This spring, let’s get excited about community leagues! In conjunction with our Next Generation initiative to bring more young people under 40 into community leagues, the EFCL will be hosting 6 regional matchmaking gatherings for non-league members with leagues  throughout the city.

As a board member of a not-for-profit organization, have you ever wondered…
•    what are my legal and ethical responsibilities?
•    what role do I play in governing our organization?
•    how can our board organize its work and fairly and efficiently to avoid volunteer and staff burnout?

Fundraising Success: Where to start and how to build it

An introduction to volunteer management

The Mediation & REstorative Justice Centre  three-part practical and interactive workshop series is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, tools and hands-on experience we all need to communicate more effectively in interpersonal relationships both at home and at work.

The Edmonton Police Service is accepting applications for the upcoming class of Citizens Police Academy.

In the last few weeks, over a third of the mature neighbourhood community leagues had representatives meet with the Community Sustainability Task Force to explain the challenges facing their neighbourhoods and to suggest solutions.  

Tim Haak will help you understand how to ensure that your organization is ready to raise funds, select the right prospects, and the right methods for raising those funds.

Are you planning a fundraising event or campaign?
Would you like to learn more about the Canada Revenue Agency’s Guidance on Fundraising by Registered Charities?

If you’re a new board member wanting to learn more about your role, or an experienced board member wishing to enhance your skills and work effectively as a team member, this workshop is for you! 

New projects in Edmonton will help keep at-risk youth off the streets by using schools as community hubs to increase accessibility of services and providing ways for youth to participate in sport and creative opportunities. In addition, a new restorative justice project will help at-risk youth to take responsibility for their actions and learn to make positive contributions to their communities.

Public interest in climate change and energy, the economy and the environment have prompted considerable innovation and enterprise for commercializing clean technologies and sustainable communities. (whether the results of Copenhagen will contribute to fusing or fragmenting, frustrating or financing, the various initiatives, we’ll know better in the coming weeks). The Alberta Council of Technologies and the AB Chapter— Canadian Green Building Council, propose the following forums for the purpose of helping define the status of clean technologies in Alberta and advancing their commercialization.

Host a Jim Dier's Community Engagement Workshop in your community.  Find out how . . .

In memory of our past board member Edo Nyland, the EFCL Board has voted to approve $2000 worth of scholarships to pay half of the tuition for community league members to become certified through the Planning Academy workshops. 

The City of Edmonton once again invites residents and neighbourhood leaders to its Planning Academy – a series of courses in land use planning, transportation planning and urban design.

As a step in this direction, the City of Edmonton is launching a new "learn and serve" program for Edmontonians who are interested in learning more about ecology and naturalization in our city, and being involved in the stewardship of local natural areas.