The Context

The Nova Scotia Community Mental Health Coalition is a group of community-based mental health organizations in Nova Scotia. The coalition represents organizations in Nova Scotia whose central mission is to support the wellbeing for people living with mental health challenges through community-based programs and services. As the landscape of the sector changes and community needs are growing bigger than the capacity of organizations, the group sought out support and guidance to define their purpose and set early priorities that would spark momentum for coordinated and systems-focussed change.

Our Work Together

Understory Consulting delivered this project through Innoweave Coaching, an initiative supported by the MakeWay Foundation. Early-stage collective Impact coaching focussed on supporting the coalition to define their purpose, establish key foundations including a governance model and backbone organization, and set an initial theory of change.