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The Healthy Communities Consortium, funded by the Ontario Ministry of
Health Promotion, offers capacity building services to organizations and
groups that are eligible and interested in applying for a grant from the
local/regional stream of the Healthy Communities Fund
<http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/healthy_communities/local.asp> . 

A new round of the Healthy Communities Fund grant applications process
is expected to be announced in early 2010. Projects funded in the last
round involved two or more organizations committed to working in
partnership and addressed 2 or more of the following priority risk
areas: 

*   Physical Activity, Sport & Recreation

*   Healthy Eating

*   Tobacco Use/ Exposure 

*   Injury Prevention

*   Mental Health

*   Substance and Alcohol Misuse

The Healthy Communities Consortium is a collaboration of five
organizations that together have more than 25 years experience in health
promotion.

*         FOCUS Resource Centre <http://www.frcentre.net/index.cfm> 

*         Health Promotion Hub, Health Nexus
<http://www.healthnexus.ca/> 

*         Heart Health Resource Centre <http://www.hhrc.net/home.cfm> 

*         Healthy Communities Support Services, Ontario Healthy
Communities Coalition
<http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en/healthy-communities-support-services#suport>


*         Ontario Drug Awareness Partnership <http://www.odap.org/> 


The type of services offered by the Consortium include: 

*      Onsite consultation and facilitation services;

*      Consultation and coaching support via e-mail or telephone;

*      Workshops, professional development and networking opportunities
via regional and provincial events and webinars; and

*      Referrals to effectively connect organizations with other sources
of services and supports. 

The Consortium would like your help to plan their services to respond
effectively to the needs of organizations and groups that are interested
in participating in the Healthy Communities Ontario approach. If you
belong to an organization or group that may be eligible and interested
in applying to the Healthy Communities Fund, please take 15 minutes of
your time to respond to the survey
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2D1j2_2bYlu_2bXoxp7dtp2gbw_3d_3d>
.  Your responses will be confidential and reported anonymously.  Copies
of the report will be available on request by contacting
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . 

The survey is here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2D1j2_2bYlu_2bXoxp7dtp2gbw_3d_3d 

Please complete this survey by January 8, 2009.

For more information about the Consortium: 

Telephone: 416-408-4841 or 1-800-766-3418 ext. 3


Fax (416) 408-4843

E-mail [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>


Website: www.ohcc-ccso.ca/consortium
<http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/consortium>  

For more information on the Healthy Communities Ontario approach and the
Healthy Communities Fund visit the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
online at
http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/healthy_communities/default.asp
<http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/english/healthy_communities/default.asp>  

If you have any questions about the questionnaire, please contact Lorna
Heidenheim, Executive Director, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition by
email at  [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or by
telephone at (416) 408-4841 or 1-800-766-3418, ext. 4.

 Please click here to open the survey.
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