Circles London
Re-thinking poverty and creating strong and healthy community connections.
We’re working to end poverty in London
Circles® is a community initiative coordinated by Goodwill Industries, Ontario Great Lakes that supports individuals experiencing poverty and accessing Ontario Works to focus on life stabilization and set a pathway toward economic sustainability, while advocating for systemic change.
Each month, “Circles” meet across the London area to build relationships, share experiences, learn from each other and other allies and explore new tools and ideas that support their journey out of poverty. During these meetings we focus on providing a speaker, or workshop that will increase hard and soft skills for each participant to be able to move forward.
When the Circles Initiative is successful, we see participants able to access the resources they need, employed in jobs that provide for their families, and community volunteers being active participants for change in our community.
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Poverty, mental illness, addictions, and many other barriers create feelings of isolation that impact our wellbeing and capacity to work. By creating strong and healthy community connections through programs at Goodwill, we can encourage resilience and work together to support people on their path to work.
We are Leaders
Participants who provide grassroots feedback about the multiple systemic barriers that keep people stuck in poverty, while building their own resources and moving toward the goal of sustainable employment.
We are Allies
Volunteer mentors who build intentional and genuine friendships with Leaders to help them build the resources and social capital that are so crucial for getting ahead.
We are Circles
We have decided that poverty has no place in our city and who are ready to do something about it.
It is time to re-think poverty.
Poverty affects our entire community, and too many of our neighbors can’t participate in everything our community has to offer.
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