AUDIENCE: SERVICE PROVIDERS,
PROFESSIONALS, POLITICIANS
DESIGN: 4 SIDED BROCHURE, SAME
COLORS/PAPER AS THE CHIP
REPORT (?BRANDING?)
FRONT PAGE:
SPACE FOR CHI LOGO OR PICTURE
AND TITLE
“COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE
(CHI) FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION:
2012 – 2014”
ABOUT CHI
CHI is a growing partnership of
service providers and community
members who have been working
together since 2003 to improve the
health and well being of people living
in communities that extend from
Beecher Bay to Port Renfrew. CHI
played a major role in the Sooke
Navigator Project, the Wraparound
Project for youth-at-risk, the
Community Health Information
Project, the Regional Transportation
Review, and the Integrated Health
Network. It has helped local residents
to access services through its recently
updated Where to Find Help in the
Sooke Region brochure and the
development of the Sooke Region
Resource Inventory. It has also
initiated programs like Food CHI and
the Sooke Region Volunteer Centre,
the latter of which is CHI’s newest
venture. CHI members have worked
hard to obtain funding for many of its
projects, and has brought $750,000 to
the Region. CHI meets monthly to
provide oversight and share ideas
about how to respond to the needs of
people in the Region.
PLANNING FOR 2012-2014
In 2011, CHI began a review and
planning process that was aimed at
the development of a framework for
action for 2012 – 2014. CHI’s
Steering Committee and its broad
membership of 75 individuals and
organizations contributed to the
process. CHI has always looked to
the community before setting its
course for the future. Community
needs, strengths and challenges were
examined in detail and information
was gathered from many sources.
CHI is volunteer based and time was
spent looking inward at its own
capacity to address community
needs. Trends in the Sooke Region
and the broader environment were
also used to develop the framework
for action.
FOUR PRIORITIES
In May 2011, CHI members
established 4 priorities for 20122014:
Strategic Priority #1
Collect, Translate &
Disseminate Knowledge
CHI has played a major role in
providing relevant, local information
through the 2006 CHIP report and
the resources available through its
members. This has been particularly
useful because federal, provincial and
municipal information agencies have
their own definitions and area
boundaries which do not quite fit the
Sooke Region.
CHI aims to collect, translate and
disseminate knowledge about the
health and well-being of people in the
Region. It plans to use this
information to identify needs, set
priorities, and share statistics and
stories to benefit local people, service
organizations and communities.
Strategic Priority #2
Engage Decision Makers
CHI represents over 75 organizations
and individuals in the Region and is
kept abreast of current and emerging
needs and trends. It now plans to
deepen and expand its partnerships
to include local, municipal and
provincial decision makers who are
willing to work with CHI on issues
affecting individual and community
health.
Strategic Priority #3
Stimulate and Support
New Initiatives
CHI has helped to bring many good
ideas to fruition and has supported
numerous projects in their early
stages. CHI will continue to reach out
to local citizens and groups to
identify and meet needs, and will
continue to support new initiatives
during their formative stage.
Strategic Priority #4
Build Internal Capacity
CHI’s own internal review pointed to
areas for development. At the
present time CHI needs to diversify
its membership and recruit members
with specific skills. CHI also needs to
address the fundamental question of
its own sustainability in view of its
reliance on core volunteers to
perform its basic functions. CHI aims
to build its internal capacity until
such time as the functions it provides
are no longer required.
WHAT NEXT?
CHI has begun its work to address the
4 priorities:
Discussions with other
organizations have been initiated to
deal with the gaps in information that
make it difficult to describe
community needs.
CHI recently reached out to Sooke
Council and a Council member has
been delegated to participate CHI
meetings.
CHI recently received funding to
support the development of a
Volunteer Centre, which is a much
needed service in the Sooke Region.
CHI members are committing time
and energy to this important new
initiative.
CHI is working on a roster of its
own volunteer resources.
In addition to its work on the 4
priorities, CHI continues to be
involved with existing projects,
lending support as the need arises.