Holiday donations ease 2025 uncertainty for Ark Aid homeless shelter, for now

London Free Press
2024 has ended and, with that, the funding for homeless shelter beds being run at Ark Aid Street Mission is up in the air
Ark Aid Street Mission, Business, Canada, City hall, Community, council, Deaths, donations, Editorial, federal, federal government, Food, funding, Government, Holidays, Homeless, Homes, Housing, job, Journalism, London, London homeless, money, Old East Village, plan, Plans, Real estate, Trail, weather

Holiday donations ease 2025 uncertainty for Ark Aid shelter, for now

London Free Press
2024 has ended and, with that, the funding for homeless shelter beds being run at Ark Aid Street Mission is up in the air
Ark Aid Street Mission, London homeless

A ‘brutal’ daily lottery decides who gets in, who gets left out at London shelter

London Free Press
The names are drawn and the lucky 30 have a warm place to stay the night. The rest, well, who knows for sure?
Affordable housing, Ark Aid Street Mission, Business, Calls, Canada, Christmas, City council, City hall, Community, council, death, Deaths, donations, Editorial, health, Homeless, Homelessness, Homes, hospital, Housing, Journalism, Life, London, London homeless, London Police, Police, Real estate, Space, Staff, Trail, Treatment

Christmas giving in and around London: Who’s in need, how you can help

London Free Press
It’s called the season of giving for a reason. London-area charities are making a major push to help the less fortunate, collecting everything from food to toys to toiletries to help low-income Londoners, support the city’s homeless or make the holidays brighter for kids in hospital. Here are some of
Anderson Craft Ales, Ark Aid Street Mission, Books, Business, Business Cares Food Drive, campaign, Canada, Canada Post, Canadian, children, Christmas, Community, Covent Garden Market, downtown, Editorial, fire, Food, Food banks, Grocery, health, Holidays, Homeless, Homes, hospital, Journalism, kids, Libro Credit Union, Life, London, London Food Bank, London Health Sciences Centre, London International Airport, money, National, office, Old East Village, Port Stanley, project, Real estate, return, service, strike, Thomas, tickets, Trail, travel, Volunteers, Wayne Dunn, Western, Western Fair, Western Fair Agriplex, Western Fair District, Women, youth

London charities’ holiday campaigns feel pinch as Canada Post strike drags on

London Free Press
The Canada Post strike is forcing London charities to pivot during prime holiday giving season, finding different ways to reach donors that typically drop a cheque in the mail at this time of year.   Both the Business Cares Food Drive, the single-largest annual campaign in support of the London Food
Ark Aid Street Mission, Business, Business Cares Food Drive, campaign, Canada, Canada Post, children, City council, City hall, council, Editorial, Fanshawe Conservation Area, Food, Grocery, Homeless, Increase, job, Letters, London, London Food Bank, meeting, service, Staff, strike, Sunday, Volunteers, Wayne Dunn

Doug Ford promises to get tougher on the homeless. Is it a good idea

London Free Press
Ontario's premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
ontario government, Ark Aid Street Mission, Brantford, Canada, Chatham-Kent, City council, close, Community, council, Courts, decision, Doug Ford, Drugs, Editorial, federal, federal government, funding, Government, Hadleigh McAlister, Homeless, Homelessness, Homes, Housing, Josh Morgan, Journalism, Life, London, London homeless, looking, mayor, money, Municipalities, office, Ontario, Police, project, protect, province, Provincial, Real estate, Region, Safety, Social media, Space, Thames River, Trail, Treatment, Unity Project, Windsor

London budget: The journey to a 7.3 % tax hike, and a dire warning for 2026

London Free Press
Its official, property taxes will be increasing in the new year by over seven per cent — marginally lower than what was forecast in late October to help fund London's $1.4 billion spending plan.
Ark Aid Street Mission, Brantford, Business, Canada, Chatham-Kent, Community, council, decision, downtown, Editorial, federal, funding, Hamilton, Homeless, Homes, Housing, Increase, infrastructure, Josh Morgan, Journalism, London, London budget, London Police, mayor, meeting, Municipalities, plan, Police, property taxes, Provincial, Real estate, Staff, Trail, Water

In budget talks, city politicians find $947K to save 60 winter shelter beds

London Free Press
City politicians voted unanimously Wednesday to give some overnight shelter beds for the homeless a financial lifeline until new federal funding can be arranged.
Ark Aid Street Mission, Business, City council, Corrine Rahman, council, decision, Editorial, federal, funding, Homeless, Homelessness, Housing, Increase, Josh Morgan, London, London budget, London homeless, mayor

Loved ones remember woman killed in sidewalk blaze, one year later

London Free Press
A memorial was held Monday to mark one year since a woman was killed in an encampment fire in London's Old East Village as mourners called for improved services to help those living on the streets.
Ark Aid Street Mission, Fatal fires, London homeless

With funding set to run out, advocates warn of increase in encampments

London Free Press
Stop-gap funding could be heading to two homelessness organizations facing cuts in March, but they and several others will have the same problems come June.
Ark Aid Street Mission, London Cares, London homeless, SafeSpace London

Believe it or not, it's actually about to get even colder

London Free Press
Well, you know, it is January. Read More
Ark Aid Street Mission, Environment Canada, London weather, Middlesex-London Health Unit

As extra shelter beds open, number of Londoners sleeping rough drops

London Free Press
A new homelessness system and extra short-term shelter beds have eased fears about the number of Londoners sleeping outside this winter, front-line leaders say. Read More
Ark Aid Street Mission, London Cares, London homeless, Whole of Community Response to Health and Homelessness
Subscribe to Ark Aid Street Mission