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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
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
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
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
Health and Wellbeing

LCF COVID-19 Response Fund

Led by London Community Foundation in partnership with the Lawson Foundation and Westminster College Foundation, the LCF COVID-19 Response Fund is a collaborative effort to support our community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 15, 2020

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