Brantford city councillors give $2M boost to Lansdowne Children's Centre's new home

CLICK HERE for the full story, featured 2025 Dec. 01 in the Brantford Expositor

Lansdowne Children’s Centre is absolutely thrilled with the early holiday gift it received on December 1, when Brantford city councillors voted to give $2 million towards the agency’s new purpose-built children’s treatment centre.

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.

Michael Parsa, Ontario’s Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, accompanied by Brantford Brant MPP Will Bouma, had come to Lansdowne in January 2024 to announce that the agency had received provincial approval for a new home.

On August 8, 2025, the location of the new site was unveiled:  168 Colborne Street, adjacent to the current 39 Mount Pleasant Street location.

In his article, Ball quoted Scott Lyons, chair of the project’s capital fund-raising campaign, saying, “This project has a lot of momentum and we want to keep that momentum going.”

Ball also reported that Lyons said Lansdowne’s fundraising campaign aims to raise about $12 million to support construction of the new facility.

Continue to Vincent Ball story

Also read: 'Cause worthy of all of our support': Brantford councillors back Lansdowne's plans

CLICK HERE to read this 2025 Nov. 19 report from Vincent Ball, Brantford Expositor