National equality-seeking women's groups
should take a leadership and collaborative approach the other existing and
emerging federations in seeking access to workplace giving.
*Women's groups
should continue building strategic alliances the other Canadian federations to
explore avenues of joint cooperation.
*Women's groups should take a
leadership role in developing an "Association of Federations" to jointly
advocate for access to national and provincial payrolls. |
*Contacts to be established with Health
Partners, The Environmental Fund of B.C., and key stakeholders in national
charities working on behalf of children, women's health issues, minority
rights, arts, and others
* Identify and establish contact with key
stakeholder(s) involved in payroll giving (Health Partners, The Environmental
Fund of B.C., United Way)
* Recommend joint approaches to Working Committee
where advisable
*Establish contact with key federal and provincial bodies
*Establish procedures for application
*Realistically estimate time
lines required to gain access
*Explore possibility of broadening political
and public support through forming a broad- based alliance of alternative funds
in Canada to cover women's, children's, health, women's health, minority
rights, environmental, arts, and other issues |
*Workplace Giving Access
Committee
*Executive Director
*External experts |
*Telephone conferences
*Travel
*Operational costs |
March/April 1995 and ongoing
*Recommendation on broad alliance of charities by December 1996
*All
research and action in terms of federal and provincial access completed by
December 1996
*Recommendation on joint partnerships with existing
federations by March 1996
*First Access agreements secured by January 1997,
awaiting receipt of charitable registration for implementation
Note: Time lines in this section are
difficult to predict. |
*Concert recommendations for next steps on
possibilities of collaboration, access strategies, joint funding opportunities,
others
*Strategic alliances formed with key stakeholders
*Framework for
building broad- based alliance
*Key agreements in working with federal and
provincial governments in process, some agreements concluded |
