GUELPH – The Guelph Community Health Centre (GCHC) has received a $121,500 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillum Foundation (OTF).
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Public health working with partners after closure of Guelph Consumption and Treatment Site
GUELPH – The local health unit has been working with area partners as the Consumption and Treatment Site (CTS) in Guelph closed on March 31 and the Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub (HART) opened on April 1 as directed by the province.
Guelph supervised drug consumption site now closed
GUELPH – People struggling with addiction, as well as harm reduction professionals, felt a glimmer of hope last week when news spread that a pause had been placed on the forced closure of ten Ontario supervised consumption sites.
Transitional housing facility officially opens in Guelph
GUELPH – Representatives from Wellington County, the City of Guelph, the federal government and various social services organization gathered on Feb. 19 to celebrate the official opening of the 65 Delhi St. Transitional Hous
Guelph Community Health Centre awaits funding confirmation ahead of scheduled HART Hub opening
GUELPH – With just over a month to go before the new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub is supposed to be up and running in Guelph, the Guelph Community Health Centre (GCHC) still has not received confirmation that its plan will be supported financially.
Guelph Tool Library aims to collect 50 laptops in February
GUELPH – The Guelph Tool Library wants to collect 50 laptops in February.
Guelph addiction treatment hub approved by province
GUELPH – The province has officially announced its approval for nine treatment hubs to replace safe-injection sites being forced to close at the end of March, including Guelph’s consumption and treatment services (CTS) site at the Guelph Community Health Centre.
Legal Clinic hosts National Housing Day event on Nov. 22
GUELPH – The Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County is inviting people to learn and share stories about the vital role housing plays in people’s lives at a National Housing Day event on Nov. 22.
New buildings, renovations not part of HART Hub plan
GUELPH – The Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub that is expected to replace the city’s safe consumption site will not mean any new buildings to provide supportive housing, and it’s still unclear how many new supportive housing units might be eked out of existing housing stock.
Sisters in Spirit event will honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit people
GUELPH – Red dresses will hang from the trees at Royal City Park on Oct. 4, recognizing the lost lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit (MMIWG2S+) people.
New Guelph bylaw sparks heated debate about where homeless people can pitch tents
GUELPH – A new bylaw, which is set to go into effect on Oct. 1 after final adoption on Sept. 10, regulates where and when “temporary structures” are permitted on city property.
Guelph supervised consumption site to close by end of March
GUELPH – On Aug. 20, the provincial government announced a plan to ban supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child care centres. The ban will impact Guelph.
Officials cut ribbon at supportive housing facility at 10 Shelldale Crescent
GUELPH – Ribbons have been cut, a funding glitch resolved and now the doors are open on a new 32-unit permanent supportive housing building in Guelph that Wellington County Warden Andy Lennox is calling a “beacon of hope.”
Community partners relaunch campaign for drug poisoning memorial
GUELPH - Fundraising efforts have resumed toward a memorial in remembrance of community members whose lives have been lost to drug poisoning.
‘It’s time for action’: attendees offer mixed reviews of health, housing symposium
GUELPH – Health care is an essential part of addressing the homelessness crisis, and the County of Wellington worked to highlight this during its recent symposium.