Willow’s Community Support Program is excited to announce our upcoming Volunteer Training Workshops.
Northern Ontario Workshop
When: April 19 to 21, 2013
Where: Quality Inn & Conference Centre, Sudbury, ON
Alberta, Northwest Territories & Yukon
When: May 24 – 26, 2013
Where: Sawridge Inn – Edmonton South, Edmonton, AB
Southern Ontario Workshop
When: September 20 -22, 2013
Where: Kingbridge Conference Centre – King City, ON
Willow offers workshops throughout Canada that provide breast cancer survivors and high risk women with the tools they need to start and sustain community-based peer support: both through support groups and in one-on-one situations.
In the three day Workshop, participants develop the tools and skills to start and to sustain a peer support group in their community. The workshops also provide an excellent networking opportunity for volunteers to connect with others doing similar work, to share experiences and lessons learned and to become rejuvenated in their role by practicing self-care.
Thanks to funding from Scotiabank Group, all eligible participant expenses including registration, accommodations, transportation and group meals (from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch) are covered.
The Community Support Program welcomes applications from people interested in starting or sustaining peer led (breast) cancer or high risk/ BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 support groups. Preference will be given to those who have not attended a workshop in the last 12 months. Approval for participation in this program will be on a case-by-case basis.
To begin the application process or for more information please contact
Danielle VandeZande at: 1.888.778.3100 ext. 237 or dvandezande@willow.org.
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Willow continues to offer training to both new and veteran peer support group facilitators. In addition, our workshops are expanding to include Community Outreach Volunteer training.
This exciting new opportunity will allow volunteers to work with the newly diagnosed in their communities, reduce their sense of isolation and connect them with available resources and services.
Training is provided by Willow staff and a team of veteran facilitators who have professional and personal expertise in the field of breast cancer support.
For more information please contact Danielle VandeZande - see below for details.
Sustaining a group
Willow works hard to provide you, our valued facilitators, with the information and support that you need to keep your support groups vibrant and flourishing. Willow staff members are always available to you as a confidential sounding board, to brainstorm group and facilitator challenges
For all inquiries, please contact:
Danielle VandeZande
Manager, Community Support Program
1.888.778.3100 ext. 237
dvandezande@willow.org
Promotional tools for support groups
Willow has created a free support group poster template with space for details about your group's meeting and contact information. Please send us your support group's name, contact information, location (if appropriate) and meeting time/date. We will print the posters and mail them to you.
Click here to see an example of the poster
We also offer free business cards with information about Willow on one side and your support group's information on the other. Please contact us directly to place your order.
Don't forget to inform us of any changes to your group's contact information so that Willow can refer women to your support group.
Willow's Community Support Group Program is funded by Scotiabank. 
The Scotiabank Group supports communities and women active in breast cancer self-help groups
