EnAbling Change Partnership Program: Goals | Ministry of Community and Social Services

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The goals of the EnAbling Change Partnership Program are to:

develop educational tools, resources and best practices that can be distributed to businesses and organizations across the province and across different sectors
encourage businesses and organizations to be leaders and share their knowledge and expertise with other partners, and
remove barriers for people with disabilities and improve accessibility.

We welcome your innovative project suggestions.

Here are two examples of projects that received funding under this program.

Example 1

The lead partner was an umbrella organization in Ontario that represented municipalities across the province.

The project included the development of a:

customized accessibility toolkit to help municipalities comply with Ontario's new customer service standard,
series of regional training sessions held across the province, and
website dedicated to accessibility.

Example 2

The lead partner was a large organization representing retailers including department, independent and online merchants across Canada.

The partner developed an e-learning module tailored to the needs of the retail sector to help them comply with the customer service standard.

Member organizations were notified of new information through:

The lead partner also shared information through annual general meetings, conferences and events.

Accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities