With a significant portion of Childcan’s services delivered in person, COVID-19 impacted operations greatly. Public health guidelines restricted the organization from meeting families and providing meal vouchers, emotional support and volunteer tutoring services.
Read MoreAcross Languages (AL) is a non-profit organization providing professional interpretation and translation services for refugees and newcomers in our community. Interpreters are trained for many different types of encounters and hold expertise in medical, legal and social services terminology, leveling the playing field and removing barriers to services for refugees and newcomers.
Across Languages had been exploring video and remote interpretation solutions before the pandemic with the intention to gradually roll out the updated program over the coming months. COVID-19 forced AL to rethink their timeline and move quickly to ensure their clients have access to AL’s vital services during this highly stressful and complicated time.
Read MoreFamily Service Thames Valley (FSTV) is an organization that provides counseling, advocacy and system navigation that helps people to deal with stressful life situations and build resilience. FSTV has historically supported women and children impacted by domestic violence as well as individually counseling men through the Caring Dad’s program. However, because of the social distancing and isolation practices recommended for curbing the spread of the coronarivus, many couples and families are experiencing an increased risk.
Read MoreAtlohsa Family Healing Services is a non-profit, charitable organization, dedicated to strengthening community through Indigenous-led programs and services that offer holistic healing and wellness. When COVID-19 forced organizations throughout the area, including Atlohsa, to temporarily shut down their programming, many community members were left without meals they relied on.
Read MoreYFC London is a faith-based organization that has been supporting youth in our community since 1963 with sports, recreation, food security and outreach programs aimed at creating a safe and supportive environment for youth to connect with each other, build positive relationships and learn from mentors.
When the self-isolation orders were given in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, YFC London was forced to adapt their services.
Read MoreFor over 65 years, Mission Services of London has supported thousands of people in our community experiencing homelessness with programs addressing mental health, addictions, and food security. The COVID-19 pandemic forced them to rethink how they offered their services.
Read MoreEmergency shelter space, substance abuse recovery supports, and housing stability resources are just a few of the services The Salvation Army Centre of Hope provides to some of our most vulnerable community members. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased the demand for these services, but greatly increased the cost of providing them. Their COVID-19 related costs are quickly approaching the $200,000 mark, an absolutely devastating amount for any charitable organization.
Read MoreLondon’s affordable housing crisis is only expected to get worse with COVID-19’s impact on the economy. That’s why London Community Foundation (LCF) is proactively reaching out to potential developers of affordable housing who may need access to financing to get started.
Read MoreSafeSpace is a volunteer run, community-funded support centre for sex workers, allies, and women & gender non-conforming individuals in crisis. Offering harm reduction, first aid services, access to supplies and other vital supports, SafeSpace tirelessly works to ensure that some of our community’s most vulnerable people are able to live and work safely and with dignity.
Read MoreTen agencies serving those in need in London and Middlesex County will be receiving a total of $114,400 from the London Community Foundation (LCF) Covid-19 Response fund.
The fund represents a partnership between London Community Foundation, the Lawson Foundation and Westminster College Foundation, and Friday’s announcement brings the total grants from the fund to $249,400.
Read MoreUnity Project provides emergency shelter and transitional housing to those experiencing homelessness in London. With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing many of the inequalities in our system and disproportionately impacting our community’s most vulnerable, the need for Unity Project’s services has greatly increased.
Read MoreLondon Community Foundation announced today it will be provide $898,030 to support local charities responding to COVID-19 as part of a new partnership with Community Foundations of Canada, United Way Centraide Canada and the Canadian Red Cross, funded through the Government of Canada’s $350M Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF). This vast national effort aims to support vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19. London Community Foundation is among some 150 local community foundations across Canada that are taking part.
Read MoreMany children are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities such as dance, music lessons, or baseball. Unfortunately, due to the cost of these activities, this is not the reality for all Londoners.
For more than 25 years, employees of Toboggan Brewing Company, Fellini Koolini's and Joe Kool’s, with owner Mike Smith have been giving back to their community by creating opportunities for London’s underprivileged youth to participate in sports.
Read MoreSt. Stephen’s House of London has been operating long-term recovery homes for individuals suffering from addictions in London & Middlesex County for almost 40 years. Founded in 1983 by Sister St. Patrick with the Sisters of St. Joseph, the organization continues to live by the philosophy of their founder – everyone deserves a safe place to live. On February 1, 2020 after a year of renovations, the organization opened their second home, the first of it’s kind in London for women.
Soon after opening, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant and immediate impact on the new home.
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