[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
Please pass on to your contacts, thanks
BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION EARLY INTERVENTION PROJECT
There are over 300 households in the Ottawa-Carleton region being served
with eviction notices each month. Around 165 of these households lose their
housing without ever going to a hearing or contacting the community
resources that can help them keep their housing. With Ottawa- Carleton
having the lowest vacancy rate in the country it is important to support
people to keep their housing.
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation(CERA) is undertaking an
innovative homelessness prevention project where tenants who have been
served with an eviction application will be contacted and informed of their
rights and the options to challenge the eviction. To dispute the notice of
eviction tenants have only five days to respond in writing to the Tribunal.
Tenants will also be referred to appropriate community agencies if they need
a number of specific services.
We will also be gathering information from tenants to get a clearer
understanding of evictions in Ottawa-Carleton. Research results will be
used to help with prevention efforts in the future.
Volunteers are needed to make some of these initial contacts with people
facing eviction by phone on Thursday evenings. Volunteers play a crucial
role in the success of the program. Volunteers will be provided with
training and resource materials, but should have the following
qualifications:
~ Comfortable dealing with people who are experiencing stressful
situations.
~ Able to commit to at least 12 "telephone shifts" over the course of
the project(a year) and one training session.
We particularly welcome people who have experience living on a low-income
and people who have faced eviction or homelessness. Fluency in languages
other than English would be an asset, particularly French.
A training session will take place on the evening of Monday, June 26th.
Please call Sherrie Tingley at 789-2228 for more information or to arrange
for an interview. You can also respond by e-mail to mailto:stingley@web.net
We also require volunteers at other times to assist with data entry,
envelope stuffing and general office tasks.
For more information about CERA visit:
http://www.web.net/cera
Sherrie Tingley
Program Co-ordinator
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
604-1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON
Tel:613-789-2228 Fax: 613-241-4657
Mailto:stingley@web.ca
http://www.web.ca/cera
-
This is the OPIRG-events@ox.org list. Announcement only please.
To unsubscribe, send email to opirg-events-request@ox.org, and put
"unsubscribe" in the body.
Archive at: http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/lists/html/opirg-events/
Follow-Ups: