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Murado Murado – J. Allyn Taylor Award Winner 2025

Named in honour of London Community Foundation’s founder, the J. Allyn Taylor Community Service Award is presented to a grade 10-12 student who exhibits outstanding service to and is actively involved in leadership activities in their community. The recipient receives an award of $2,500 towards their post-secondary education and a $500 grant to a charity of their choice. This year, the award was given to Murado Murado, who shared more about his community work with us.

September 22, 2025
All Issue AreasGeneral Population

Vital People 5 Years On: Jamie Fenton

Charities are vital to our community, and the employees within them play a significant role in creating an inclusive community for everyone. The Vital People award recognizes individuals or groups working in the London and Middlesex County charitable sector with funding for professional development.

August 19, 2025
EducationYouth

Community Vitality 2025 – STEAM Education Centres Inc.

Grant Summary: This project works to offer hands-on employable skills for Indigenous students in the area of STEAM with a focus on AI, 3D Design, and Coding. This opportunity provides direct experience with these technology tools to Indigenous youth who will be able to build the confidence needed to reduce Indigenous inequity in STEAM-related career roles.

July 29, 2025
Health and WellbeingGeneral Population

Community Vitality 2025 – Southwest Middlesex Health Centre

Grant Summary: This project improves the services that Southwest Middlesex Health Centre provides to Indigenous patients. It includes timely access to mental health supports and foot care, and ensures all staff are trained in culturally safe health care so that Indigenous patients feel respected, safe, and represented while receiving care.

July 29, 2025
Health and WellbeingGeneral Population

Community Vitality 2025 – Progressive Animal Welfare Services

Grant Summary: Progressive Animal Welfare Services is dedicated to supporting the welfare of humans and their animal companions by subsidizing and improving access to veterinary care for members facing homelessness, domestic violence, and poverty, or living with disability.

July 29, 2025
Climate and EnvironmentHealth and WellbeingRecreationIndigenous Communities

Community Vitality 2025 – Ontario Nature

Grant Summary: Ontario Nature and Chippewas of the Thames First Nation will collaborate to improve climate resiliency, restore native habitat, educate the public and First Nations members on the environment, and foster cross-cultural knowledge sharing. This project enhances well-being by promoting stewardship and empowering individuals for a sustainable future.

July 29, 2025
All Issue AreasGeneral Population

Community Vitality 2025 – John Howard Society of London and District

Grant Summary: 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.

July 29, 2025
Zero HungerGeneral Population

Community Vitality 2025 – Growing Chefs! Ontario

Grant Summary: The 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.

July 29, 2025
Arts, Culture, and HeritageGeneral Population

Community Vitality 2025 – Forest City Film Festival

Grant Summary: The 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.

July 29, 2025
Health and WellbeingElderly

Community Vitality 2025 – Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners

Project Summary: Our 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 through enhancing its Community First Link Care Navigation (CFLN) initiative.

July 29, 2025

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