Research & Reports

February 2002 The purpose of this project was to gain insight into the magnitude of food insecurity in Belleville, Ontario. This was achieved by estimating the number of food insecure people that participate in Belleville-based food assistance programs. Download Report

2012 In the autumn of 2011, the Food Security Network of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties conducted six local focus groups to generate information about food security issues in Hastings and Prince Edward counties. The purpose was to explore issues of food security: where people get food, the barriers they deal with, their resourcefulness as well as their suggestions for how the community can work together to improve food security. Two focus groups were held in Belleville, and one each in Bancroft, Madoc, Picton and Trenton. Focus group participants shared with each other and the broader community their struggles to...

March 2018 The Community Conversations Report was developed to help our community lean in, to hear, to learn and to understand the causes, implications and realities of poverty and to better understand the need for a collective approach to poverty elimination. Included in the report are reflections on the experiences of poverty, the realities of living with low-income and recommendations for moving forward, all driven by people with lived experience of poverty and those who work with people living in poverty. Download Report  

January 2021 The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of a permanent social research and planning program (SRPP) in the Quinte Region1 that would contribute to a more inclusive and engaged community where people live together in ways that give everyone the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Download Report