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Nada Abdallah – J. Allyn Taylor Award Winner 2024

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 Nada Abdallah, who shared more about her community work with us.

December 11, 2024
Health and WellbeingHousing and Homelessness

Without life, there can be no recovery. No stability. No second chances.

Speaking at a recent donor update on Whole of Community System Response to Health and Homelessness in London, Scott Courtice, Executive Director of London InterCommunity Health Centre, shared his thoughts on harm reduction and why it’s a crucial part of the plan.

November 21, 2024
EducationHealth and WellbeingElderlyYouth

Commemorating D-Day at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School

In early June 2024, Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London took their regular school trip to Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary commemoration of D-Day, a pivotal battle in World War II. The school has a relationship with the Parkwood Institute that allows their students to volunteer for St. Joseph’s Veterans Care Program (VCP) . Students who take this opportunity build relationships with the residents at the VCP, most of whom served in World War II and/or the Korean War, while also learning more about Canada’s military history.

November 5, 2024
All Issue AreasGeneral Population

London & Middlesex Vital Signs Report: 2024

I’m pleased to share London Community Foundation’s 2024 Vital Signs Report, now available in full onlineor as a printed copy from our office in Covent Garden Market.

Vital Signs is a biennial report published by the Foundation that looks at some of London and Middlesex County’s more pressing issues through data and the experiences of experts and people of lived experience in our community. This year’s report highlights the need to accelerate equity-seeking work to create a community where everyone can thrive.

October 30, 2024
All Issue AreasGeneral Population

London and Middlesex Organizations Share Results from Community Services Recovery Fund Support

London Community Foundation was proud to support 33 charities and non-profits in London and Middlesex in 2023/2024 to help them adapt to the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, totalling $1.3 million, helped organizations improve the efficacy, accessibility, and sustainability of the essential community services that they provide.

October 24, 2024
Housing and Homelessness

Vision SoHo Wins Award for Land Use Planning Excellence

The Vision SoHo mix-used housing development in London has received the 2024 PlanON Vision Award of Merit in recognition of its “collaborative partnerships to deliver affordable housing to priority community groups, while preserving city heritage buildings.”

October 2, 2024
Health and WellbeingRecreationPeople with Disabilities

SARI Therapeutic Riding: Growing Sustainably with a Registered Charity Fund

SARI Therapeutic Riding is an organization that many London Community Foundation fundholders and donors will be familiar with. While you might know about their Adopt-A-Pony or Paddock Partner initiatives, you might not know that SARI has held a Registered Charity Fund of its own at the Foundation for nearly 25 years.

September 20, 2024
Housing and Homelessness

Vision SoHo Receives Federal Funding

London Community Foundation initiated the Vision SoHo Alliance, bringing six affordable housing developers together for the project. The Foundation provided initial matching funding, as loans through our Social Impact Fund, to cover the organizational, planning, and design concept costs.

September 9, 2024
Health and Wellbeing

Enhancing Accessible Veterinary Care in London: A Success Story of Community Support and Technological Advancement

During the COVID-19 pandemic, community service organizations across Canada faced significant challenges. To support these groups as they adapted to the pandemic’s long-term impacts, Community Foundations of Canada, Canadian Red Cross, and United Way Centraide Canada collaborated to distribute a one-time investment of $400 million from the Government of Canada through the Community Services Recovery Fund (CSRF).

August 29, 2024
Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth – A Different Kind of Legacy

Leave a Legacy month, marked in May, is traditionally a time when non-profits encourage their donors to leave a gift in their will, but doing this isn’t the only way to help grow your legacy. London Community Foundation encourages sustainable, forward-thinking philanthropy, and part of that means thinking about the legacy of your fund.

Donors who make a bequest to the Foundation or give a gift of life insurance become members of the Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Society(link to specific section in Legacy & Estate Planning) named after a philanthropist who embodied the spirit of building community by being forward-thinking.

May 27, 2024

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