Mission and goals
The Young Carers Program is an inter-agency strategy developed to meet needs of Young Carers and their families by facilitating supportive programs throughout Toronto. Programs focus on recreational, social, educational, and skill development activities.
We strive to foster resilience in Young Carers by creating opportunities for mutual support, fun, and optimal development, which aim to strengthen the resources within the youth as well as their families.
We strive to foster resilience in Young Carers by creating opportunities for mutual support, fun, and optimal development, which aim to strengthen the resources within the youth as well as their families.
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The Young Carers Program strives to:
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history
Hospice Toronto is a non-profit organization whose primary service is a volunteer-based in-home hospice and palliative care program. Hospice Toronto has provided support for children living with family members with life limiting illnesses since 1998. Increasingly observed was the active care children took on in homes to assist a loved one.
The origins of Hospice Toronto’s Young Carers Program (YCP) came from attending the 2007 LHIN Innovation presentations. At this event, Hospice Toronto's executive director Dena Maule connected with Sylvia Baago from the Powerhouse Project and learned about the Young Carers Initiative (YCI) and the work of Marge Dempsey (the creative energy behind the YCI), and who spearheaded the project under the auspices of the Alzheimer Society of the Niagara Region. Hospice Toronto began a working relationship to develop a framework for an urban model, following the highly successful model of the UK program; now operating for over 20 years and with 350+ chapters nationally.
Funding was received from the federal government's Social Development Partnerships Program in 2009 to set up an urban demonstration project to contrast the rural Niagara model, and impact diverse urban communities with a focus on developing a tool kit for replication across the country.
We've now been successfully running programs throughout Toronto for over 10 years and supporting Young Carers all across the GTA.
The origins of Hospice Toronto’s Young Carers Program (YCP) came from attending the 2007 LHIN Innovation presentations. At this event, Hospice Toronto's executive director Dena Maule connected with Sylvia Baago from the Powerhouse Project and learned about the Young Carers Initiative (YCI) and the work of Marge Dempsey (the creative energy behind the YCI), and who spearheaded the project under the auspices of the Alzheimer Society of the Niagara Region. Hospice Toronto began a working relationship to develop a framework for an urban model, following the highly successful model of the UK program; now operating for over 20 years and with 350+ chapters nationally.
Funding was received from the federal government's Social Development Partnerships Program in 2009 to set up an urban demonstration project to contrast the rural Niagara model, and impact diverse urban communities with a focus on developing a tool kit for replication across the country.
We've now been successfully running programs throughout Toronto for over 10 years and supporting Young Carers all across the GTA.
funders
Since 2010, the Young Carers Program has partnered with a variety of organizations to help us carry out our work to support children and youth who are caring for a loved one. We extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all our funding partners and supporters. We couldn't do it without your support!
The Young Carers Program is currently funded by Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, RBC Foundation and TD Securities Underwriting Hope. The Young Carers Program has been selected as a 2016 Vital Youth/ Playing for Keeps Grant Recipient. This award has been provided through the Vital Toronto Fund at the Toronto Foundation.
In 2018, George Weston Limited selected the Young Carers Program for their Seeding Stronger Communities employee engagement program. As a result, YCP received it's largest donation from a single source yet.
Other past funding includes contributions from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnership Program,CIBC, Jays Care Foundation and The Chawkers Foundation. The program was also awarded the Toronto Community Foundation’s Vital Youth Award in 2012, 2013, 2014-2015.
The Young Carers Program is currently funded by Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation, RBC Foundation and TD Securities Underwriting Hope. The Young Carers Program has been selected as a 2016 Vital Youth/ Playing for Keeps Grant Recipient. This award has been provided through the Vital Toronto Fund at the Toronto Foundation.
In 2018, George Weston Limited selected the Young Carers Program for their Seeding Stronger Communities employee engagement program. As a result, YCP received it's largest donation from a single source yet.
Other past funding includes contributions from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnership Program,CIBC, Jays Care Foundation and The Chawkers Foundation. The program was also awarded the Toronto Community Foundation’s Vital Youth Award in 2012, 2013, 2014-2015.
A heartfelt Thank you to all our donors and sponsors
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