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Building Dreams Together
- The new home of CLD & Theatre Orangeville
- Building Dreams Together is the name of the partnership forged between Community Living Dufferin and Theatre Orangeville that transformed lives for the better and built a new 24,000 square foot shared home for these two dynamic organizations.
Community Living Dufferin supports individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. CLD’s goal is to ensure that people with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to be included in the life of our community and to share their gifts and talent.
Theatre Orangeville is an anchor in the Headwaters Arts Community, providing our region with high-quality live theatre and a vibrant arts program that benefits hundreds of area youth.
A cornerstone of Building Dreams Together has been the development of Creative Partners on Stage: a ground-breaking program of drama classes that enables people with developmental disabilities to improve their social, communication and presentation skills while having the time of their lives. It has led to three successful productions: Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music and Bye, Bye Birdie.
This innovative partnership has become a model for other communities. It is a powerful example of interdependence. It illustrates the power of inclusion and how our community is strengthened when we work together with a focus on possibilities and gifts. Its goals are innovative and bold. And, its results are inspiring, uplifting, and life-enriching.
The Dufferin Not-for-Profit Support & Capacity-Building Project
- Not-For-Profit Grant Writing Workshop photo courtesy of SNAP Dufferin
The Dufferin Not-For-Profit Support and Capacity Building Project is a two-year pilot project led by a collaborative group that includes Its mandate is to to support Dufferin’s not-for-profit sector and fund projects that will lead to more effective and sustainable service delivery.
The Dufferin NFP Support and Capacity Building Project demonstrates how our region’s volunteer organizations and service clubs are experimenting with new ways of working together to meet community needs. This two-year pilot project is led by Headwaters Communities in Action, Community Living Dufferin and six area service clubs: The Orangeville Highlands and Shelburne Rotary Clubs, the Amaranth, Shelburne and Orangeville Lions Clubs and Ontario Trillium Foundation. Its mandate is to support Dufferin’s not-for-profit sector and fund projects that will lead to more effective and sustainable service delivery. In 2010, this group distributed more than $60,000 to fund six innovative projects in Dufferin’s not-for-profit sector.
