AN INFORMATION SESSION FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS

Why a webinar?We’d like to:• Connect and continue working collaboratively• Answer your questions• Clarify our intentions• Help you think through your letter of inquiry

Most frequent questions (so far)• What do you mean by “decent work”?• Can you give an example of a project that fits your

guidelines?• What are you looking for in a letter of inquiry?• How much money is in the fund?• Is there a limit to what we can ask for?

Ontario’s Decent Work Agenda1. Fair wages and workplaces2. Wage disparity3. Precarious employment4. _______________________5. _______________________6. _______________________

Wagemark – A Global Wage StandardA collaboration between West Neighbourhood House (formerly known as St. Christopher), MASS LBP and partners to mobilize consumers to patronize companies that have a fair ratio (8:1) between the highest and lowest paid employee

Campaign to Raise Minimum WageAn initiative of the Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre, the Workers Action Centre, and partners focused on fair wages and workplaces.

Good Jobs PipelineOver 60 organizations, resident groups, and government agencies are creating a legally binding framework – known as a Community Benefit Agreement – to support low-income communities’ access to training and jobs with the Eglinton Light Rail Transit project.

Letters of InquiryWe’d like to receive letters that:• Demonstrate we’re working for compatible ends• Bring us a great opportunity to have a real impact• Show us the thinking behind it – yours and others• Tell us the steps you’re ready to take over the next year or so• Describe your past experience and how it’s prepared you• Explain how you’ll learn as you do this work

Letters of InquiryBefore making a financial request:• read our last annual report to assess the size and scope

of our grant making• consider how much money is needed to make

reasonable progress over a 12 – 18-month period• keep in mind that this is a competitive process –

demand will invariably exceed the resources available

Your turn …Please ask your question by typing into the chat box.

If you are joining us through the conference call function and are unable to type, we’ll make sure to leave enough time at the end for you to ask your question verbally.

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Christine Avery Nuñez,Atkinson’s Director of Operations and Special Projectscnunez@atkinsonfoundation.ca416 869 4584 / @NunezAvery

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