The following article appeared in the June 22 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The T-shirts on a nearby table said it all yesterday as the region adopted a children’s charter of rights: “protect me,” “accept me” and “love me.” Stay-at-home mom Becky Roche sat in the audience with two of her three children. It’s vital […]
Category: Youth
Ex-board members want facts
The following article appeared in the June 22 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Former Change Now board members say they want to find out why the youth centre closed without warning last week. The public “absolutely” has a right to know the justification behind the closure, said Cathy Dodd, who was chair of Change Now’s […]
Change Now update
Below is some information regarding the recent closing of Change Now Youth Drop-In and Resource Centre and what the community and the United Way of Guelph and Wellington are doing to deal with this issue. Change Now Youth Drop-In and Resource Centre closed its doors on Friday, June 8th. Change Now board members closed the […]
New youth centre planned
The following article appeared in the June 21 edition of the KW Record: Community meetings are underway to start up a new youth centre to replace Change Now, which closed suddenly last Friday. Yesterday afternoon, five city councillors met with United Way of Guelph and Wellington executive director Morris Twist, a representative from Wellington County […]
Change Back Now
At 9am on Friday, June 15, Change Now Youth Drop In and Resource centre was shut down. Without any explanation, the downtown shelter and drop in centre for homeless and at-risk youth closed its doors. The youth were told to pack their bags and the staff were told that their jobs had been terminated. For […]
Public has right to information on Change Now
The following editorial appeared in the June 20 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The wait continues for answers about why the Change Now youth drop-in centre and emergency shelter was closed. But when you think about where the funding for the service comes from, it is clear politicians and members of the public have a […]
We need the youth services of Change Now
The following editorial appeared in the June 19 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Change Now may have been around for more than 16 years, but the drop-in and resource centre gained greater public prominence in 2004 when it opened a 20-bed shelter in the basement of Norfolk United Church. Now, however, its public face and […]
Community need for Change Now
I am reading with quite some concern about the sudden closure of the Change Now Centre for youth at risk.This is so important for our city that I feel a great need to strike a committee immediately and have an emergency meeting between the workers, the board and the management.
Change Now badly needed in community
As you know, the Board of Directors of Change Now closed the program down last week. Not much information is known about this closure. Many of us in the Community had wished for some notice, thus allowing the Community to help solve any issues and/or problems that they may have had.Change Now was and is […]
Change Now in Guelph closes
Concerning the closure of Change Now, I request that you devote your collective energies to finding a resolution that will bring about the re-opening of Change Now. It is a service that is extremely valuable to the community and makes a huge difference in the life of many young people in Guelph and from surrounding […]