Funded Agencies

• Emergency shelter and counseling for abused woman and their children
• Supportive Social Housing
• 2nd Stage Housing for single women
• Ontario Early Years programming
• Room and Gymnasium Rentals

• Programs for families, children and youth with learning/developmental disabilities
• Respite, social skills, sibling support, summer camps, parent support, resource library, information sessions

Sunderland:  www.preciousminds.com, 905-982-0882

• Food bank
• Thrift Store
• Emergency Assistance and Response services
• Counselling – family or single
• Anger management group
• Mobile outreach progject
• Christmas Hamper Program/Christmas Cheer Program
• Camp for underprivileged children
• Trusteeship
• Court and jail work
• Clothing and some furniture
• Gals Lifeskills Coffee House

Oshawa: www.oshawa-temple.org, 905-723-7422
Whitby:  905-430-3454

• Food Bank Services
• Children’s After School Program
• Rainbows For All Children
• Sun Fun Day Camp
• Fitkidz Program
• Life Skills Coaching For Adults
• Parent Coaching Program
• Children Of Separation and Divorce Seminars
• Seniors Lunch and Leisure Program
• Christmas Food Drive

Oshawa: www.simcoehall.com,  905-728-7525

• Drop-in Recreational program for youth, resource centre
• Special events and fundraising
• www.thefirehouse.ca, 905-623-6814

• North House assists the most vulnerable in the townships of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge through a spectrum of housing supports to help them get back on their feet and into a safe, stable home.
• Assistance with housing search
• Provide access to stability funds for rent and utility arrears, last month’s rent and moving costs
• Assistance with rental applications for market and rent-geared-to-income housing
• Landlord and Tenant Board support
• Referrals to government and community resources
• Eviction prevention through mediation with landlords
• Navigation of the Residential Tenancy Act with tenants and landlords
• Income tax preparation
• I.D. replacement
• Advocacy and referral for the Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program
• Referral to an emergency shelter
• Assistance with the Ontario Electricity Support Program application

Uxbridge/Scugog: (289) 640-1929
Brock: (705) 432-8654
www.northhouse.ca

• Training for young people between the ages of 10 and 18 years in citizenship, self-discipline, community involvement, band, seamanship and sailing, leadership and team building opportunities

• Literacy, numeracy and essential skills services, transition to employment goals
• Apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education

Oshawa:  www.literacydurham.ca, 905-434-5441

• Learning Alternatives (Adult education in reading/spelling/math)
• Access to Affordable Housing
• Residential Program
• Active Parenting Today (groups for parents of children 0-4, 2-12, and teens)
• Anger Management (Group & Individual)
• Counselling (Group & Individual for many Issues)
• Firehouse Youth (Clarington only)
• DADS (Dads Aiming for Direction and Support)
• Summer Jobs Service (for students age 15-24)
• Employment Resource Centres (for any person/any age)
• SmartServe Training
• Service Excellence Training
• Community Education/Public Speaking
• Project X-Change & Substance Abuse Counselling
• Employment Services
• Multi-Systemic Therapy
• Teen Education & Mothering (Clarington only)

• Empowers girls to believe in themselves and reach their full potential
• Weekly workshops, summer camps, PA day programs, March break camps, after-school drop in programs and in-school classes, Economic Literacy, Discovery Leadership, Operation SMART

Ajax:  www.girlsinc-durham.org, 905-428-8111

• Respite and programs for families with children 13 years of age and under who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Pickering:  www.footprints4autism.org, 905-420-0388

• Confidential 24 hour volunteer telephone helpline, offering emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention
• Callers are given the opportunity to have anonymous, non-judgemental human contact
• “Prevention Through Education” program provides the community with presentations and workshops on Active Listening, Suicide Prevention and DCD Service
• Co-op program provides specialty training to selected students over the age of 18

Crisis Line:  905-430-2522
Durham Region:  1-800-452-0688
Whitby Office:  905-430-3511

www.distresscentredurham.com

• Emergency Accommodation for Men
• Transitional Housing for Men
• Transitional Program for Offenders
• Rent-Geared-To-Income Apartments for single men and women in Durham

Oshawa:  905-433-0254

• Aid to individuals with developmental delays to achieve a place in the community
• Vocational and residential services
• Summer programs and family support

Durham North:  https://www.cldn.ca/, 905-985-8511

• Newcomer Settlement and in-school(s) program, language assessment, community development and research
• LEAP emergency financial assistance, rent bank, emergency energy fund, housing help

Ajax:  www.cdcd.org, 905-686-2661

• Foot care clinic
• Home help
• Home maintenance
• Meals on wheels
• In-home respite
• Escorted transportation / errands
• Visiting
• COPE Mental Health Support Group
• Telephone security checks
• Information and referral
• Assistance with government forms
• Adult day program

Administration Office:  www.communitycaredurham.on.ca, 905-985-0150

• Non-denominational programs including family, individual, marital, group counselling
• groups for abused women, children exposed to violence, sexually abused children, teens and adult women; anger management and parenting groups

Oshawa: www.cfsdurham.com, 905-725-3513

• Open all year round
• Two locations, Eastview and Northview
• General membership program for children and youth from 6-18 years of age
• Teen programs
• Youth and Family Support
• Leisure and Social activities
• Nursery School program – 2 1/2-5 years of age
• Aquatic programs – all ages
• Wood working – all ages
• Saturday program
• Special Events
• Breakfast Club program
• Drama Club
• Torch Club
• Girl’s night, Boy’s night and sports night
• Computer program

No child or youth shall be turned away for lack of funds

Oshawa: 905-728-5121
Northview Unit: 905-436-5636  ext 2871

www.bgcdurham.com

• One-to-one match program, in-school mentoring and after school program, Big Bunch Program
• Couples for Kids, site-based group programs (Go Girls!/Game On!)

www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/clarington, 905-623-6646

• One-to-one match program, in-school mentoring and after school program, Big Bunch program
• Couples for Kids, site-based group programs (Go Girls!/Game On!)

https://swdurham.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/, 905-831-3777

• One-to-one match program, in-school mentoring, Mentoring through Literacy
• Couples for Kids, site-based group programs (Go Girls!/Game On!)

Port Perry:  www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/northdurham, 905-985-3733