StewardshipWorks! Project

The StewardshipWorks! project aims to build capacity within the stewardship community by providing small core funding grants to stewardship and conservation organizations throughout BC. The project is currently in it's third year of a pilot program.

StewardshipWorks! Video

The following short video (6 mins) describes the StewardshipWorks! project, including the impacts and the importance of core funding to stewardship and conservation organizations.

StewardshipWorks! Workshop

November 3, 2010
Vancouver Maritime Museum

37 people from key BC organizations that are involved in supporting stewardship came together on November 3 to celebrate the successes of the StewardshipWorks! program and to help set the course for increasing the capacities of the broader stewardship community. In addition, several people joined the meeting via the online web cast service that we provided. Participants represented funding organizations, government agencies, stewardship organizations, and private business. A full report of the workshop proceedings will be available here soon.

Workshop Documents

View the complete invitation here.

View the agenda and discussion paper.

Workshop Comments

If you'd like to provide feedback on your experience at the workshop, please download our feedback form.

If you have any questions or comments about this event, please contact the SCBC Coordinator at Naomi@StewardshipCentre.bc.ca.

Workshop Welcome

Mark Angelo, chair of the Rivers Institute at BCIT, provided a few welcoming comments to the Workshop Participants via video:

Workshop Sponsors

Funding for the workshop is provided by the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program.

Additional support is provided by the Pacific Western Brewing Co.

StewardshipWorks! Project Reports

A Preliminary Report of the results of the three year StewardshipWorks! pilot project.

Please note that this report was developed for the November 2010 workshop, and is not a complete reflection of all the organizations' responses. A final report will be completed early in the new year 2011.

• StewardshipWorks! Preliminary Report October 2010: A summary of the Three-Year Pilot Project: click here.

A Participatory Evaluation of Year Three: 2009-2010

• StewardshipWorks! Pilot Project Year Three Evaluation Report: click here

Year One Summary Results

After an extensive evaluation process, the results of the first year of funding has been released.

• StewardshipWorks! Year One Final Report: click here
• Core Funding report: click here

Capacity Building Initiative Reports

Our capacity building initiatives build upon the Stewardship Works! program by looking at additional mechanisms to build capacity within the Stewardship Community. The following reports were produced in 2009, with funding from the Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program.

Capacity Building: A Framework for Strengthening Stewardship in BC

Full Report
Summary Report
Stewardship Organization Interview Findings

The following documents were produced in preparation for a workshop in 2007.

Stewardship Works! Supporting Community-based Stewardship in BC - A document summarizing the extensive research that has been carried out over the past five years examining the status of British Columbia's stewardship community.

Stewardship Works! Interview Summary - Environmental stewardship funders were interviewed between March 25th and March 30th, 2007