Support

How you can support the work of CISE

CISE welcomes support from individuals, businesses, and other organisations in the community.

Whether you can offer help as a volunteer, a funder or even as an employee we have a few options to choose from.

Read on to see how you can help us make a positive impact on people's lives

Volunteering

Join CISE “Contribute & Learn”

There are several ways. To get involved with supporting CISE.

Share a skill
Support an employment pathway
Help out at a social event
Befriend and support a local initiative
We provide guidance and support to make your participation meaningful and effective.

We provide guidance and support to make your participation meaningful and effective.

If you have a few hours a week, have a specific skill you enjoy sharing and wish to offer Companionship within a community inclusion activity, please let us know.

Alternatively, some participants will wish to engage through partaking in CISE Programme while volunteering over a longer and consistent period of time. This may be through Erasmus / Leargas or student placements.

We accommodate volunteers from many countries.

Employment

If you are interetsted to further develop an awareness of diversity and inclusive opportunities in the workplace, please contact us.

Today, many businesses provide job experience or employment opportunities for job seekers requiring additional supports. International research outlines the benefits of an inclusive workplace. CISE will meet and inform potental employers and provide training or information sessions for staff.
There are local employers supporting our employment pathways who can inform new prospective employers of the options available.

Research shows that in just three years, companies that have a highly inclusive culture notice several improvements within the business and workplace.
(See Inclusion Alberta)

Supporting an assisted Employment Pathway

Help a jobseeker towards a sustainable job. Having a job is not just “Having a job”

For individuals, work provides:

A structure in each day
Personal and social identity
Family and social bonds
Improving our income for a good life
It provide social, physical and mental well-being; self-confidence and a purpose in each day

For many people with additional support needs a structured employment pathway works best. Through a personalised employment progam, CISE can offer the required workplace supports.

We support access to the right employment program for participants
We spend time to find solutions to any barriers experienced
We work with businesses and staff to support a positive work enviroment
We support mentoring within the workplace

Help a jobseeker to find and sustain a valued role in their communities.