A lot of public advocacy work comes down to building personal relationships in the community, noted Lansdowne Children’s Centre board member Rick Rozak. Hailing from Port Dover, Rozak joined the board in 2018. “The majority of my career, I worked with young people in the youth justice system,” he said. When he started out, he would have a caseload of two or three youths at a time, and a big part of his job was mentoring them through their plan of care, which he would also hel

Justin Wareham is Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s new treasurer on its board of directors. “It’s my first time with any kind of role like this; it’s exciting… scary,” he added with a laugh. Wareham lives in Delhi and works at Millards Chartered Professional Accountants ’ Brantford location as a CPA and an associate of the business. “Most of what I do is auditing not-for-profit organizations. I have a really strong background in that, and I think that'll really translate well in

“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

As reported by local journalist Vincent Ball in the Brantford Expositor, the contribution will be made over the course of five years to support the construction of the agency’s new centre...

A parent's success story finding support for their child's development with Lansdowne Children's Centre, speech services

It’s little things in young lives that often create the biggest moments. For Julie Neal, finding the right equipment to empower her daughter Tenley to join in a family dance party was a big moment.

The mood was celebratory as the location for Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s new purpose-built children’s treatment centre was unveiled on Aug. 8. Dignitaries, board members, clients and their families, staff, longtime supporters, and other well-wishers gathered at 168 Colborne Street, the site adjacent to the current location at 39 Mount Pleasant Street, to celebrate the announcement. Brantford-Brant MPP Dr. Will Bouma Brantford-Brant MPP Dr. Will Bouma noted that Lansdowne i

Members of the community are invited to preview drawings and plans for the proposed new Lansdowne Children's Centre for child development at 168 Colborne St West, City of Brantford.

A transformative new chapter in child development and family-centred care is unfolding in Brantford, Ontario, as Lansdowne Children’s Centre unveils the proposed location for construction of a new purpose-built children’s treatment centre

A 76-page collection of photos and stories celebrating community members serving children and youth for over five-decades. Lansdowne Children's Centre, Brantford, Brant County, child development, special needs, cerebral palsy, Rotary Club of Brantford

Susan Gamble of Brantford Expositor reports on the province's announcement to build a new Lansdowne Children's Centre

New Lansdowne facility will reduce wait times and connect more children to care in Southwestern Ontario, Brantford-Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk

Sharing a summary of successes from the year that was, 2023 at Lansdowne Children's Centre. John Bradford, Board Chair, President

Lansdowne Children’s Centre has been Accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada, the highest level of accreditation.

“I was sharing with Minister Parsa that my hair was not so white when we first started talks of a new building for Lansdowne.”

The Ontario Government Made Kids Count with a historic investment of $330 million to expand children’s health care across the province.

The 2022-2023 Lansdowne Children's Centre annual report is available two formats, as an interactive digital flipbook and as a PDF download

The Ontario Trillium Foundation Grow grant expanded programming for local youth with special needs moving from children to adult services...

Open House event April 28 at the new Lansdowne Children's Centre Simcoe location celebrates unifying child development services, teams

Lansdowne is pursuing Stage 1 Planning approval to progress through plans for a new building, to better meet the needs of our region...