Many of the 4 million Canadians with criminal records face significant barriers to employment due to stigma, despite critical job shortages in many industries. Employment not only offers a sense of agency and belonging but also serves as a crucial protective factor against homelessness, addiction, and recidivism. This project will implement and evaluate a "fair chances" employment pipeline program over an 18-month period.
Read MoreThe Learn to Grow, Grow to Give Project combines food literacy/education and food security programming in innovative, efficient ways by growing and providing fresh, healthy foods for food-insecure families, while delivering equitable, accessible food education programming for children, families, and schools.
Read MoreThe Forest City Film Festival is expanding its Indigenous Program, Community Day, and Deep Dive Screenings. Doing so will deepen and transform our regional audience by supporting Indigenous cultures, connecting our various communities, and creating conversations around important local issues.
Read MoreOur vision is to ensure no one impacted by dementia goes unsupported; however, we are not currently reaching lower income, newcomer, racialized and other underserved populations. This project aims to take the first steps in addressing this inequity.
Read MoreZerin Place on South Street, built by Zerin Development Corporation as part of Village SoHo, recently opened up two model units for viewing.
Read MoreThe Paul Seed Fund, held at London Community Foundation, today announced grants totalling more than $235,000 to boost live music performances in London by creating connections and opportunities for musicians, venues, and audiences. The grants will support live music activities coordinated through the London Arts Council and the London Music Office over the next year.
Read MoreFollowing Pansy Estrellita Vishnu’s passing in 2022, her family established Pansy’s Pet Charity Fund in her honour. The funds distributed by Pansy’s daughters honour her legacy by supporting others who love and protect animals, not just in London and Middlesex, but across Canada and beyond.
Read MoreThe Health and Homelessness Fund for Change today announced $4.8 million in capital funding for Indwell to support the renovation of a century-old building in the Village SoHo community, which will create 96 new highly supportive housing apartments.
Read MoreThe Vision SoHo Alliance, a partnership of six non-profit housing developers building over 690 mixed-income rental apartments, announced today a new name and brand for the community: Village SoHo.
Read MoreWith the generous support of our Community Fund donors and fundholders, Thames Talbot Land Trust recently registered Middlesex County's first Conservation Easement Agreement (CEA) with Livingstone Farm, Komoka.
Read MoreThe Health and Homelessness Fund for Change today announced $5 million in capital funding to Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services to help create 115 new highly supportive housing apartments.
Read MoreChuck the Fire Truck, a children’s book authored by Ken McLarnon was self-published in 2024 with funds raised being donated to the Robb Family Trust, a donor-advised fund that supports many initiatives and organizations in and around London, particularly in the arts.
Read MoreThe ‘House of Hope’ highly supportive housing residence, operated by London Cares in partnership with London Health Sciences Centre, has received $845,560 from the Health and Homelessness Fund for Change. The contribution will fund essential wrap-around support services that enable formerly unhoused residents to remain housed.
Read MoreJust as we were getting settled in a post-pandemic world, our country is now unexpectedly caught in a full-on tariff war with the United States, coupled with the musings from the 47th President about Canada becoming the 51st State. This time, we can’t help but feel that “this time”, things feel uncomfortably ominous.
Read MoreType Diabeat-It is dedicated to ensuring Black and People of Colour understand what it means to live with diabetes by offering education and support. In 2024, the Miggsie Fund – Lawson Foundation, and London Community Foundation teamed up to contribute a grant of $33,100 to the project to support its growth.
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