The Global Gathering Place (GGP) is a nonprofit drop-in centre helping newcomers adapt to life in Canada by offering support and skill development, including English language training, life skills, settlement advice, individual client support, mental health counselling, and a variety of supplemental programs for immigrants and refugees.
Reshape GGP into a stronger, more sustainable organization as it continues to help newcomers in Saskatoon across a broad range of settlement programs and offerings.
Aligned for Stronger Client Outcomes: Through its partnership with LIFT, GGP has strengthened its organizational capacity, enhancing both its effectiveness and human resources. It has built a comprehensive impact measurement framework, elevated its public profile with a new marketing and communications strategy, and developed a strategy to diversify funding. The data shows GGP is attracting more people, becoming even more rooted in the community, and is a hub for newcomers that supports social inclusion: 89% reported feeling a greater sense of confidence and 80% stated feeling a greater sense of belonging to their communities.
Belma Podrug Executive DirectorLIFT has forced us to find the time to do more strategic thinking that will be necessary to take our operations to the next level. We have tools, ideas and contacts that we did not have before. We are inspired and emboldened to think bigger.”