Cecil Community Centre is Cecil Community Centre, is small not-for-profit serving children, youth, seniors, and young families living in Toronto’s Kensington-Chinatown neighborhood. For almost 50 years we have played a vital role in sustaining, and supporting our community to thrive through our

• Cecil Kids! After School Club
• Cecil Kids! Day Camps
• Cecil Youth! Sports
• Cecil Youth Lounge
• Community Access Hub & Housing Supports
• Community Gardening Initiatives
• Early ON Child and Family Centre
• Free Income Tax Clinic
• Food Security
• Harm Reduction
• Newcomer Integration
• Seniors Health and Wellness
• Warming Centre
• Our vision is to create a vibrant, and resilient community where everyone belongs. Our mission is to meet existing, and emerging community needs. We work in an anti-oppression framework, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion, integrity, and transparency.For the next three years Cecil’s Strategic plan will focus on:
• Expanding and Optimizing Cecil’s Physical Space(s)
• Improving Communications and Visibility
• Deepening Support for High-Need Community Members
• Advancing Staff Culture & Experience

As grassroots organization we work with a large, and diverse volunteer base to deliver our programs, services, and strategic initiative to our neighbors. Our volunteers come from all walks of life, practice many faiths (or no faith), identify as “old,” and “new” Canadians, and have different lived experiences including being unhoused, and are of all ages ranging from 14 to over 80.  Volunteerism at Cecil has grown organically over the last half decade.