Community Development Halton Blog

I keep going - story by Liz Hand painted rendering of a Care Bear character As a single mom, the financial stress is overwhelming. I’m scared about losing my condo, paying bills, and honestly, just surviving. I never imagined I’d be in this position. I live with fibromyalgia, along with other physical conditions, depression, and anxiety. I see my specialist every Monday for injections in my neck and lower back, and I was also sent for a stellate ganglion block to help with pa

Statistics Canada has just released new data from the 2023 Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (SGVP) [1] that provides a deeper look at volunteering among racialized Canadians. This release builds on earlier survey results and, for the first time, offers detailed national data on how racialized population contribute their time, skills, and expertise to communities across Canada. These findings are particularly relevant for Halton Region, where the population ha

“…come in and see the joy in the schools where through nutrition community is built”   By Aliya Khawari I’m the lead of a mighty team of five. Being a mother and being somebody who comes from a very persecuted background—people who look like me get killed in my native country for being a minority in every sense of the word—I don’t take the privilege of this work for granted. That’s what makes this organization so important to me. What I love most about our work is that we don