In 2022, LEN launched the Nonprofit Resiliency Project (NRP) to support low-income nonprofit organizations in London that provide housing for underprivileged individuals. The two-year $200,000 grant from the Community Vitality Grant program will allow LEN to propel its projects and maximize their environmental, social and economic impact.

Strong Start provides programs and services aimed at helping children learn to read and acquire essential early literacy skills. The two-year $65,000 Community Vitality grant will enable Strong Start to make necessary changes to ensure that the program materials are more inclusive and representative of the diverse children, volunteers, and school communities served by Strong Start.

In London, Sakeenah has provided shelter along with essential support and services to women and children since it opened in February 2021. The two-year $245,593 Community Vitality grant will support Sakeenah in providing sheltering in its London home and remote casework services for women from diverse cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds who require safety and support.  

Unity Project operate with a peer-supported community model that aims to address the homelessness crisis, and they are recognized as leaders in adapting Housing First principles in emergency situations. The three-year $270,000 grant will support Unity Project’s indoor and outdoor Housing First emergency shelter program as they transition to new facilities.

Along with ten environmental partners such as the Ontario Farmland Trust and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, they’re reaching out to landowners across Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, and Perth Counties with a mission to work with local communities to protect, conserve, and restore nature and food production systems. The grant will support TTLT and its partners in identifying a target of 5,000 local landowners to engage in the project which hopes to establish 18 new Conservation Easement Agreements (CEAS), resulting in the protection of over 1,000 acres.

Food security is an urgent issue that demands attention, and in London and Middlesex County, this concern is particularly pressing. To take action, LCF and our donors have been actively engaged in addressing the issue of food security in our community. In 2022, The Acorn Fund for Youth supported LIFE*SPIN's London Promotes Health and Wellness (LPHW) program, providing crucial aid to pregnant and nursing moms.