Feeding Your Soul - Professional and Personal

Have you ever noticed how social service agency staff sometimes enter the holiday season feeling stressed and overwhelmed about the needs of their clients?  Feeding Souls...this may be the title of our first Capacity Building training/networking event under our HPI(2) funding.  We are hoping that this workshop will be a great chance for Housing, Outreach, and Transitional Support workers to learn about extra seasonal resources to refer clients to, as well as gain some insight about how to set healthy boundaries, manage stress, and prepare for the upcoming holiday season.

We had our first Capacity Building Working Group meeting this morning and before long the room was buzzing with great ideas about how we could kick start a series of seven training/networking events with a holiday-themed workshop in the afternoon of December 3, 2009. I'm looking forward to seeing how this event will develop.  So far we've talked about providing a collection of information on seasonal supports and opportunities for homeless and at-risk individuals in York Region (e.g. Christmas meals, toy and clothing banks, etc), as well as an encouraging self-care workshop on how to enjoy the holidays. 

If anybody wants to suggest a seasonal support for the information package, please comment below or contact us.  More details about this event will be on the website soon!