COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS
It takes all of us working together to create real change across our community. We have the privilege of working with many extraordinary community agencies and partners, which are listed below.
Click here for more information about the United Way of Chatham-Kent's Community Impact Grants process.
2022-2023 Project Grants
Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent
LDACK offers year-round programs and support for youth and families dealing with the effects of Learning Disabilities and ADHD. LDACK offers support through Tutoring and Social Skills programming to families and youth in Chatham-Kent. Its services are offered affordably or at no charge to those who need them.
Funding allowed LDACK to continue to support youth in its Tutoring and Social Skills programming.
Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent Website
Contact: 519-352-2024
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.)
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) goes into the CK community multiple times per week to connect with those experiencing houselessness or insecure housing. The organization serves up to 500 unique individuals each week through delivery of lunches, harm reduction, hygiene, first aid, and personal commitment.
Funding allowed R.O.C.K. Missions to create and continue all aspects of core program delivery including original Drop-In locations on James St. and Dufferin St. in Wallaceburg from January 2022 to the end of March, 2024.
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) Website
Chatham Drop-In: 39 Richmond Street, Chatham – phone 519.351.1450
Wallaceburg Drop-In: 223 Nelson Street, Wallaceburg – phone 226.626.8996
Ska:Na Family Learning Centre
7 Generations Indigenous Cultural Friendship Center (7GICFC)
Ska:Na Family Learning Centre Website
Contact: 519-351-8785
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
Kid's Circle Program
Kids’ Circle specializes in illness and bereavement support for children and teens. It provides unlimited support in group and one-on-one settings for youth ages 4-18, who are experiencing a life-threatening illness themselves, that of a loved one, or the death of a loved one. The program is offered throughout the entirety of Chatham-Kent including two First Nations reserves.
Funding supported continuation of all aspects of core program delivery.
VON Website
Contact: Erin Crow, 519-354-0430 x 291 or [email protected]
2023-2024 Community Impact Partners
Blenheim Youth Centre
The Blenheim Youth Centre (BYC) has been providing youth aged 10-18 with after-school programming in the Blenheim community for 15 years. BYC operates year-round, expanding programming hours throughout the summer months. BYC provides a safe place for ALL youth of our community to feel welcome in and to continue to learn and develop life and social skills.
Funding will support their 5 Pillars of Programming, and also supported programming in Tilbury.
Blenheim Youth Centre Website
Contact: (519) 676-0207
Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent
LDACK offers year-round programs and support for youth and families dealing with the effects of Learning Disabilities and ADHD. LDACK offers support through Tutoring and Social Skills programming to families and youth in Chatham-Kent. Its services are offered affordably or at no charge to those who need them.
Funding will allow LDACK to continue to support youth in its Tutoring and Social Skills programming.
Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent Website
Contact: 519-352-2024
Linck (Formerly Chatham-Kent Children's Services)
Keeping TraCK – Child and Youth Well-Being in Chatham-Kent” data collection initiative
Linck Child, Youth and Family Supports (Linck) is a member of the Chatham-Kent Child and Youth Planning Network (CYPN). Linck and the CYPN will be working to combine and analyze the community’s existing data to better understand local child, youth, and family needs.
Funding will allow Linck and CPYN to work with community agencies as well as representation from the Newcomer and Indigenous populations to facilitate data sharing, expand understanding of existing data, explore new data, and create and analyze neighbourhood profiles regarding key areas for prevention, intervention, and support services. The goal is to ensure our community is in a position to utilize data to make the right decisions around service delivery.
Linck Website
Contact: 519-352-0440
New Beginnings Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) & Stroke Recovery Association
The New Beginnings Club provides social, recreation, education and leisure opportunities to survivors and everyone impacted by brain injury and stroke. New Beginnings offers an outstanding day program which aims to improve the lives of adult survivors of acquired brain injury or stroke survivors and their families.
Funding will support continuation of all aspects of core program delivery.
New Beginnings Facebook Page
Contact: 519-351-0297
Restorative Justice Chatham-Kent
Positive Strides Program
The Positive Strides program is a collection of 8 intervention and educational programs are available to youth in the community who are not necessarily in conflict with the law, but who are at risk for delinquent, negative behaviors, and who may be struggling in school, at home, and/or within their social environments.
Funding will support continuation of all aspects of core program delivery.
Restorative Justice Chatham-Kent Website
Contact: 519-380-0931
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.)
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) goes into the CK community multiple times per week to connect with those experiencing houselessness or insecure housing. The organization serves up to 500 unique individuals each week through delivery of lunches, harm reduction, hygiene, first aid, and personal commitment.
Funding allowed R.O.C.K. Missions to create and continue all aspects of core program delivery including original Drop-In locations on James St. and Dufferin St. in Wallaceburg from January 2022 to the end of March, 2024.
Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) Website
Chatham Drop-In: 39 Richmond Street, Chatham – phone 519.351.1450
Wallaceburg Drop-In: 223 Nelson Street, Wallaceburg – phone 226.626.8996
Ska:Na Family Learning Centre
7 Generations Indigenous Cultural Friendship Center (7GICFC)
Ska:Na Family Learning Centre Website
Contact: 519-351-8785
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
Kid's Circle Program
Kids’ Circle specializes in illness and bereavement support for children and teens. It provides unlimited support in group and one-on-one settings for youth ages 4-18, who are experiencing a life-threatening illness themselves, that of a loved one, or the death of a loved one. The program is offered throughout the entirety of Chatham-Kent including two First Nations reserves.
Funding supported continuation of all aspects of core program delivery.
VON Website
Contact: Erin Crow, 519-354-0430 x 291 or [email protected]
United Way CK Programs
BaCK to School 2023-2024
School may be out for the summer, but we're already thinking about fall and how we can support student success through 2023-2024!
Each year, the requests for essential school supplies and learning supports grow. In 2022, we partnered with local agencies to provide students with back-to-school gift cards.
Registration for 935 students filled up in less than four hours. With your help, we can reach even more kids this year.
BaCK to School programs for 2023-2024 include 2 great initiatives that you can support:
The Gift Card Program (Formerly Operation Backpack) allows families to choose the items that are right for their child's individual needs at the start of the new school year.
The Teachers' Totes Program continues the care for our students in the classroom, filling gaps in a post-pandemic learning environment and helping to ensure that every student has what they need to succeed.
We hope you'll join us in supporting student success across Chatham-Kent!
For more information please e-mail [email protected]
Tilbury Information and H.E.L.P. Centre
Serving the community of Tilbury and surrounding area. The H.E.L.P. Centre serves more than 200 clients each month providing food and resources including seasonal, office, administrative and government and agency service navigation.
Contact: 519-354-0430 x 312
Women United
Women United is a philanthropic network of innovative and inspiring women using their collective power to create meaningful social change in Chatham-Kent.
Women United provides opportunities to improve the lives of women (and their families) in vulnerable situations by supporting areas where there are gaps in funding, programs, and services in Chatham-Kent.
Women United Website
Contact: 519-354-0430 x 274
Proud Partner in the Following Local Initatives
Be Safe App
There’s a new tool available to the Chatham-Kent community thanks to a collaboration of local stakeholders.
Launching just in time for Mental Health Week (May 1-7), Be Safe, a free mobile app, allows users to quickly and easily access local mental health resources that are nearby, available, and up to date.
Users of the Be Safe app will be able to connect to the right resource in a time of crisis; develop an individualized safety plan for current or future use, and access a list of local and national resources that fit the users needs and support criteria.
This initiative is the result of a collaboration between local nonprofit and healthcare professionals on the Mental Health Social Planning and Action (SPA) Table. The SPA Tables, facilitated by the United Way of Chatham-Kent, have been meeting weekly since the start of the pandemic.
Download the Be Safe app!
Read our blog post about the Be Safe app here
Labour United: Programs and Services
The Labour Community Advocacy program is offered on an annual basis to Union members who provide social service information to their members in the workplace. Each advocate is trained as a resource for Union members and the Union itself.
Contact: 519-628-5456
Wallaceburg Drop-In Centre
A proud partner with Ska:Na Family Learning Centre, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent and Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.), in bringing this much-needed resource to Wallaceburg. A resource for food, access to harm-reduction supplies and referrals to social agencies.