London Community News

Welcome to a new year with a new set of Grants Black-led/ B3 Non profits and Charities. Whether you’re launching a new initiative, scaling your impact, or need support for infrastructure and capacity-building, here some current grants to help fund your Black non profit in Canada to check out this month:

January is Braille Literacy Month in Canada, a time to recognize braille as a cornerstone of literacy, learning, and independence for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision. That’s where your hands can help. Funds raised through Braille Nails will help support CNIB’s braille literacy programs, ensuring they have access to instruction, materials, and tools that allow them to learn to read and write independently. Just as we would never question the importance of print literacy for sighted children, children who are blind deserve the same foundation for success.

What started with a single $5 donation has now become an annual tradition for Owen Hewett, a 12-year-old from Napanee, Ont., who is passionate about ensuring less fortunate children have appropriate winter wear each Christmas.

A last-minute push for volunteers to help with the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign has paid off. “CTV was very helpful to us recently in doing a call out to people to help us out with our kettle campaign,” said Nancy Kerr, executive director of London’s Salvation Army. “We really needed volunteers and over 100 people responded to that call. At the time, we were quite low in our revenue towards our $650,000 goal.”

To many, Jon DeActis is known to be a soft spoken and kind-hearted man who is there when those in need, need someone in their corner. DeActis started out as a probation officer early in his career, moved into juvenile detention and then on with Mission Services of London at the Quintin Warner House, helping those dealing with addictions.

Celebrating an Incredible Year of Giving – Thank You for Making 2025 Unforgettable! As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on an extraordinary year for Federated Health Charities – and it’s all thanks to YOU, our incredible community of Ontario government employees, volunteers, and donors.