“It was a great pleasure to recently welcome Brant Community Healthcare System President and CEO, Bonnie Camm, to our Brantford site and discuss mutual opportunities with Lansdowne Children’s Centre. "When a community’s service organizations collaborate, it provides more and greater opportunities to better support local families,” said Lansdowne Executive Director Rita-Marie Hadley. If your community organization or group would like to connect with us and explore opportuniti

“Connecting with Lansdowne changed everything. It equipped us with the tools to help her, and that knowledge was powerful.” Following a traumatic, unplanned delivery where Jade had to be resuscitated, she was diagnosed with a left BPI, damage to the network of nerves...

An incredible act of kindness from a local Grade 5/6 class absolutely made our day. Big thanks to our friends at Our Lady of Providence Catholic Elementary School, Brantford.

The weather was chilly the afternoon of April 2 as a group gathered in Harmony Square to mark World Autism Day with a flag raising. “Even though it’s cold, it’s still a beautiful day, because there’s so many of you out today, and I’m so pleased to see that,” said Brantford Councillor Mandy Samwell. The event was organized by Autism Services at Lansdowne Children's Centre. New this year was the event taking place in the afternoon, so that it would be easier for families to att

Join the Lansdowne Children's Centre team in the Rotary Brantford Classic Run fundraising event at W. Ross MacDonald School, Brantford on June 7.

If you’ll be studying at a college, university, Indigenous institute or career training program in the fall of 2025, EKO wants to support

The Social Work Team at Lansdowne Children’s Centre are professionally trained to support families to cope with the impact of illness, disability and complex health needs.

Lansdowne Children’s Centre is always grateful to the community partners who choose to support us and the work we do. Recently, Mark Spencer and his team at St. George Arms made a donation of $3,002. Lynda Henriksen, Director of Development and Community Relations at Lansdowne, explained that the gift was half of the proceeds from a raffle the restaurant had held, with an equal amount going to Stedman Community Hospice. Lynda noted that this was the third consecutive year th

Michele Brayshaw knew her professional calling early in life. For as long as she can remember, “I just always knew I wanted to work with kids with special needs and their families,” she said. “I went to school with some kids who had special needs that were integrated right into our programs.” Integration and meaningful inclusion have always been central to her professional philosophy. In her post-secondary education, Michele studied Early Childhood Education, and for a time w

“The touch quilts were certainly trendy,” Sue said, adding, “With touch quilts, our focus … would be for a sensory experience.” The quilters would incorporate a range of fabrics in these projects so as to have multiple textures: silky, smooth, rough, bumpy, etc.

Stacey Muller is using her photography business to support families like hers who have a child with Autism. Autism Awareness Day is on April 2, and in recognition of that, Stacey is offering mini photo sessions at her Brantford studio. Each session is a minimum $20 donation; all of the donations will be given to Lansdowne Children’s Centre. In an online post, Stacey shared, “As many of you know, our son has been diagnosed over the years with autism, epilepsy, and other neurol

“OT got my attention because of how dynamic the profession is, and that it’s a helping healthcare profession. You’re working in a very broad, broad realm,”

Tina Shackell and friends presented a generous gift to Lansdowne Children's Centre, honouring the life and legacy of her late son Dylan.

Our hearts are full! The Knights of Columbus Brantford’s Charity Fundraising Breakfast raised a record‑breaking $4,500 for Lansdowne Children’s Centre with their all-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser.

“At Lansdowne, one of our foundational goals is to provide family-centered services. We can only do this with feedback from the families we serve. " The annual Lansdowne Children’s Centre Client Satisfaction Survey is an opportunity for the families served by Lansdowne to provide feedback.

The Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Regional Cancer Program’s Mobile Cancer Screening Coach is returning to Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s Brantford site on Tuesday, March 3.

Natasha Kramer, resource consultant with Lansdowne Children’s Centre, was one of the experts interviewed for a recent Brantford Expositor article highlighting the Kickstart to Kindergarten program being offered in Grand Erie.

Through a partnership with Mission Thrift Store in Brantford, the participants in the new Lansdowne Children’s Centre Venture into Volunteering Therapeutic Recreation program have been experiencing greater connection to their community.

It was a Block Party bonanza at Lansdowne Children’s Centre as the agency’s annual children's holiday party, presented with Rotary Club of Brantford, connected kids of all ages with interactive brick-based activities celebrating the worlds of Lego and Minecraft.

After 35 years of working at Lansdowne Children’s Centre – most recently in the role of Program Supervisor for Respite Services – Annemarie Krauss is taking a well-deserved retirement.