Communications to agencies

The Solidaires Outstanding Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is given to an agency or collective initiative supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal. This award recognizes an agency’s determined efforts to implement equity, diversity and inclusion strategies and approaches within its organization and in its interactions with its community. This may be done through actions to:

• Ensure that the diversity of the community or territory in which the agency operates is represented on all its bodies.
• Account for the diverse needs of the groups or individuals helped.

• Understand the issues and barriers to participation faced by people from marginalized communities and adapt its actions accordingly.
• Facilitate and enhance the participation of people from marginalized communities in a variety of ways.
• Amplify the voices of excluded and marginalized people and populations in the community.

*The $10,000 grant associated with this award will be given to the agency or collective initiative receiving the Solidaires.

**In the case of a group of agencies, this may include agencies not funded by Centraide.

The Solidaires Outstanding Demonstration of Impact is given to an agency, collective initiative or consultation body supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal. This award recognizes the organization’s determined efforts to demonstrate the relevance and impact of its actions on people. This award recognizes work to demonstrate the impacts or effects of intervention or service goals and a vision of social transformation. This may be done through actions to:

• Engage its team and participants in the search for impact.
• Adapt or develop measurement and/or collection tools.
• Find innovative or inclusive ways to share results.

*The $10,000 grant attached to this award will be given to the agency, collective initiative or consultation body that receives the Solidaires award.

**In the case of a group of agencies, this may include agencies not funded by Centraide.

The Solidaires Outstanding Contribution to a Resource Sharing Project is given to an agency, collective body, or group of agencies supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal. This award recognizes a project, good practices or a model that has allowed the organization to share resources, tools, knowledge or skills to optimize access to as many people as possible. This may be done through actions to:

• Establish projects to share resources (tools, human resources, material resources, expertise, knowledge, etc.) that have benefited all stakeholders and have had a positive impact on the population served.

• Develop or strengthen a culture of collaboration and expertise sharing to benefit the entire community.

*The $10,000 grant attached to this award will be given to the agency, collective body or group of agencies receiving the Solidaires.

**In the case of a group of agencies, this may include agencies not funded by Centraide.

The Solidaires Outstanding Commitment to a Digital Transformation is awarded to an agency or collective initiative supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal. This award recognizes a digital transformation project that has engaged the community and helped develop or reinforce a digital culture within the organization and optimize a service/activity within the organization to better serve its users. This may be done through actions to:

• Establish a digital transformation plan within the agency (tools, budget, timeline, database, member/donor management platform, etc.).
• Set up a team support plan with custom training and tools.
• Adapt activities and processes in line with the desired transformation.
• Share expertise with partners in the digital transformation.

*The $10,000 grant associated with this award will be given to the agency or collective initiative receiving the Solidaires.

**In the case of a group of agencies, this may include agencies not funded by Centraide.

The Solidaires Outstanding Citizen Involvement is given to a volunteer or someone who stands out through their volunteer involvement and leadership at an agency or collective body supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal. It may also be awarded to a group of people. This award recognizes citizen involvement that contributes to advancing an issue in the community or to mobilizing other citizens around a concrete and lasting social initiative. This may be done through actions to:

• Make a sustained commitment to a specific project or organization.
• Make a significant contribution to adding citizen voices about a project through consultations.

• Make a commitment that has engaged stakeholders, including other citizens, in a project or initiative.

*The $10,000 grant attached to this award will be given to the agency in which the person or group of people receiving the Solidaires is involved on a volunteer basis.

The Solidaire Supportive Communities is given to a collective body, a collective initiative or group of agencies supported by Centraide of Greater Montreal for a collective action carried out during the pandemic that had a high social impact. This award recognizes a collective effort that produced significant outcomes for individuals or a community during a time of crisis. It is presented to a collective body or group of agencies that stand out through their ability to mobilize local stakeholders in a collective action, project or approach that contributed to the social development of the community during the pandemic.

This may be done through actions to:

• Implement adapted actions or a collective action plan to meet urgent needs in a crisis.
• Bring together all stakeholders to create an initiative or project that meets an emerging need during the crisis.
• Represent the voice of citizens most affected by the crisis with decision-making bodies to find lasting post-pandemic solutions.

*The $10,000 grant attached to this award will be given to the collective body, collective initiative or group of agencies.

**In the case of a group of agencies, this may include agencies not funded by Centraide.