The Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition supports communities across the city by offering programs at both the neighbourhood level and city-wide. These programs are designed and run with local neighbourhood groups and community organizations. Click on a program to learn more.
Neighbourhood Group Summer Camps
Six Neighbourhood Groups offer local accessible and affordable summer day camps at local schools, parks, and outdoor spaces. Summer camps run Monday to Friday and include games, arts and crafts, themed events, excursions, adventures, and special guests. Each Neighbourhood Group camp designs and delivers its own programming, with the Coalition's administrative team providing support for staff and volunteer hiring, training, and supervision and overall camp coordination.
North End Harvest Market
The North End Harvest Market (NEHM) is a weekly, no-cost food market held at Trinity United Church and run by the NEHM Coordinator and team of volunteers. Residents from northeast Guelph can sign up as member to receive a bi-weekly hamper of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Market also serves as a community hub, hosting seasonal events, cultural celebrations, and fun and fund-raising activities. Local businesses can support the market by adopting-a-week to help support this vital community service and need. To learn more about the market click here.
Community Food Equity With Dignity
Community FEWD is the brainchild of trained Chef Yasemine (Yasi) Zorlutuna. Yasi and a team of staff and volunteers transform surplus food -- leftover or unsold food from local sources - into healthy, delicious meals. Staff and volunteers serve these hot meals in pop-up cafe style around the City, offered at a pay-what-you-choose rate. FEWD prioritizes its delivery model for under-served and marginalized neighbourhoods. To help keep this program running, FEWD chefs also offer paid catering at market value to organizations that can afford it.
Learn more about Community FEWD on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/communityfewd/ or on their website at https://fewd.ca.