Willow’s Community Support Program is excited to announce our Support Group Facilitator and Outreach Volunteer Training Workshop Tour for Spring 2012!

Newfoundland & Labrador Workshop
When: June 1 to 3, 2012
Where: Terra Nova Resort, Port Blandford, NL

Willow offers free 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.

Participants develop their communication skills and gain increased confidence through seminars and networking activities. During the 3 day workshop there are opportunities to connect with and learn from others doing similar work (peers) as well as to give and receive support.

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. Preference will be given to those who have not attended a workshop in 12 months.

To begin the registration process, or for more information please contact Danielle VandeZande at: 1.888.778.3100 ext. 237 or dvandezande@willow.org.

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