What London Can Be

Today Diane is joined by Season Bieronski, Manager of Housing Services at London Cares Homeless Response Services, to discuss the Community Vitality Grant which will help them open up a first of its kind 24/7 permanent supportive housing service for some of the most vulnerable housing-deprived people in London.

In this week's episode of What London Can Be, Al Day, Executive Director of N’Amerind Friendship Centre, LCF Social Finance Committee member Dollar Luo, and Ayo Owodunni, a diversity and inclusion trainer who hosts The Immigrant View Podcast, join us for a Vital Conversation about Racial Equality.

**Content Warning** This week on What London Can Be, host Diane Silva is joined by gender-equity consultant and public educator Dr. AnnaLise Trudell, Manager of Prevention Education & Research at gender-based violence shelter and sexual assault centre, Anova. AnnaLise shares her knowledge on a range of gender issues from preventing sexual assault through education, to the impacts of Depp vs Heard and the overturning of Roe v Wade.

This week Diane is joined by grants committee member and long time LCF supporter Clint Wilson, and our president and CEO Martha Powell, to discuss the importance of legacy and unrestricted giving. We discuss Clints journey with LCF and how volunteering with us has helped inform his giving and increase the impact he’s making.

This week, our host Diane Silva is joined by Dr. Abe Oudshoorn, Associate Professor at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University. A registered nurse who worked with homeless people in London, Abe has a strong knowledge of the history of homelessness in Canada, and in this episode he and Diane discuss how we’ve arrived at the housing crisis we see in London today.

As we return for Season 2 of What London Can Be, our host Diane Silva speaks again with Andrew Chunilall, CEO of Community Foundations of Canada, about the future of philanthropy, and the roles we all have to play.

In this episode of What London Can Be, our host Diane Silva speaks with Janet Tufts, Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area. Last fall, Big Brothers Big Sisters was granted $51,056 through LCF’s Community Vitality Grant program. This grant will help support the creation of a new volunteer coordinator position which will help address the volunteer intake bottleneck and eliminate the waitlist of children in need of a mentor, which is especially important amid the stress of the pandemic. Listen and learn more about how Big Brothers Big Sisters is positively impacting the lives of so many children in our community.

In this episode of What London Can Be, our host Diane Silva speaks with Rick Frost, former CEO of the Winnipeg Foundation. As foundations are being challenged to raise disbursement quotas and boost charitable spending during these times of great need, Diane and Rick discuss equitable philanthropy, the power of endowment and the opportunity that lies ahead for the future of philanthropy and foundations.

In this episode of What London Can Be, our host Diane Silva speaks with Timothy Tuckey, Executive Director of Youth Centre for Change (YCFC) - a residential treatment facility for male youth between the ages of 12-18 who have demonstrated problematic sexualized behaviours. Join Diane as she learns more about YCFC, the impact of their work and why treating the youth they serve is so important.

To learn more about YCFC visit, ycfc.ca