Child & Youth Network, London

Making Literacy a Way of Life

Creating a Family-Centred Service System

Ending Poverty

Healthy Eating and Healthy Physical Activity

Baby's Book Bag helps new and expecting parents give their baby the best start in life.

Read! Sing! Play! Love! Talk! Baby's Book Bag is a free resource for new and expecting parents in London. It includes quality board books, locally created songs and rhymes and information about community programs and resources to help parents give their newborns and infants the best start in life.

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Act-i-Pass provides children in Grade 5 (+1) with FREE access to community-based physical activity opportunities for a whole year.

Research shows that physical activity begins to decrease in children as early as the age of 9 years. If grade 5 students can access physical activity opportunities, they will be given a chance at better health, longer lives, less illness, reduced screen time, and more play! Since Act-i-pass started in 2012, over 10,000 children in London have benefited from the program.

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Creating a Family-Centred Service System

Family Centres

Family Centres are located in neighbourhoods, where families live, work, play, and go to school. They offer welcoming locations that are easy to access and staffed by knowledgeable professionals. Family Centres bring services to families in an integrated, accessible, and family-friendly way.

Family Centres are located in schools intentionally to provide families with a connection to the school environment long before children are old enough to attend.

Family Centres use a resident led neighbourhood engagement process to guide business and establish the unique strengths and assets of the neighbourhood.

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Supporting children, youth, and families to break the cycle of poverty.

Currently, 1 in 4 children born in London are living in poverty. The Ending Poverty priority recognizes that poverty is a complicated social problem that requires a multi-faceted approach.

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