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Community Living Brant is committed to providing supports and services to
meet the diverse developmental needs of children, adults, and their families.
If you have any requests for information, please email us at communitylivingbrant@clbrant.com
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Sports Hall of Recognition
One of the newest members of the Brantford & Area Sports Hall of Recognition is Jason Richardson. On Thursday, June 18, 2009, Jason attended the induction ceremony at the Best Western Brant Park Inn for his accomplishments as a weightlifter through Special Olympics. In 2007, Jason, who was injured at the time, competed in the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai China where he won gold and two silver medals. His lower back injury was not going to get in the way of his determination to succeed. (Continue) |
Agnes Hodge School Golf Tournament
On June 5, 2009 the Agnes Hodge Elementary School in Brantford hosted a fundraising golf tournament in support of the Brant County SPCA. Through the generous sponsorship of a parent from CL Brant, Glenda Minard, four people had the opportunity to compete our first tournament
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Celebrating Community
Living Through Photography
A picture tells a story! Community Living Ontario found a way for pictures to tell stories that would create visual celebration of the many successes of people who receive support throughout its agencies across Ontario. An unprecedented opportunity was created when Community Living Ontario joined with PhotoSensitive, a company that harnessed the power of the camera to achieve social goals by capturing the stories of people from across 28 Community Living agencies in Ontario. (Continue)
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Beautiful New Community Living Brant Wall Hanging
Community Living Brant was honoured to receive a special gift from Seneca Henhawk which will be proudly displayed in our main office. Seneca is an expert at designing and completing rug hooking projects. Seneca approached the Association and offered his expertise in creating a wall hanging to reflect the new Community Living logo and colours. (Continue)
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Workshop aims to engage people who self-advocate in policy change
REACH Out group hoping provide people with information to take back to their communities
Friday, May 15, 2009 -- Deron Hamel
A workshop being held at the upcoming 56th annual Community Living Ontario conference is aimed at engaging people who advocate on behalf of themselves and others in ways to make changes to policies and practices at their local associations.
Representatives from Community Living Brant will lead the charge in the session, entitled Systems on Edge: Demands of Social Inclusion Act — Complaints Process and Investigations, which will examine the successes of REACH Out, a group of people who self advocate. REACH is an acronym for respect, empower, advocate, courage, honour. (Continue)
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Listen Up Brant!
Listen Up Brant! is a quarterly publication celebrating the goals and accomplishments of people who receive support through Community Living Brant. It is a forum for people to share their stories and what they value in their lives. Anyone who receives support through Community Living Brant, in any capacity, is welcome and encouraged to submit an article. You can find this newsletter by clicking on the Newsletter tab on the left hand side of our home page. For more information or to submit your article, poem, artwork, pictures, etc. please contact Susan Walters. To view the most current issue, click here. |
 Why Not Be You Theatre Forum
Why Not City Missions , Laurier University Brantford and Community Living Brant shared a passion to create a diverse and accepting community in Brantford. A partnership began back in May of 2008. As we came together and talked about what was needed by Wilfred Laurier University students enrolled in the Community Research and Participation course , Why Not City Missions. Youth and people involved with Community Living Brant, the more we realized we all had the same inspirations and dreams; to be respected, encouraged and feel that sense of belonging. (Continue) |
Disabilities not a reason to send a person to 'jail'
(Originally published in the Globe and Mail on Thursday, April 2, 2009 by Andre Picard)
On Tuesday night, on the grounds of the Ontario legislature, a group of community-living activists and former residents of institutions gathered for a candlelight vigil.
They were celebrating a historic moment in the evolution of health and social-welfare systems that occurred when, on March 31, Ontario closed the last three large institutions for people with developmental disabilities. (Continue)
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 “Let’s Celebrate Freedom"
When the Ontario government made a commitment to close all institutions by 2009, Gary Kusch was adamant that we would need a celebration to mark this historic event. Planning for the event began with Gary, Dave Jordan, and Maryanne Drago. As planning began, we enlisted the support of some young people (Chris Taverner and Donny Tobicoe) involved in the Transitions Program. (Continue)
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IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE!
A Reflection of Lives Lived and a Celebration of Community Living
(Originally published in Images, Spring 2009)
Community Living Brant will be celebrating withour provincial members and people receiving services the closure of institutions within this province. March 31st of this year is a historic moment marking the closure of the last institution and celebrating the return of all people to their community. To celebrate, Community Living Ontario and its member agencies are planning a variety of events the week of March 30th - April 3rd. In Brantford, we will be hosting a dance on the evening of March 31st at the Brant Park Inn. Prior to the dance, there will be a candle light ceremony with those people who have returned to this community from institutions to recognize and honour their lives. (Continue reading Images)
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 How 3 Countries Helped a Young Man Fulfill a Dream!
This is a story about how a group of agencies from 3 different countries joined together to make a dream come true for one young man. Approximately three years ago Community Living Brant became involved in a collaboration with other community and international partners to provide a unique opportunity for a young man from the Turks and Caicos Islands to attend the W. Ross Mac Donald school. (Continue) |
Some Fun in the Sun 
Al and his friend Val recently experienced the trip of a lifetime. In January, they travelled to Walt Disney World in Floriday for six days. It was the first time Al had been on a plane and he was certainly more relaxed than his company. (Continue reading Images, Page 11)
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 The Importance of Belonging
Community Living Brant recently hosted a three day workshop with David Pitonyak from
March 18-20, 2009. David, who is from Blacksburg Virginia, is well known for his workshops and seminars on a variety of topics, including supporting people with difficult behaviours and supporting the needs of a person's friends, family, and caregivers. (Continue)
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Four Generations- 
Four Approaches To Work
On March 30 and 31, 2009 Community Living Brant hosted workshops on understanding and working in a multi-generational workforce. The workshop was conducted by Nancy Regan of n-gen People Performance Inc which is a company that designs and implements performance solutions by tackling the root causes of people performance issues from a generational perspective. (Continue)
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