MALTON COMMUNITY
BUILDING PROJECT

About us
The Malton Community Building Project is a five-year project (2008-2013). The project began in April 2008 and is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The project was created to promote greater civic engagement and community development in Malton by empowering adult and youth leadership in the Black Community with the aim of developing and strengthening new and existing formal and informal community networks. The Malton Community Building Project focuses on community engagement, collaboration, parent education, health, literacy, recreation, support, training and sustainability. “Black Community” refers to people of African ancestry who self-identify with that ancestry. To promote greater civic engagement and community development in Malton by empowering adult and youth leadership in the Black Community with the aim of developing and strengthening new and existing, formal and informal community networks. Black Community means African or Caribbean ethno-cultural groups and people whom self-identify with these groups. Focussing on: community engagement, collaboration, parent education, health, literacy, recreation, support, training and sustainability.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS back to top

Funder: Ontario Trillium Foundation back to top

Trillium Priorities
1. More effective volunteers and more people engaged in their community
• Create conditions to increase community engagement of people of all ages, abilities and cultures
• Strengthen volunteerism among people of all ages, abilities and cultures
• Strengthen the voluntary sector
2. Enhanced success for students and learners
• Provide community-based learning opportunities and create conditions for achievement for
people of all ages and abilities
• Help prepare children and youth for success
Rotary Club Mississauga – Airport
Rotary Club of Bramalea
Social Policy Relevance of the Project
The project is supportive of many different social policies and policy-related values in Canada:

1. Valuing Diversity (Equity, Access, etc.)

2. Developing Socially Inclusive Communities

3. Building Healthy Communities

4. Building Community Capacity

Objectives of the Project
1. To support residents from Malton’s Black Community in parent education by:
• providing training in parenting, health and nutrition, and literacy etc.
• creating support networks
• hosting an annual “family fair” type of event to promote awareness of programs (possibly incorporated into Malton Community Festival)

2. To recruit, train and engage volunteer community leaders from Malton’s Black Community in both formal leadership roles (eg committees and boards) and informal leadership roles by evolving new informal volunteer-led activities and/or social networks, using a paid-honoraria approach to off set potential cost-prohibiting factors such as food, transportation or child care expenses

3. To nurture and encourage greater awareness of and participation in existing and/or new community programs by residents of Malton’s Black Community

4. To develop a Malton-based communication strategy to promote social and recreational services available to the Malton Community (via establishment of a community web-based bulletin board, via multi-lingual flyer distribution in neighbourhood settings, and via events such as Malton Festival, parent-teacher nights, etc)

5. To work in close collaboration with the Malton Understanding the Early Years Project At the End of 5 Years
• at least 21 classes are offered in parent education topics attended by at least 210 families
• at least 9 new other programs or community networks are inspired
• at least 200 people are engaged in either new or already existing programs as a result of referrals reported by trained leaders
• at least 100 youth and/or adults will have completed at least one leadership training session, with a total of at least 9 leadership training sessions offered
• at least 50 of the trained leaders are placed or engaged in community leadership roles for at least one year
• at least 5,000 hits are received on the new website intended to post a community calendar of all community programs; plus at least 2,000 flyers are printed & distributed
• creation of a community engagement model
• at least 7 community rallying events are created

Beneficiaries
• Black Community in Malton
• Black human service organizations
• Mainstream human service organizations serving Malton
• Wider community in Malton

ADVISORY COMMITTEE back to top

Members:
Chris Banton
Alex Ihama
Josie Martin-Murray (Co-Chair)
Alison Robinson
Denise DaCosta-Murrell
Jermaine Frazer (Co-Chair)
Davita LaRose (Secretary)
Rose-Marie Henry-Blake
Noleen Heath
Eunice Peterson
Andrew Baker
Roger Stewart
Wesley Jones
Dwayne Sybbliss
Ken Kennedy
Kay Seteram
Clement Burrowes

SUBCOMMITTEES back to top

Community Peer Leaders Malton Groups Communications & Outreach General Meetings GENERAL MEETINGS

General Meetings:
January 26th, 2010
*February 4th, 2010
March 9th, 2010
April 20th, 2010
*June 1st, 2010

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
Coming Soon !

PHOTO GALLERY
Coming Soon!

PROGRAMS & COURSES
“Inspired By SWOLE” Program
Delivered by One Voice One Team & Inspired by Coco

Parenting Young Children Course Delivered by Family Education Centre

CONTACT
Supa D.A. Meikle - Community Development Coordinator
Malton Community Building Project
- Phase I c/o FAMILY EDUCATION CENTRE

4 Sir Lou Drive, Suite 102 | Brampton | ON | L6W 3R7 | Direct Line 416.627.9292 | Fax 905.677.9867 Email: supa@familyedcentre.org • Website: www.familyedcentre.org

RESEARCH & REPORTS

Downloads: Executive Summary Evaluation Report • Community Forum Report Advisory Committee Report MCBP Evaluation Questionnaire Research & Findings