Social Solutions Group works to enable local communities, non-profits, charitable organizations, philanthropic foundations, and governments to innovate, as well as scale affordable housing interventions, and secure public and private partnerships for community benefit.
At Social Solutions Group we structure & co-design deals that bring together the plans, funding and commitments needed to achieve agreed-upon community development goals.
Our aim is large-scale impact, cultivating broad networks and sustainable solutions to pervasive systemic challenges.
Social Solutions Group works to enable local communities, non-profits, charitable organizations, philanthropic foundations, and governments to innovate, as well as scale affordable housing interventions, and secure public and private partnerships for community benefit.
Rigorous plans: Detailed and thorough community consultations and development plans.
Community engagement: Robust engagement and buy-in for and from local communities, and benefits linked to their own development goals.
Leveraged funding: We leverage private as well as philanthropic and public funds to catalyze significant investments to enable and sustain innovation and interventions. Essentially, we work to ensure that blended finance models; public, private and philanthropic resource allocations are impactful, measured and managed.
Our comprehensive community engagement services include strategic planning, facilitation, collaborative design, and research, alongside capacity strengthening in support of innovative affordable housing development.
We work within the land use development industry to establish sustainable solutions that actualize access to good housing, meaningful employment opportunities, and community benefits. These solutions recently have included housing support for asylum seekers in Ontario.
At Social Solutions Group we have consistently advanced equitable city-building and urban development. We work with governments, private companies and non-profits to create thoughtful solutions to complex issues.
Community Engagement & Co-Design: It is imperative that the constituents we serve meaningfully participate in the change occurring in their communities, they need to lead, own and or be invited into the process with care and consideration. This art of invitation facilitates authenticity and integrity in the engagement processes.
Strategy, Policy & Research: At Social Solutions Group we enable stakeholders and partners to develop strategies that articulate their core values and their social impact objectives in clear, measurable and attainable ways. We also support the development of policy frameworks that are evidence based, culturally responsive and community-informed. This work includes leading multi-disciplinary research projects, and ensuring that our projects are accessible and accountable to local communities.
At Social Solutions Group we are interested in the economics of innovation and public value, the development of community economic advisory councils, sustainable growth narratives, and as a collective we have been on the frontiers of community economic thought for over two decades in Ontario.
