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Community Development

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    Working alongside community members to address issues and build better neighbourhoods helps 3,500+ people through advocacy, education, mediation and support.

Together with members of the community, staff, and agency partners, we work to bring lasting change for what matters to you.Whether it’s improving food security, increasing voter turnout or advocating about critical issues, our team helps you identify the key issues, connect with government, local authorities, and each other, and take action to improve the quality of life in our community.

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Community Mediation

Our free, confidential and voluntary community mediation service helps you change the way you communicate during conflict and provides a collaborative approach to conflict resolution. Since 1985, we’ve handled more than 6,000 cases and helped participants come to an agreement 80% of the time.

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Easy Access Voicemail Project

Easy Access Voicemail provides a low-cost voicemail service to people in our community. Having voicemail is an important step to get housing, a job and to stay connected.

When you join, you'll get your own number, voice mail and voice mail greeting.

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Food Security

With food prices going up every day, the problem of food security for vulnerable people in Toronto is getting worse. At The Neighbourhood Group, we're tackling the issue by offering different programs to help people most impacted by the food security crisis. 

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Green Champions

With our lives busier than ever, taking the time to help the environment is tough. Joining the Green Champions helps you do just that. Together, we share green tips about cooking, gardening, composting, and recycling.

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Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services

If you’re struggling with legal issues, we can help. The Kensington-Bellwoods

Community Legal Services clinic is committed to help people living on low incomes resolve issues with tenant rights, immigration and refugee status, income security (CPP, OAS, ODSP & OW) and domestic violence.

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Social Action

Food insecurity, lack of affordable housing, low-paying jobs, and living below the poverty line are just a few of the problems people in our communities face. Changing the way our society works to fix these issues is exactly what our Social Action program does. Working together with our neighbours, we help people speak out for what's important to them, and to their communities.

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Trustee Hub

The Trustee Hub is an innovative community initiative that supports grassroots groups working to remove systemic barriers faced by underserved populations, such as youth, newcomers and people living in racialized communities. By sharing our experience and expertise as a trustee, we help these organizations achieve their goals, while fulfilling our own mission to improve the lives of the people in our communities, and the communities themselves.

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Community Development FAQs

  • Why is community development important?

    By working together with our neighbours, we can make a difference for vulnerable groups and communities. Together, we work to understand the issues and develop long-term solutions for change.