London Cares

10/02/2026

We are excited to partner with Paul's Place London On and 519Pursuit to invite our neighbours for some delicious smash burgers at St. Paul's Cathedral on October 13! Come join us!

09/23/2026

Thanks for having us Craig. Housing first. Hope always.

09/17/2026

One more week until the President's Veritas Lecture.

Join us on September 24 at 5:30 p.m. for award-winning Anishinaabe journalist, author, and storyteller Tanya Talaga's lecture, "Can Canada Move Towards Reconciliation?" in the Joanne and Peter Kenny Theatre.

This lecture kicks off the Veritas Lecture Series: The Courage of Encounter and is part of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events taking place across the Western community.

We invite our community to listen, reflect, and engage with Indigenous voices and perspectives.

Learn more: https://kings.uwo.ca/upcoming-events/veritas-series-tanya-talaga/

09/16/2026

Housing First. Hope Always.

This September, London Cares is asking our community to use your voice, show your support and help strengthen understanding of the work we do.

Housing First means helping people move from homelessness toward permanent housing, with the supports they need to build stability. London Cares works alongside partners across our community to help people move from street to home.

Please share our message: Housing First. Hope Always. Add your voice. Show unity of purpose: join the conversation in positive ways and support the partnerships and solutions needed to address homelessness.

Find out how you can advocate, volunteer or donate at londoncares.ca.

09/16/2026

Housing First. Hope Always.
This September, London Cares is asking our community to use your voice, show your support and help strengthen understanding of the work we do. Housing First means helping people move from homelessness toward permanent housing, with the supports they need to build stability. London Cares works alongside partners across our community to help people move from street to home.
Please share our message: Housing First. Hope Always. Add your voice. Show unity of purpose: join the conversation in positive ways and support the partnerships and solutions needed to address homelessness.
Find out how you can advocate, volunteer or donate at londoncares.ca.

08/17/2026

Hey everyone. If you have some extra summer clothing for men or women we’re in high need right now. We could use pet items or hygiene items as well. Take a peek at home and see what you might be ready to part with. Thank you so much for considering.

07/21/2026

Donations needed. Thank you!!

07/17/2026

We want to formally thank for their extreme generosity. Our time at Tennocon was so fun and the impact they’ve had on us will last a long time. When corporations support the greatest needs in community, the community gets stronger. Thank you for everything!

06/01/2026

Last Friday, MPPs Terence Kernaghan, Peggy Sattler, and Teresa Armstrong came to House of Hope for a press conference about its uncertain future and the risk of closure.

House of Hope is currently home to 45 residents. People who moved in directly from the streets of London after years, and in some cases, decades of experiencing chronic homelessness.

This letter is from one of those residents, who spent 15 years unhoused before finally finding stability here.

For many residents, entering this program meant slowly rebuilding trust in systems, in services, and in the possibility of stability. That trust is hard-won. After years of living in survival mode, where meeting even the most basic daily needs is uncertain and past experiences have made it difficult to rely on systems for support, stability can feel fragile.

House of Hope changed that. It created a place where people could feel safe, reconnect with care, and begin to rebuild their lives.

When programs like this are threatened, it does more than create uncertainty. It disrupts that sense of safety, destabilizes progress, and risks pushing people back into the same cycles of instability they worked so hard to leave behind.

Our residents remain the priority. Their safety, dignity, and stability matter.

What you can do:
- Sign Peggy Sattler’s petition https://www.peggysattler.ca/houseofhopepetition
- Share this letter to amplify resident voices
- Speak up for highly supportive housing in London

House of Hope fills a critical gap in our system by supporting people with the highest needs, including complex health, mental health, and substance use challenges.

This work matters deeply. We are grateful for a community that continues to show up, speak out, and care about what happens next.

London Cares remains committed to supporting people with the highest needs, and to continuing the work that has already proven what’s possible.

05/25/2026

It’s a heavy day. Sharing sad news:

House of Hope has demonstrated that highly supportive housing for people with the highest needs works. Built through collaboration between London Cares, London Health Sciences Centre, the City of London, resident contributions, and community partners, House of Hope was created to support individuals...