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Community Vitality 2024-Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services (CMHA TVAMHS)

An innovative approach to mental health support influenced by a model created in Zimbabwe, known as the Friendship Bench, is coming to the London and Middlesex area.

With a three-year $140,181 Community Vitality grant, the Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services (CHMA-TVAMHS) is introducing a new approach to support diverse French-speaking people, many of whom are newcomers to Canada from countries in Africa.

August 19, 2024
EducationHealth and WellbeingRacialized and NewcomerYouth

An Update From The Muslim Resource Centre on the Strong Together Fund

The horrific and deadly attack on Our London Family June 6th, 2021, an act of deliberate hate-motivated violence that Judge Pomerance ruled an act of terrorism on February 22, 2024, profoundly devastated and forever changed a family, the local Muslim community, and the wider London community. A commitment to combat Islamophobia, address the depth of collective harm and trauma within Muslim communities and work towards safety and healing served as the heart of the generous Strong Together Fund donation to the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) by the London Community Foundation.

February 28, 2024
EducationRacialized and NewcomerYouth

Community Vitality 2023: Strong Start

Strong Start provides programs and services aimed at helping children learn to read and acquire essential early literacy skills. One of their notable initiatives, the Letters, Sounds, and Words program, supports one-on-one instruction for children who require additional practice with reading fundamentals, catering to their unique learning needs and individual challenges.

July 12, 2023
All Issue AreasGeneral Population

London Community Foundation establishes COVID-19 Response Fund in Partnership with the Lawson Foundation

London Community Foundation (LCF) in partnership with the Lawson Foundation announced its creation of the LCF COVID-19 Response Fund – a collaborative effort to support our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Led by LCF with an initial contribution of $300,000, matched by the Lawson Foundation by way of their Miggsie Fund, through which they have been supporting the London community since 2005, the $600,000 fund will provide a central location for philanthropists, corporations, individuals and families to support immediate needs in our community that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 30, 2020

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