Nonprofit Organizations in London

CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services is an integrated mental health and addiction agency providing community-based supports and services to individuals aged 12 and up across Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford Counties. The continuum of services includes crisis intervention and virtual supports, mobile crisis teams, police partnerships, case management, counseling, community wellness programs for both individuals and their families, housing supports and addiction medicine services. Treatment and service plans are developed based on standardized screening and assessment protocols and procedures.

PHSS is a non-profit organization that provides unique and flexible supports and services so that people with complex medical, physical, and/or developmental needs can live the life they choose as part of the community. PHSS supports more than 250 individuals in more than 60 locations across Ontario, providing 24-hour residential supports, day and overnight respite, specialized complex medical care and intensive behavioural supports, recreational programs, and support for individuals living at home with their families. We do not believe in discharging people from our supports because their needs increase or change; our services are flexible and innovative, shaped around the needs of the people we support and always adjusting in response to changes in their circumstances. Through a unique suite of individual services and supports, PHSS provides an alternative to institutional care. PHSS hires highly qualified staff to provide support in over 60 accessible locations throughout Ontario, and each location is home to between two-five adults. By offering home-based supports, we reduce the pressure on hospitals and institutions and in many cases, substantially reduce the cost of care. We are committed to encouraging and creating an inclusive community where individuals with disabilities have access to all the community has to offer and are included in a valued and meaningful way. Because we believe that family and friends are an important part of life, we seek to build support circles and encourage people supported to play an active role in the decision-making process.

Founded in 1995, OPACC's mission is to support families of children diagnosed with cancer in Ontario.

Merrymount exists to help children and families as they navigate through and beyond crisis, to build stronger, healthier families. Merrymount’s safe, supportive and strength-based intervention and care builds stronger families and children that have the support they need to grow up strong, form healthy relationships, and know they are valued and loved. Merrymount has been providing these programs and services to London’s families and children since 1874, and is the only centre of its kind in Canada.

The Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners is the local community agency dedicated to supporting individuals living with dementia and their care partners. We are part of a network of Alzheimer Societies operating across Ontario offering a variety of services in our region. We focus our programs and services around three pillars of care including: - Dementia education - Counselling and support services - Therapeutic recreation, health and wellness activities We support people living with dementia, care partners and allied health care professionals within our geographic area, including the counties of: - Elgin - Middlesex - Oxford For more information about volunteer opportunities, please reach out to us at volunteer@alzswp.ca

Regional HIV/AIDS Connection (RHAC) is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, community-based organization serving London and six counties – Perth, Huron, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford. We are a community-inspired organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals and diverse communities living with, at-risk for, or affected by the challenges associated with HIV/AIDS/HCV. Our philosophy includes adherence to The Ontario Accord/GIPA (Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS), Peer Engagement, Anti- Racism/Anti-Oppression (BIPOC*), Sex Positivity, Principles of Harm Reduction, Holistic Health, and Civil Society.

With more research, we know we can end breast cancer. Breast Cancer Canada is a national charity dedicated to saving lives through breast cancer research. With a focus on precision oncology (personalized care), it is the only national breast cancer organization in Canada that has a clear mandate to raise money for research and advocate and educate on the progress of new research evidence. Everyday, researchers are working hard to advance our understanding of this disease.  To detect it. To treat it. We know research will deliver results. And with your support to raise more funds, a future with no more breast cancer is possible.

London Health Sciences Centre is one of Canada’s largest acute care teaching hospitals and the largest employer in the region with more than 13,000 staff and physicians.  As a regional referral centre, London Health Sciences Centre cares for the most medically complex patients including critically injured adults and children in southwestern Ontario and neighbouring regions. Through more than one million patient visits a year accessing a broad range of specialized clinical services. LHSC has been at the forefront of medicine in Canada for 149 years.  Building on the traditions of its founding hospitals to provide compassionate care in an academic teaching setting, London Health Sciences Centre is home to Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Victoria Hospital, the Kidney Care Centre, two family medical centres, the Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre, and two research institutes – Children’s Health Research Institute and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute. As a teaching hospital and a recognized leader in medical discovery and health research, London Health Sciences Centre has a history of more than 70 international and national firsts and attracts top clinicians and researchers from around the world through its commitment to research and innovation. Through our affiliation with Western University and more than 30 other educational institutions, we train more than 4,000 medical and health-care professionals annually.

Humana Community Services is one of the most highly regarded providers of children’s mental health services in southwestern Ontario. As a licensed and accredited children’s mental health agency, with over 50 years as a service provider, we offer a wide range of services to support children, youth and families coping with a mental health challenge. Together, through a standardized screening and intake process, we assess the young person’s needs to collaboratively develop individualized treatment and service plans that focus on their abilities and areas for improvement. The standardized Child and Youth Mental Health (ChYMH) assessment system developed by interRAI (an international collective of researchers and clinicians from over thirty countries) provides a coordinated approach to the delivery of children’s mental health care across agencies. The assessment allows us to prioritize safe practices in an effort to help reduce the severity and frequency of harmful behaviours. (Humana, https://www.humanacs.org/children-youth-mental-health).

Children’s Health Foundation believes that children and their families in Western Ontario deserve the best possible care and the most possible hope when faced with a serious health issue. That is why we are calling on caring people to help strengthen and transform the health care experience in our region. Your generosity will fund cutting-edge equipment, care-enhancing programs, and ground-breaking paediatric research at Children’s Hospital in London, TVCC, and Children’s Health Research Institute.

Cystic Fibrosis Canada is a national not-for-profit corporation and one of the world’s top three charitable organizations committed to improving and lengthening the lives of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF).

PHSS Support Services is a provincial, non-profit, community-based organization, founded in London, Ontario, whose mission is to support individuals with complex medical, physical and/or developmental needs, to live in their own homes and participate in community with family and friends. Its vision to be a leader in community inclusion speaks to innovation and pushing boundaries, enabling people to live in healthy caring communities, and taking on the responsibility to contribute to the greater environment.