Volunteer Income Tax Clinics for Low-income Individuals

The schedule of clinics for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is now available. Read the Human Development Council's Media Advisory to find a local clinic.

Doing Less With More - It's Not Acceptable

Worth checking out - the Canadian Council on Social Development'’s study exploring the effect of the diminished financial capacity of non-profit and voluntary organizations in Canada. Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada'’s New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations was written by Katherine Scott, CCSD'’s Vice –President of Research. More and more valuable time is being spent securing project funding in an effort to maintain the status quo, to the detriment of organizations'’ core missions. Scott's report examines just how the sector is coping with cuts.

More resources and reports on this issue are available from the CCSD.