COIN is an incubator for social innovation and enterprise. With our diverse products and services we are growing individual and community capacity, relationships, and resilience. We're building the community we want to belong to.

Happening at COIN right now!

• COIN is coordinating the Steering Committee for the Peterborough Centre for Social Innovation (PSCI). The PSCI vision is to provide a dynamic community space for creative, social and entrepreneurial engagement. The Steering Committee has developed a presentation to outline the work of the Steering Committee, please contact the office at (705) 743-0238 to review this.
• Peterborough Eats, COIN's local food label, now has Gift Certificates available for purchase at the Café in the Peterborough Public Library.
• Check out reBoot Peterborough's website for this month's great deals on computer systems.  Also, be sure to follow them on twitter for other deals and updates!
• Tired of giving the gift of more stuff? Try Learning Source gift certificates.  Interested in signing up for a course?  See the course calendar.
• COIN is conducting a feasibility study into business car-sharing! All organizations, businesses, and local institutions are invited to participate by completing this survey. Carshares help businesses and households save money and reduce their environmental impact while giving them access to a range of vehicles! 

What do we do at COIN?

...Community Economic Development
We try to see the big picture of how money moves through our region and what the impact of that economic activity is for the people who live here. We collaborate with entrepreneurs, business, government, and others to assess the needs of different people in our community and brainstorm how we could use local resources to meet those needs in a way that is healthy and economically viable. More...

...Training
We provide people with the training they need to find appropriate employment. We work with adults with developmental disabilities and other exceptionalities, as well as individuals facing a variety of other barriers to employment. Most of our enterprises provide some kind of training opportunity.

...Social Innovation
The development and application of new or improved activities, initiatives, services, processes, or products designed to address social and economic challenges faced by individuals and communities.” More...

...Social Enterprise
Social enterprises use market-based strategies to pursue a social purpose. This includes non-profit organizations using a business model to deliver products and services, and for-profits that prioritize their social goals over profit maximization. Social enterprises offer what is called “blended value” because they create ecological and social value in addition to economic value. More...