Partners
who enhance practices
In addition to its flagship programs (Leadership rassembleur, Mutualization Journey, and DATAide), Centraide of Greater Montreal provides enhanced support thanks to various partners who offer further training and coaching opportunities to community agencies. The goal is to strengthen skills, boost organizational practices, and support collective leadership all while continuously adapting to agencies’ needs and realities.
Bank of pro-bono coaching hours
Thanks to agreements with three partner organizations, community agencies can access pro-bono coaching that aligns with their current needs and priorities. Whether to support professional, organizational or collective development, these hours are a flexible way to help agencies tackle a specific challenge or launch a strategic initiative.
Centre de formation populaire (C.F.P.)
The C.F.P. supports participation and democratic practices at agencies through training and coaching based on community education approaches.
Topics covered:
- Democratic practices
- Organizational development
- Evaluation
- Participatory methods
Centre Saint-Pierre – O2 program
A site of social transformation, the Centre Saint-Pierre provides occasional support that is tailored to the realities of each agency.
Topics covered:
- Community relations, mobilization and development
- Communication and new media
- Human resources management
- Democratic governance
- Psychosocial services
- Leadership and organizational development
Dynamo – Point de bascule program
As a specialist in collaborative processes, Dynamo helps community stakeholders transform their practices to increase their social impact. Through the Point de bascule program, it provides pro-bono assistance to Centraide-supported neighbourhood roundtables, collective bodies, and agencies during times of transition or development.
Supported processes:
- Implementation of a territorial or strategic planning process
- Review of an agency’s governance structure
- Development of a collective mobilization strategy
- Access to training or a “timeout” to share and reflect on practices
- Implementation of an evaluation process to clearly identify lessons learned and progress made
- Time to take stock of complex situations
- With the agency’s network, co-creation of solutions to specific challenges
Spaces for collaboration and training
In harmony with realities on the ground, these initiatives are structured around participatory and innovative approaches to support both stakeholders and teams. They create opportunities for discussion, reflection, and learning that respond to current issues in the community sector.
COCo – Ateliers/C
COCo (Centre for Community Organizations) supports the development of community agencies through learning, collaboration and social justice. Created in partnership with Centraide, the Ateliers/C foster peer interaction and learning around themes such as organizational development, interpersonal relations, and collaborative practices.
Les Ateliers/C focus on:
- Collaborative learning
- Commitment and curiosity
- Creativity and co-creation
Centre Saint-Pierre – Clinical supervision
The Centre Saint-Pierre clinical supervision program gives professionals a space for reflection and support as they tackle challenges in the field.
This program lets them:
- Gain perspective on complex situations
- Become less isolated through interaction with other professionals
- Develop strategies for coping with stress
- Avoid burnout and compassion fatigue
Dynamo – Co-development training
Dynamo runs a professional co-development program for stakeholders that work in the community sector and for collective bodies in Greater Montreal. Its structured approach stimulates collective learning and peer reflection.
Key principles of the co-development program:
• Collaborative peer-based learning
• Time to reflect on actions
• Sharing of experiences and solutions
• Development of professional independence and effectiveness
• A safe and authentic space in which to develop practices
Direct support for key needs at key times
Centraide created its direct-support funding envelope to rapidly respond to the specific needs of agencies and communities at critical moments in their development.
These small, one-time yet high-impact grants provide flexible and responsive assistance for actions such as supporting strategic planning, providing coaching to a management team, or testing a form of tailored support.
This resource illustrates Centraide’s support process, which centres the needs expressed by agencies and encourages them to independently find the right solutions for their specific situation.
Goals of direct support:
- Provide one-time financial assistance during periods of organizational transformation or transition
- Promote access to tailored training and coaching resources
- Experiment with new forms of support that are adapted to specific needs or realities
- Support agencies’ independence and ability to take action to develop
External resource bank
If the resources mentioned above do not meet the needs of community agencies, Centraide can let them tap into a vast network of external resources. Centraide has built this resource bank over many years to provide diverse solutions to help agencies address different situations.
ℹ️ Are you a Centraide-supported agency that is interested in these coaching and training programs?
Contact these partners directly or ask your advisor for more information.
