1. Welcome

2. Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) CPRA exists to foster, lead and support professionals, educators, students and volunteers who build healthy communities and enhance the quality of life of Canadians through: Advocacy Research Leadership Communication

3. CPRA’s Everybody gets to play ™ Initiative Goal: To enhance the quality of life of low-income families and their children through increased access to recreation opportunities Key activity areas: Research and Evaluation Communication and Information Exchange Community Programming Tools and Resources Strategic Partnerships

4. Successes 2000-2008 8 consecutive years of support from PHAC Relationships and Partnerships Research National Position Paper and National Policy Engaged members and P/T Partners User-friendly tools and resources Evaluation

5. Everybody gets to play ™ Tool Kit Understand poverty and its effect on families Explain the benefits of recreation for low-income families Identify and enlist potential partners to: establish realistic goals; assemble statistics about your community; develop joint strategies to resolve access issues; evaluate your programs and services; create community awareness; create programs with long-term sustainability; evaluate results; and share success stories and lessons with others.

6. 7 Steps to Community Mobilization

7. Everybody gets to play ™ – Workshops Awareness & Understanding of the Everybody gets to play ™ Community Mobilization Tool Kit Awareness of barriers to recreation for low-income families Provide tools and techniques to take action Provide networking opportunities in an issue-based setting

8. Everybody gets to play ™ – Dissemination Ambassadors Building Capacity with Provincial and Territorial Partners Expand Target Groups Supplemental Materials and Webpage development

9. What’s Next for Everybody gets to play ™ … P/T Partner Demonstration Sites (2008-09) Selected seven P/T Parks and Recreation Associations to participate in a one-year demonstration site to develop and implement strategies to build and/or enhance organizational capacity to support member efforts in removing barriers to recreation for low-income families. Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) Association québécoise du loisir municipal (AQLM) Northwest Territories Recreation and Parks Association (NWTRPA) in partnership with Recreation and Parks of the Yukon (RPAY) Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO) Recreation Nova Scotia (RNS) in partnership with Recreation New Brunswick (RNB) and Recreation P.E.I. Recreation P.E.I. Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association (SPRA)

10. What’s Next for Everybody gets to play ™ … Healthy Eating Resources One day Consultation to provide insight and suggestions on current healthy eating strategies and processes Develop resources that can assist practitioners to incorporate healthy eating strategies into their organizations.

11. What’s Next for Everybody gets to play ™ … Aboriginal Component Host an ‘Aboriginal Lens Review’ to provide feedback on the Tool Kit to test its relevancy for an aboriginal audience Develop and Test Supplement/Resources Train 4 Ambassadors to deliver workshops in Aboriginal Communities Deliver 4 Workshops in Aboriginal Communities

12. What we have heard?

13. How you can get involved? Partner with your Recreation Departments, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA’s etc. Facilitate access to recreation programming Rally the community around the issue Promote the importance of recreation and community opportunities Host a workshop

14. Questions?