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Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is launching its first Qmunity needs assessment in over a decade.
Funded through a $128,300 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the assessment will identify the needs of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and the agencies that can fulfill those.
David Lenz with Windsor-Essex Pride Fest indicated it has been over 14 years since a similar assessment was done in the community.
“There’s some common issues that you always find, but we want to dig down deeper, and find out those really deep-down issues,” said Lenz.
The survey is available through the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest website.
“We’re projecting a month for the survey, but if we need to extend it, we’re trying to get as many people as possible, and really target those people who typically don’t participate in surveys,” said Lenz.
All information will be kept confidential. Only the themes identified through the survey will be shared with the community.
Today, Windsor Essex Pride Fest welcomed Andrew Dowie, MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh, and members of the public to its office on Ottawa Street for an event to mark the launch of its Qmunity Windsor-Essex Needs Assessment as well as to recognize a $128,300 Resilient Communities Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is inviting members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the region to participate in a survey, to better address needs and services, thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is calling on the LGBTQ community to complete a survey that will help shape how the organization serves the community.
Windsor Essex Pride Fest is asking for your help after launching a survey Friday in an effort to better understand the needs of the community.
The Qmunity Needs Assessment is funded through a $128,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The organization says this grant has helped it to recover and rebuild from the impacts of COVID-19 by providing necessary resources to conduct the assessment.
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