Veith House

NECC Roundtable -May 1, 2019

​

• NECC BBQ June 19th

• Looking for donations for food and beverages

• Entertainment has been planned

Martha- North End Parent Resource Center

• Baby time

• Youth cooking

• Dads program

• Aqua size: Tuesday 10-11am

• Craft May 27th 1-2pm

• Art program: twice a month

• June 15th beautification center

Ashley- Girls & women advocacy w/ Justice system: Coverdale

• Weekly drop in at Nova Scotia art gallery

• Drop in: Wednesdays from 2-4

• Self-advocacy program May 14th

• Looking for volunteers: court workers

• Mother’s Day appeal: support to women

• AGM: June 16th BOM room at the library

• Coverdale.ca

Scarlett- Halifax Community Health Team

• May 6th: food and mood

• Ready set move: Halifax north library

• Take charge of your stress: June 4th-25th in the afternoon

• Looking for anyone for low intensity exercise program: 10-week program

Jennifer- Andy Fillmore’s Office

• Pancake breakfast: free, 11-1pm at mother Theresa church

• Job fair for veterans at NSCC 9-3pm Saturday

Food Center Mulgrave Park

• May 11th: brunch and bingo 11-1pm

• Hiring based programs

• Two junior leaders: ages 14-15

• Let’s make it happen program:

  • Employability program

  • Ages 15-19

  • Employment skills

  • Budgeting

  • Interview skills

  • Placements during the week 9-12 hours are paid by the center

  • Businesses in the north end

Elinor- North End Memorial Public library
 

• After school homework club,

  • Youth

  • Newcomers

  • Wednesdays 330-5pm

• Babies first books program

• After school drop

  • Thursdays

• Age and heritage month

  • Chinese dessert cooking

• Toddle times

  • Thursday mornings

• Pop up library at the market

Alex- Veith House
 

• Recovery group,

  • May 8th and May 22nd

  • Peer support

• Newcomers every month, English classes, French classes, summer programs

• Urban farm starting in the next couple of weeks, growing food

Rachel- Cycling Coalition

• May 14th

• Ride and grind May 28th

• Bike week

  • Week of bike activities all over HRM

  • Movie screening

• Annual general meeting June 25th

• Looking for treasurer

Matthew- YMCA Immigrants Center

• Crisis intervention programs,

  • Mobile in communities within HRM

• Connect newcomers to resources

• Volunteer tutors 330-5pm on Wednesdays

Harry- Access to Justice
 

• Talk justice

  • Qualitative research project

  • Going around the province and collect stories

• Talkjustice.ca

  • you can find all the information about any programs and read stories and there is a survey to take

Steven- HRCE, Parent Navigator

• Parent concerns about their kids transiting up into the next grade

• Looking for summer camp options for parents

  • Free or minimal cost

• Halifax community investment fund

  • Scholarships available

Adam- Halifax Pride

• Festival line launched in June

• Looking for more people to get involved, specifically youth

• Parade on July 20th

• Gottingen walk party, Saturday July 22nd

• Hiring new summer staff in the upcoming weeks

Kate- Community Developer for the Peninsula
 

• Community art project

• $4,000 to offer

• Looking for other organizations to fund more

• Application posted on website

• Hope blooms

  • Community kitchen

  • Interested in hearing from others in the community about how the kitchen can be useful in the community such as programs that it can be used for

• North park community art unveiling on the commons July 18th

Ashley: Business is Jamming

• iCode program,

  • Ages 15-19

  • Free

  • Thursday Tuesday 4-6pm

  • Build robots

  • Program video games

  • Based on engagement, 1 student gets a free laptop at the end of the program

• Scholarship,

  • Art call submission

  • Deadline has passed but will be doing again next year

  • Province wide

  • youth ages 8-30

• Free summer camps,

  • Social entrepreneurship camp

• Hiring one camp counsellor, junior counsellors

• Provincial call for role models

  • Role models on the road

  • Career professionals into the schools

Melissa: Art Society

• Program drop in, mostly free

• Open studio throughout the year

  • 2-430pm week days

  • 5-7pm Friday and Saturday

  • All ages

  • 2nd floor

• Afternoon shift,

  • Aimed at youth ages 15-30

  • Everyone welcome

  • Mental health focus

  • Admission covered

• Art bikers

  • Hiring new team for the summer

• Creative spirit east

  • Adults with disabilities

  • Mental health accessing art classes  

Herbert- ISANS

• Workshops to create awareness for immigrants and newcomers to create a welcoming environment for them

• Super Nova

  • Community immigrant potluck

  • Free

  • June 27th 4-7 or 8pm Halifax at West High School

• Work with refugees

  • June 17th 2-4pm

• 
   

Sara - WeeCare

• Daycare center

• Space for more infants

Mary- Family SOS

• Courage to give back awards

  • Unsung youth

  • Amazing grace

  • Unsung hero award

• Familysos.ca

• Nominations are open, 5-minute process,

• Expand BIA program, expansion of gives, training included

• 8 weeks summer camp for Spryfield youth

• 2 weeks teens Halifax, Spryfield and Dartmouth

• Healthy moms and dads group going on now but starting new intake soon

Irvine: Community YMCA

• Focus group

  • CBC on policing

  • Open to the public at 7pm May 1st

• Summer camps: full at the moment

• Names can be put on waiting list

• Cost $80 per week for the camp

• Indoor soccer

  • Tuesdays 3-530pm

  • Snacks will be provided

• Grand opening of youth zone

  • May 16th youth have developed a space at the Y that is entirely theirs

• Fitness classes 7am

• Yoga

• Spring basketball leagues

  • Starting Monday 6-8 14 and under

  • Tuesdays 16 and under

  • Completely free

Natasha: Caring & learning center, Mulgrave Park
 

• Beautification day,

  • looking for volunteers

  • May 25th