODSP benefits. We must ensure that benefits are not further eroded by the effects of inflation while the Social Assistance Review Commission continues its efforts to determine the best ways to enhance and secure the program to meet people’s needs in the future.
Community Living Ontario – Tel. 416-447-4348; web: www.communitylivingontario.ca
Contact – Gordon Kyle, Director of Social Policy and Government Relations Gordon@communitylivingontario.ca
Click on Link for a PDF of the News Release; Media Release March 28 2012
By bevdunlay, on March 23rd, 2012
‘The work never stops,’ says executive director
Friday March 23, 2012 — Kristian PartingtonCAMPBELLFORD, Ont. – At Community Living Campbellford/Brighton, the quest for inclusion is all about strengthening ties within the community and building on its extensive network of supporters and champions.Executive director Nancy Brown and administrative assistant Bev Haley spoke about the importance of this ongoing work during a conversation with Community Living Leaders at their office in Campbellford on March 22.
The organization’s ongoing inclusion awareness campaign, they agree, is most successful when people of all ages are targeted and involved.
They point to Appetite for Awareness, which takes place in May during Community Living Month, as a prime example of an event that brings people who have an intellectual disability together with Grade 5 students from Kent Public School to spread awareness throughout the community.
The concept involves taking pre-orders of healthy lunches from people and organizations throughout the region from Campbellford to Brighton and everywhere in between. The students from Kent then join with community living team members and volunteers to pack the lunches together and distribute them.
Going into its fourth year, “the event is always a community favourite,” says Haley, and though it involves a bit of effort in terms of co-ordination, she says the impact is well worth it.
Brown says the relationships between support services and young people in the schools is a critical one to nurture because the principles of an inclusive society must be fostered in the minds of people from a young age.
Other community awareness events double as fundraisers, such as the upcoming comedy night scheduled for April 13, or the annual golf tournament held in mid-summer.
Poster campaigns and awareness booths at Royal Bank branches create an ongoing community presence and random acts of kindness — delivering doughnuts out of the blue to community partners, for example — are also part of their ongoing strategy.
“The work never stops,” Brown says with a smile.
If you have a story to share, please contact kristian(at)axiomnews.ca, or call 800-294-0051, ext. 24.
By bevdunlay, on March 22nd, 2012 **Updates**
9th Annual Conference
June 13th – 14th, 2011
- BEST WESTERN PLUS Cobourg Inn & Convention Centre–
930 Burnham Street,
Cobourg, Ontario K9A 2X9
Registrants please reserve rooms directly with Best Western Cobourg
Phone: 905-372-2105 Check out website for more information on the Conference Centre:
http://bestwesternontario.com/hotels/best-western-plus-cobourg-inn-and-convention-centre
ACE Also Welcomes Speakers and Topics
- Elly playing the music she loves!
Successful Employment Strategies; Amy Widdows and Katrina Joice
Best Practices, Self Advocacy Committee; Dawn Lee, Lynne Simpson & Angela Clarke
People will share what they want/need in regards to support of their Advocacy Committee, all feedback will be shared with attendees.
Rights; Dawn Lee and Kelly Oosting
As members of the CLCB Rights Commission they will speak about due process, Quality Assurance measures (QAM), advocacy and the right to choose independence.
By bevdunlay, on March 14th, 2012 ACE Conference “DRAFT” Agenda
June 13 & 14, 2012
This year’s Conference promises to be FUN, INFORMATIVE and VERY INTERACTIVE!! Check out the updated “DRAFT” Agenda.
Wednesday June 13, 2012 Agenda
Thusday June 14, 2012 Agenda
PDF Agenda Click Here: ACE 2012 DRAFT Agenda Mar 13
PDF Registration Click Here: 9th Annual Conference Registration Form
By bevdunlay, on March 14th, 2012 Two Interesting Publications from the Ministry of Community & Social Services
The Ministry of Community and Social Services introduced a regulation in 2011 to help prevent the abuse of adults with a developmental disability in group homes, day programs and similar settings. Read our February 2011 issue of Spotlight on Transformation to find out more.
Click on link for Spotlight on Tranformation Issue 30 March 2012 Spotlight_issue30-ENG Mar 2012
Click on link for Spotlight on Transformation Issue 23 February 2011 Spotlight-23-ENG_Feb 23 2011
By bevdunlay, on March 12th, 2012 Community Living Campbellford/Brighton
Hosts
The Comedy Night Show
FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH 7:00 PM
AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE
53 FRONT ST. S.,
CAMPBELLFORD, ON
TICKETS: $20 PER PERSON
ONLY 150 TICKETS AVAILABLE
LIGHT LUNCH SERVED @ 9PM
Click on Comedy Show Flyer for more information: Comedy Show Flyer
For more information or to purchase tickets, Please call Ryan Yarrow 705-653-1821 ext. 217
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