Weston-Pelham Park Neighbourhood Action Partnership – Table 91

Neighbourhood Improvement Area:

#91 Weston-Pelham Park

Councillor & Ward:

Ana Bailão, Ward 9, Davenport

2018-2019 Priority Actions:

  • Healthy Lives: Explored increased access to services and supports for mental health
  • Economic Opportunities: Explored increased access to skill development training for career and job advancement
  • Physical Surroundings: Explored increased access to physical space in the neighbourhood for the delivery of programs and services for residents
  • Participation in Civic Decision-Making: Improved outreach and promotion of opportunities available in the community
  • Healthy Lives: Explored increased access to good, affordable food in the neighbourhood

2017 Priority Actions:

  • Participation in Civic Decision-Making: Supported a resident-led recruitment strategy that included resident engagement meetings in 2016, and creating future plans for 2017
  • Healthy Lives: Created a map of food friendly places in the neighbourhood to increase awareness of food access
  • Economic Opportunities: Provided food service training, including Food Handling, Smart Serve, CPR, AED, First Aid, job search skills, and life skills, to youth job seekers

Neighbourhood Action Plan

Each Neighbourhood Planning Table creates an Action Plan that reflects each of the Neighbourhood Improvement Areas’s (NIA) priority issues identified by residents and other stakeholders. Residents, local agencies, and other stakeholders provided input to ensure actions are prioritized according to the need of the community, and identified the resources that were needed to complete the actions.

The Action Plan below was categorized by the five domains of wellbeing that were central to the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020 (TSNS 2020), and tracked and updated regularly to address changing needs.

Name and Description Lead Organization/ # of Partners # of Residents Engaged ($) Resources Required Status
Youth Food Service Training: Food service and employment skills training for youth Weston – Pelham Park Community Network/ 12 Partner Organizations 10 $6,500 Completed
Tech Savvy Soup: Resident workshops to learn computer and internet skills Weston – Pelham Park Community Network/ 3 Partner Organization 11 $3,000 Completed
CPR Recovery Rocks: CPR Training for residents Recovery Rocks/ 3 Partner Organization 20 $2,000 Completed
Improving Healthy Lives: Food Handlers training to support residents in gaining employment Resident Leader/ 3 Partner Organizations 11 $2,157 Completed
Learn to Code: Series of 4 ‘Learn to Code’ workshops for youth ages 10 to 14 Parents of Carleton Village/ 3 Partner Organizations 40 $2,843 Completed
Name and Description Lead Organization/ # of Partners # of Residents Engaged ($) Resources Required Status
Strengthening youth economic success through food security initiatives: Youth Poverty Reduction Forum to address barriers to accessing affordable, nutritious foods Urban Arts/ 7 Partner Organizations 10 $500 Completed
Name and Description Lead Organization/ # of Partners # of Residents Engaged ($) Resources Required Status
POL Pelham Park: Improvements to playground at Pelham Park Gardens Toronto Community Housing Corporation/ 4 Partner Organizations 10 $300,000 In Progress
Name and Description Lead Organization/ # of Partners # of Residents Engaged ($) Resources Required Status
Community Fair & BBQ: Weston-Pelham Park Community Fair & BBQ Davenport-Perth Community Ministry/ 12 Partner Organizations 75 $1,000 Completed
Weston-Pelham Park Communication Strategy: Communication strategy to support info-sharing with local residents, business and organizations Weston-Pelham Park Community Network/ 12 Partner Organizations 10 $1,500 Completed
Growing Together: Street mural to revitalize community Weston-Pelham Park Community Network/ 12 Partner Organizations 150 $0 Completed
Artists for WPP: Meet & Greet Fair for residents who make are independently to showcase their work Artists for Weston-Pelham/ 4 Partner Organizations 70 $1,500 Completed
iLead Day: Event for youth to share information on skills, education and opportunities with other youth in the neighbourhood The Starters/ 5 Partner Organizations 21 $3,000 Completed