London's HKCC - Theme 1 Project Directory

Run. Jump. Play.

Every Day.

Healthy Kids Community Challenge

Theme 1 Project Directory London, ON

Prepared April 2016

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April 2016

Table of Contents Letter from Child & Youth Network Chair What is the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC)?

London’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge HKCC Project Endorsement & Approval Process

Project Descriptions

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Middlesex-London in motion™ Social Marketing Strategy 8 Components of Middlesex-London in motion™ 10 Speaker Series 12 Camps on TRACKS 14 Physical Literacy Kits & Cards 15 Active and Safe Routes to School 16 FitBits for a Fit London 17 SmartAPPetite 18 Wild Child Outdoor Playgroup 19 Indigenous Children’s Healthy Living Camp 20 Healthy Weights Connection Poster Series 21 Bringing Schoolyards Back to Nature 22 Build and Play Together 23 Movers and Shakers 24 Read and Play with Charades 25 Physical Literacy Early Childhood Educator Training 26 Physical Activity Integration into After-School Programming 27 Get Motivated! Activity Sessions 28 March Break Days of Play 29 Community School Programs – Physical Literacy Program 30 Support of Community Outdoor Ice Rinks 31 Family Activity Day 32 Game On! 33 Let the Games Begin! 34 Run. Jump. Play. Every Day. The Argyle Way. 35 Trees for the ‘School Community Tree Challenge’ 36 Westminster Baseball Tournament 37 Circles Children’s Program 38 Investing In Children’s Blue Boxes for Books 39 2000 Words to Grow Campaign Refresh: Healthy Kids Community Challenge 40 Jean Vanier School Natural Play Space Research 41

Map of HKCC Priority Neighbourhoods Project Geography

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Letter from Child & Youth Network Chair April 2016 Since London’s Child and Youth Network (CYN) began in 2007, we have seen fundamental changes in the way organizations work together in our community. Collaboration is no longer a novel approach – it is just the way we work.

In addition to being a highly impactful way of working, the CYN’s longstanding collaborative structure, processes, and culture are also attractive to funders who want to maximize their investment and who recognize the impact of collective action on complex social challenges.

This history of collaborative action positions London well to benefit from the Province’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC) which requires broad cross-sector participation including representatives from private, not-for-profit and public sectors in areas such as education, health, environment, child care, sport and recreation.

HKCC funding is very welcome. We know that 1 in 4 children in London are overweight or obese; 1 in 5 children will experience poverty throughout their formative years; 1 in 5 children won’t graduate from high school; and, 1 in 4 children are not ready to learn in grade 1. We know that poverty, literacy and health are all intricately inter-connected.

Research has shown that building strong relationships across all sectors of the community in health promotion initiatives leads to better outcomes for children, youth and families. This is why initiatives like the Healthy Kids Community Challenge are so important for our community. It is only through initiatives like this, built on strong collective action principles, that we will be able to change the health landscape of our city for our children and youth in London. HKCC, as you will note as you review this document, makes possible a wide range of projects covering every one of our CYN priorities.

As Chair of London’s Child and Youth Network, I am continually humbled by the commitment and expertise of CYN members, and the incredible results that have been achieved together. I am truly excited for the future of our work together as we continue to strive to improve outcomes for children, youth and families in our community.

Lynne Livingstone Chair, London’s Child and Youth Network

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What is the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC)?

The Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC) is a province-wide initiative funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) intended to create sustainable improvements for children and youth in three focus areas: healthy eating, healthy physical activity and healthy lifestyle for children and youth. The target age for this Provincial initiative is 12 years and under.

London is one of 45 municipalities receiving HKCC funding and will use the funds to enhance the impact of London’s Child and Youth Network (CYN), whose goals and aims closely align with the objectives of HKCC. The funding will be used over the next 3 years to facilitate new, and enhance existing, projects/initiatives of the CYN that meet MOHLTC’s eligibility criteria including addressing Ministry mandated themes which change every nine months. The first theme is “Run. Jump. Play.

Every Day.” and spans October 2015 to June 2016.

London’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge In order to be eligible for HKCC funding here in London, projects must be spear-headed by community agencies, and must be a collaborative effort. At least one collaborator on each project must be an existing CYN member, and there is no limit on the number of collaborators for a project. Early in the timeline of Theme 1, existing CYN partners and other community agencies presented project ideas at CYN Priority meetings, and collectively decided which projects and initiatives they wished to move forward as a community.

With support from CYN backbone staff, CYN-endorsed projects were developed and presented to the MOHLTC for approval. Project approval was received in February 2016.

This document outlines the projects which met the requirements for HKCC funding in London, and which received MOHLTC approval for implementation throughout Theme 1. Projects will continue until the end of June 2016.

This guide gives you a quick look of the breadth of projects championed by our community. We hope it will inspire you to become engaged in promoting healthy lifestyles for children in your neighbourhood and local community.

Further information can be found at www.inmotion4life.ca.

If you would like to be engaged in HKCC Themes 2, 3, or 4, please reach out to our CYN backbone staff. There are bi-monthly meetings held for each of the CYN Priority Areas.

Meeting information is available online at www.londoncyn.ca

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HKCC Project Endorsement & Approval Process 2

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1. CYN partners and engaged community members are invited to a forum or event based on the upcoming Ministry-mandated theme. For Theme 1, the Community Forum was held on December 7th, 2015, and featured presentations by our Community Champions, Dr. Chris Mackie and Mayor Matt Brown, and Drs. Trish Tucker, Piotr Wilk, Jason Gilliland, Andrew Clark, Michael Reid, Danielle Battram, Danielle Tobin and Colleen O’Connor.

project geography, existing and potential partnerships, proposed budgets, and project descriptions and outlines during their assessment and budget allocation. During this phase, the Working Group maintains communication with project champions and the Ministry to confirm criteria and ensure project eligibility.

5. Projects selected by the Working Group are presented at a CYN General Meeting for final CYN endorsement.

2. Community representatives or members of CYN partner agencies present their project ideas 6. A full Project Action Plan, including all projects at a CYN Priority meeting. These include Ending that have received CYN endorsement, is submitted Poverty, Literacy, Family-Centred Service, Healthy to the MOHLTC for approval.

Eating Healthy Physical Activity (HEHPA).

3. Idea presentations are followed by open discussion with meeting attendees. This meeting provides project champions with an opportunity to seek project endorsement from attendees.

4. A Working Group, comprised of the four CYN Priority Areas Project Managers and other CYN backbone staff, assess all projects endorsed by each Priority area. The Working Group considers 6

Project Descriptions

Project Descriptions

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Middlesex-London in motion™ Social Marketing Strategy Middlesex-London in motion™ is a social marketing campaign organized in partnership with over 50 community organizations to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles. The keystone of this initiative is the Community Challenge, which takes place annually in October. The premise of the Challenge is to have residents increase and track their physical activity for a month with the intent of forming new healthy habits. We celebrate the total number of minutes accumulated by the community. Participants track online through their desktop or smart phone, or on manual tracking forms. In 2015, the Challenge engaged 19,773 participants in Middlesex-London who collectively accumulated 8,372,809 minutes of physical activity throughout the month of October.

The social marketing strategies of Middlesex-London in motion™ will be extended over the next 3 years of HKCC funding to include thematic messaging throughout the year. This will extend the reach of the October in motion™ Community Challenge campaign, but will also keep in motion™ and physical activity top of mind throughout the rest of the year. Throughout January- June, we have planned an advertising campaign targeting the 13 priority neighbourhoods to keep in motion™ branding top of mind in the community while simultaneously promoting the HKCC “Run. Jump.

Play. Every Day.” thematic messaging. This includes community signage, newspaper/television/radio advertisements, advertisemments in movie theatres (where there is sedentary activity and often unhealthy eating habits), on and in public buses, and reformatting the existing www.inmotion4life. ca website to act as a local HKCC information hub.

The MOHLTC is rolling out media advertising in all HKCC Communities; the new ads will complement the Ministry’s media campaign.

Project Timeline:

• January - February 2016: Developing marketing plan and resources • February - June 2016: Media buys and production

Community Partners:

Middlesex-London Health Unit Bell Media Post Media City of London 40+ Middlesex-London in motion™ partners

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Examples: Interior Bus Ads

Exterior Bus Backs

In 180 public buses in London.

On 4 public buses in London.

Transit Shelter Ads Cineplex Pre-Show Commercials 25 public transit shelters in London Played before every Cineplex movie in complemented the Ministry’s campaign.

London for four weeks.

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Components of Middlesex-London in motion™: in motion™ Everyday Champions & in motion™ Crossword Page Tips Everyday Champion: This intervention strategy is about identifying and rewarding individuals who have healthy active lifestyles, and who encourage others to do the same. Through social media and newspaper advertisements, the population of Middlesex-London is asked to nominate someone who inspires physical activity and healthy living in the community. A new Everyday Champion is featured every month in The Londoner and receives a Fitbit. The individual who nominates a successful Everyday Champion receives an in motion™ prize pack.

Crossword Page Tips: This intervention strategy is about keeping healthy living top of mind every week. A banner at the bottom of the crossword page provides a new tip relating to healthy eating, physical activity, or healthy lifestyle once a week in The Londoner. The messaging is created by our in motion™ partnership, and is vetted by the Middlesex-London Health Unit to ensure all information is evidence based and/ or appropriate.

Using HKCC resources, the “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” messaging and imagery has been incorporated into both campaigns. The language of the tips has been shifted to be directed more at parents and families of children 12 years and under. This project is in partnership with Post Media, and is specifically printed in The Londoner, a free newspaper that is easily accessible through home delivery. There are over 140,000 printed copies of The Londoner distributed every Thursday in London.

Project Timeline:

• January 2016: Acquire advertisement spaces • January 2016: Revamp marketing materials to include HKCC messaging and logo • January - June 2016: Ongoing identification of community champions • February - June 2016: Ongoing publication of in motion™ materials

Community Partners:

Middlesex-London Health Unit Post Media 40+ Middlesex-London in motion™ partners

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Examples: in motion™ Crossword Page Tips

in motion™ Everyday Champions

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Speaker Series Residents and CYN partners often voice their desire for presentations, workshops and speaker events that provide them with new insights and best practices for relevant health issues. The speakers for this series were selected due to their research expertise and ‘on the ground’ experiential knowledge about topics aligning with the ‘Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.’ theme. The goal was to attract high profile speakers to draw more media and public attention to the general issues of childhood obesity. The events were all free to attend, and open to all members of the London community.

To promote each speaker event, an ‘advertorial’ was published in The Londoner. Each advertorial featured an ad about the speaker event, and an article relating to the speakers’ topic, written by a CYN partner agency.

Project Timeline:

• March 2nd, 2016: Physical Literacy Workshop featuring Dr. James Mandigo • March 20th, 2016: Risky Play Presentation from Dr. Mark Tremblay • May 26th, 2016: Motivational Talk from Indigenous person’s experience by Waneek Horn-Miller

Community Partners:

City of London London District Catholic School Board Healthy Weights Connection Thames Valley District School Board Post Media

Sample Advertorial Page Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Speaker Series Events Helping our Children Read the Game: Putting Physical Literacy into Action March 2, 2016

Dr. James Mandigo, from Brock University, and Jenna Larusso, a Ph.D. student at Western University, engaged over 40 guests in a workshop featuring physical literacy-based activities interspersed with presentations about physical literacy. Dr. Mandigo’s research focuses on low- and no-cost activities and sports that enhance movement skills of children in populations across the globe.

Promoting Active Outdoor Play: Benefits, Risks and Challenge March 30, 2016

Dr. Mark Tremblay is a leading expert in the field of outdoor play, sedentary behaviour and its impact on children’s health. His presentation focused on the cultural trend of machines and automated systems replacing our physical activity with sedentary acticity in our regular routine, and international best-practices to re-integrate activity into our day-to-day lifestyle. Dr. Tremblay is also the Chief Scientific Officer for the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, titled ‘The Biggest Risk is Keeping Kids Indoors’, which features a position statement on active outdoor play.

From Oak to the Olympics: A Mohawk Women’s Journey to Wellness May 26, 2016

Waneek Horn-Miller was a teenager during the 1990 Oka Crisis in Quebec. After sustaining a personal injury, she recovered and went on to represent Canada in women’s water polo at the 1998 Pan American Games, where her team won a gold medal. She also captained the Canadian Olympic women’s water-polo team at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympic Games. Horn-Miller will be speaking about her experiences as an Indigenous athlete, and how she has brought her culture into her sport. She is currently an active advocate for Indigenous and human rights in Canada, and for sport, fitness and wellness.

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Camps on TRACKS Camps on TRACKS is a program approach, developed in London by CYN partners, to promote and facilitate the inclusion and participation of children with special needs at day camps and other recreational activities. The approach uses social inclusion and peer-mediated models to teach children the proper social skills to interact with peers who have special needs. TRACKS stands for: Try again, do the Right thing, Assist, Congratulate, Keep trying, Show. The TRACKS program is supplemented with physical activity based kits designed to engage children in activities that will help them foster TRACKS skills. This program provides innovative inclusion techniques for physical activities, in addition to teaching children fundamental skills and values related to leadership and building supportive friendships.

HKCC resources are being used to provide training and purchase kits for organizations in HKCC neighbourhoods.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Purchase physical activity kits for identified service providers in HKCC Communities

Community Partners:

TRACKS development partners: • City of London • Thames Valley Children Centre • Fanshawe College

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods This initiative targets all 13+ HKCC Priority Neighbourhoods.

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Physical Literacy Kits & Cards This initiative provides community organizations, service providers, schools, and other partners with pre-packaged kits of literacy-focused physical activity materials. The kit promotes awareness and the importance of physical literacy, and provides opportunities for family oriented and real life literacy activities. HKCC messaging and branding will be added to new kits purchased. Kits will be housed at community hubs (family centres, schools, libraries, community centres) in London’s HKCC neighbourhoods, and will be accessed and used by multiple partners who program within those neighbourhoods and at those facilities.

A community collaborative including the London Public Library, the YMCA, and the London Urban Services Organization has created a physical literacy resource/guide that provides children and parents with low cost/no cost ways to use everyday items to engage in creative ways of getting active. HKCC resources will be used to cover printing costs of the resource, and will be disseminated to elementary school aged children at schools and Family Centres in the HKCC defined neighbourhoods. The resource will include HKCC branding and include messaging directly in line with the “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” theme.

Project Timeline:

• January 2016: Modify resource language to align with “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” messaging • February 2016: Purchase materials and create kits; print and assemble card resources • February - June 2016: Distribute kits to community organizations, promote training • March - June 2016: Distribute cards to schools and family centres in HKCC community

Community Partners:

London Public Library Four Child and Youth Network Family Centres Thames Valley District School Board London District Catholic School Board YMCA of Western Ontario London Urban Services Organization (LUSO)

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Active and Safe Routes to School Active & Safe Routes to School (ASRTS) is a community collaboration with partners from several organizations throughout the counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, and the cities of London and St. Thomas. The ASRTS collaborative works together to promote and sustain programs that encourage children and families to choose active transportation to and from school. The flagship program of ASRTS is the School Travel Plan (STP), which engages schools and community stakeholders in identifying and addressing barriers to active travel to and from school.

HKCC resources will enhance the data collection and analysis process of School Travel Planning, which will in turn help the collaborating partners expand the capacity, sustainability and reach of the STP program and ASRTS as a whole. Currently, due to limited capacity, only a few schools are able to participate in the program at a time. Data processing enhancement would allow multiple schools to take part in the STP process simultaneously, increasing the speed of completing the data collection phase (1 of 5 phases), and therefore increasing impact. Key community partners involved in the STP program include city staff (e.g. transportation division), police, public health professionals, community organizations, school boards, educators, parents, and children. This program will be heavily promoted in the HKCC neighbourhoods in an effort to increase active transportation.

Project Timeline:

• February 2016: ASRTS Working Group established to identify needs • March 2016: Working Group designed data processing software • April 2016: Hire software developer • April - August 2016: Software developer and research team create program/software • September 2016: Pilot first STP school using new platform

Community Partners:

Middlesex-London Health Unit Human Environments Analysis Laboratory at Western University Thames Valley District School Board London District Catholic School Board City of London London Police and parents/school children

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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FitBits for a Fit London Fitbits have been purchased as motivational and educational items that will support the first HKCC theme: “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” Fitbit technology allows an individual to track their physical activity, food consumption, weight, and sleep. The product helps to motivate and improve one’s health by not only tracking their activity, but also by setting personal goals.

Seventy Fitbits have been purchased and are being distributed to local service providers in the HKCC neighbourhoods as an engagement tool within their organizations and the local communities.

Service Providers will develop strategies with the Fitbits that helps promote the “Run. Jump. Play.

Every Day.” theme. The Fitbit brand of physical activity tracker was chosen due to its popularity.

Project Timeline:

• December 2015: Purchase FitBit • February - June 2016: Service providers implement engagement strategies

Community Partners:

City of London London Public Library Middlesex-London Health Unit Four Child and Youth Network Family Centres Middlesex-London in motion™ partners CYN-HEHPA Priority partners

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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SmartAPPetite Researchers at Brescia and Western University in London have developed an interactive website and smartphone application to increase awareness and access to healthy local foods through the use of technology. In addition to making eating locally easy and convenient, the app provides facts on foods and nutrition, and plenty of healthy recipes. Messaging sent out through the app can be adapted to promote physical activity alongside healthy eating. For example, a message could read: “There is a local farmers’ market within walking distance. Walk with your family to the market, and everyone can share the load on the walk home!” HKCC funds will be used to integrate new physical activity related messaging into the app, creating specifically targeted messaging that relates to the HKCC neighbourhoods, and the promotion of the application in the HKCC neighbourhoods.

While a large scale evaluation is being organized and specific indicators and outcomes are being developed, the outcomes that will arise from the use of HKCC funds include: • Focus groups in priority neighbourhood schools promoting the project and the “Run. Jump. Play.

Every Day.” messaging directly to students • A list of child/youth-validated, evidence-based physical activity focused tips and messages that can be used in our community • Integration of messaging into the SmartAPPetite mobile application. This will leverage an existing healthy eating project, expanding its reach to reinforce physical activity promotion

Project Timeline:

• January - March 2016: Develop/integrate messaging • March - June 2016: Promotion of app

Community Partners:

Brescia University College HEAL at Western University

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Wild Child Outdoor Playgroup The Wild Child Outdoor Playgroup is an interactive parent-child program to educate parents on the value and benefits of outdoor free play in a natural setting and increase their confidence and competence in providing child-led, inquiry-based opportunities for their children. A key component of the program is to create a warm, welcoming environment with a strong facilitatorto-parent relationship and significant parent-to-parent support. The risks of outdoor free play are demystified, so parents have the ability to strengthen their children’s physical, social and emotional well-being through connection to nature. The intent is to influence the behavior of parents with young children to create a life-long impact for the child.

The playgroups run multiple times weekly in several HKCC neighbourhoods for parents and their children 0-12 years old. Through fun, adventure and access to uneven and changing terrain, children are challenged to navigate the natural environment. They climb trees, stumps and hills; run, skip and hop over rough ground, roots and rocks; balance on slippery, uneven surfaces; throw, swing and snap sticks and branches; observe and investigate ecosystems and habitats; and pick, taste and explore plants and wild flowers.

HKCC resources will be used to develop program and promotional materials. A sustainability plan will be provided by Childreach to ensure that the program can continue once this funding opportunity has ended.

Project Timeline:

• October 2015: Pilot program at Westminster Ponds • January 2016: Official launch of program • February 2016: Develop communication & evaluation strategies • March 2016: Launch of Medway Forest program on Saturdays • May 2016: Launch weekday evening program in the Coves in Southcrest • June 2016: Develop sustainability plan

Community Partners:

Childreach CYN-HEHPA Priority Partners CYN-Literacy Priority Partners Museum of Ontario Archaeology Art on a Limb Studio

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Indigenous Children’s Healthy Living Camp The Indigenous Children’s Healthy Living Camp is a short term project developed by a collaboration of the Children’s Program Coordinators at N’Amerind Friendship Centre and At^lohsa, aas well as the Healthy Weights Connection London Site Coordinator and the Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living Coordinator from N’Amerind.

During this March Break camp for Indigenous children ages 6-12: 1. Traditional knowledge was provided to Indigenous children to further develop a healthy identity through traditional forms of physical activity (i.e. lacrosse, snow snake) and healthy eating; to encourage engagement of starting or maintaining a healthy physically active lifestyle where children “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” 2. A lasting partnership was kicked off between programs at N’Amerind and At^lohsa.

3. New relationships were developed with contributors, and Indigenous families and children.

Filling the Gap:

- Indigenous Children are at a higher risk for overweight and obesity which could lead to several adverse health outcomes later in life.

- There are lower SES scores among Indigenous families preventing them from experiencing quality extra-curricular activities.

- Cost and transportation were barriers noted by program coordinators from N’Amerind and At^lohsa.

- This program was open and available to all Indigenous populations in the City of London.

Project Timeline:

• March 14th - March 18th, 2016: Daily camp programming

Community Partners:

N’Amerind Friendship Centre At^lohsa Native Family Healing Services Healthy Weights Connection Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets indigenous children ages 6-12 across the entire City of London.

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Healthy Weights Connection Poster Series Through a collaboration of Healthy Weights Connection (a research and intervention initiative to improve healthy weights among Indigenous populations) and Middlesex-London in motion™, an activity poster series will be developed as a resource to promote healthy physical activity among Indigenous children and youth in their native languages. The poster incorporates culturally appropriate language in order to address the unique barriers to physical literacy development faced

by Indigenous youth. The posters will be made available online, and hard copies will be distributed in centres that serve Indigenous populations. HKCC branding and messaging will be incorporated into the poster. HKCC resources will fund the printing, design, and language translation of the poster.

Project Timeline:

• February - May 2016: Poster design and development • May - June 2016: Poster distribution

Community Partners:

Healthy Weights Connection Middlesex-London Health Unit Translation support from local Indigenous agencies

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Bringing Schoolyards Back to Nature The ultimate goal of this project is to turn unnatural play spaces back into natural spaces. The more natural the elements, the more cognitive and physical development increases. This allows kids to learn through their senses. By bringing the schoolyard back to a natural and green environment, it will increase the textures and smells that children experience, which leads to increased experiential learning and a healthier environment in which to play. By providing green open spaces, children will have an opportunity to play in a “de-programmed” environment, allowing for more imaginative, creative play.

As part of the initiative, teachers will be trained with regard to fundamental movement skills leading to increased physical literacy. Teachers will learn to use these outside play spaces as a way to meet learning expectations in the provincial health and physical education curriculum. Moreover, it is the school boards’ intent to invite families to use the school yard as a play space after school and on weekends.

The two schools chosen for this renaturalization project are St. Thomas More Catholic Elementary School and St. Sebastian Catholic School. All children that attend the school and live in the surrounding neighbourhoods will benefit from the intervention. The projects will also serve as a ‘natural experiment’ for local researchers, and a model for other playground projects around London.

Our school communities will be able to “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day” the moment the space is created and for many years to come. As the project is taking place on LDCSB property, the ongoing maintenance of the space will be the responsibility of the school board.

Project Timeline:

• January 2016: Develop and design natural outdoor learning spaces • January 2016: Begin developing evaluation tool

Community Partners:

London District Catholic School Board CYN-HEHPA Priority Partners Western University

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

Glen Cairn: St. Sebastian Catholic School Medway: St. Thomas More Catholic Elementary School

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Build and Play Together The goal of this intervention is to increase involvement of children in physical activity through recreation-based and technology-based activities that embed literacy/numeracy development. This is an adapted version of successful Technology and Numeracy/Literacy Camps offered for the past three years during July as part of the LDCSB Summer School Program. Enrolment in these camps has increased over the past three years, and feedback has been very positive based on surveys completed by campers and their parents. Experiential learning has a significant and positive influence on engagement, risk-taking, and motivation. Improvements in these areas also promote overall development in the physical, social, emotional and cognitive domains.

This adapted program took place during March Break 2016, and was led by a school board provided instructor who specializes in physical education and technology. Over the years, the technologybased camp has received funds to purchase a full set of tools and machines that are used year-afteryear and were used for the technology portion of this camp. HKCC funds were used to purchase physical activity equipment for use in this camp, and other similar camps offered throughout the year. The goal is to have the supplies required to run these camps at a reduced cost, so they can be offered more often and to different neighbourhoods.

This camp is a pilot project to determine its potential as a summer camp. The impact of this camp is to provide students with opportunities to be active, and to develop the skills and confidence to continue physical activities.

This camp was available to students in grades 6, 7 & 8 in the Westmount area; due to safety reasons, camp attendance was limited to 20 student participants.

Project Timeline:

• March 14 - 18, 2016: Daily camp programming

Community Partners:

Westmount Family Centre London District Catholic School Board Thames Valley District School Board

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Westmount

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Movers and Shakers ‘Movers and Shakers’ is a student movement program aligned with ‘Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.’ It is designed to enhance physical literacy skills in students in 6 schools from grades 5-8. At minimum, this impacts 600 students, as well as their teachers. Classes are led through short sessions of physical activity in the classroom on a daily basis – no special equipment or clothing is necessary.

Sessions allow development of fundamental movement patterns including balance, coordination, flexibility and cardiovascular exercise which improves students’ confidence and competence to be active on their own. Once students are familiar with the concepts, they are taught to lead other classes independently for these sessions, which expands the reach to more students in younger grades.

Throughout these sessions, teachers and classroom leaders are led through daily stretching and exercise routines, so they can empower and support other students as they continue the program with themselves and other classrooms in the school.

Project Timeline:

• April 2016: Program runs at Holy Cross Elementary School, Holy Family Elementary School, and St. Pius X Catholic School.

• May 2016: Program runs at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, St. Margaret D’Youville Catholic Elementary School, and Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School

Community Partners:

London District Catholic School Board Middlesex-London Health Unit Movers & Shakers staff

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

Argyle: St. Pius X Catholic School Holy Family Elementary School Carling: Blessed Sacrament Catholic School Glen Cairn: Holy Cross Catholic School Medway: St. Margaret D’Youville Catholic Elementary School West London: Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School 24

Read and Play with Charades ‘Charades’ encourages both literacy and activity and can be played by all ages from young children to adults.

HKCC funds will be used to create ‘Charades’ card kits, themed appropriately with information about physical activity and healthy eating. Charades kits will be made available at various partner sites and program games cupboards. These sets of cards will be incorporated into fun charades activities during the Crouch pre-school program with parents, caregivers, and children, and into an activity for both after-school programs run by Crouch. Participants will be able to take home a Charades kit for further play, and Charades kits will be included with the literacy kits being distributed through schools.

Crouch Neighbourhod Resource Centre will host a Community Charades Tournament on June 10th, 2016 in the library.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Card development and production • April 2016: Distribute kits to pre- and after-school programs, and library games cupboard • June 10, 2016: Family Charades Day held at the Library

Community Partners:

Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre London Public Library (Crouch Branch)

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Hamilton Road

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Physical Literacy Early Childhood Educator Training This intervention will increase young children’ physical activity (PA) levels by means of better equipping childcare staff with the knowledge and confidence to encourage active behaviours. As part of the Supporting Physical Activity in the Childcare Environment (SPACE) study, Dr. Trish Tucker and her team are currently evaluating the impact of an evidence-based PA program aimed at increasing the PA levels of preschoolers within 11 childcare centres in London. An important component of the SPACE intervention is educator training. The success of this training is evidenced by participating educators’ positive feedback and responses to staff training items on the Program Evaluation Survey. Thus, this initiative will extend the scope and strengthen the impact of the SPACE study by providing enhanced resources and training to educators who did not have the opportunity to participate in the original project.

There are ~300 Early Childhood Educators in London who could benefit from this training.

Childcare providers will be provided with evidence-informed health promotion-based PA training, including education, resources, activities (e.g., those promoting running, jumping, skipping) and the unique opportunity to cooperatively develop strategies to overcome obstacles to daily PA with young children.

In addition to the in-person training, all participants will receive a package containing some additional print material as well as a CD with a presentation that they can bring back to their centres to share with other staff and refer back to during staff meetings. Not every childcare provider in the city will be able to attend, so in an effort to maximize the reach of the study, the resource package will be available to all interested centres.

Project Timeline:

• June 2016: Training workshop and delivery of resource packages

Community Partners:

Western University, Child Health & Physical Activity Lab Quality Child Care Coordinating Committee Middlesex-London Health Unit London Children’s Connection Thames Valley District School Board London District Catholic School Board

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets Early Childhood Educators across the entire City of London.

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Physical Activity Integration into After-School Programming This intervention will provide simple physical activity equipment to the Neighbourhood Resource Association of Westminster Park (NRAWP) to include physical activity in their existing after-school programs. Last year, 58 individual children aged 7-12 attended the after-school programs, which take place 3 times a week. There will be a certain amount of time each day designated for physical activity, including various activities to get the children active and moving. Some examples of the activities would be running an obstacle course, dancing, playing simple musical instruments to music while marching/moving, and popping balloons tied to feet. As seasons change, activities will be taken outside for a larger space to move. The activities will be designed as fun games to encourage participation.

With this addition to the program, children will be getting closer to their required 60 minutes daily while enjoying themselves. It gives chldren an opportunity to expel some of the energy they have after school is finished, while developing some motor skills. Keeping the activities structured will encourage skills for following directions, cooperating with others, and respect for others while developing an eagerness to try new things.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Purchase equipment for activities; integrate more physical activities into after-school program • June 2016: school year & program ends

Community Partners:

Neighbourhood Resource Association of Westminster Park Optimist Club of Westminster Park Health Zone NPLC

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Westminster

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Get Motivated! Activity Sessions This intervention will occur at C.C. Carrothers Public School, and is based on an existing program at St. Sebastian Catholic School. The new program will take place mostly inside the gymnasium, with outdoor sessions starting with the warmer weather.

The main goal for “Get Motivated” is to increase overall physical activity of participants, along with increasing lifelong healthy eating habits and positive social interactions. The program will run one day a week for an hour at lunch and two hours after school until the end of the school year. During a program session, children learn the basic skills to properly play a sport of choice and build upon those skills as each session progresses. The program model is designed so children are physically active 90% of the time, while the other 10% is a short debrief and a healthy snack provided at the end of each session. Participating students will also be provided take-home activities that involve a “skill challenge” and “daily active activities” to help encourage physical activity throughout the week. Prizes are awarded each month for completing challenges. The program was successfully operated in fall 2015 at St. Sebastian, and led to a continued increase of physical activity in participants. Approximately 30 children attended at St. Sebastian each week, and the same numbers are anticipated for C.C. Carrothers’ new program.

St. Sebastian provides their gym equipment for use; however, C.C. Carrothers lacks some of the equipment required for some of the activities, therefore supplementary equipment will be purchased to support the program.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Program begins at C.C. Carrothers • June 2016: First phase of program ends

Community Partners:

Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre St. Sebastian Catholic School C.C. Carrothers Public School Good Life Fitness London Lightning Basketball Team

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This intervention will benefit students who attend C.C. Carrothers Public School.

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March Break Days of Play March Break “Days of Play” was a collaborative project organized by three agencies, intertwining existing programs together to offer school-aged children activities over the 2016 March Break (Mon-Thurs) in the White Oaks neighbourhood. Each day, recreational activities were provided and nutritious snacks were made by the participants with mentorship from high school helpers.

These activities included simple education on physical activity, healthy eating, and literacy. These activities were run by area high school volunteers and the Youth Lead Program participants (SLNRC and YMCA-YMAP). With the development of this program, high school youth had the opportunity to gain leadership skills that were used to mentor the school-aged children throughout the March Break, and will continue to be used afterwards in other community programs. Schoolaged participants were a mix of area children, with the promotional efforts going to those who are newcomers to Canada. Literacy kits and games were incorporated between the more movementbased activities.

Project Timeline:

• March 14-17, 2016: Each day had a 3 hour activity session; • Wednesday, March 16th: A 3-hour activity session for children and their families

Community Partners:

South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre London Children’s Connection YMCA-YMAP

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods White Oaks Part of South London

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Community School Programs – Physical Literacy Program The Community School Programs is a partnership between the YMCA of Western Ontario (YMCAWO), the Thames Valley District School Board, the London District Catholic School Board, and the United Way. The partnership runs interest-based programming for the lunch hour and the hour after school in 14 schools across London’s HKCC Priority Neighbourhoods. Schools are identified by the school boards using indicators like low SES and literacy scores, or areas that could benefit from extra-curricular activities. They run eight-week sessions three times throughout the school year, and run different programs based on space availability, interest, and funding.

HKCC funds are being used to purchase equipment to facilitate this new Physical Literacy program.

The YMCAWO will develop associated lessons to drive home the importance of being active and living a healthy lifestyle to students and their families. These programs would be based on similar projects the YMCAWO has recently run in Woodstock with great participation and documented success.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Secure new equipment & develop programming • April 2016: New programming begins in 4 schools • June 2016: 8-week sessions ends

Community Partners:

YMCA of Western Ontario Community School Programs Department Thames Valley District School Board London District Catholic School Board United Way London & Middlesex

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Argyle Carling Part of Central London East London Hamilton Road Huron Heights Westminster 30

Support of Community Outdoor Ice Rinks Currently, many community groups in London create local neighbourhood-level ice rinks, but due to lack of resources the quality of the ice is often poor. Poor ice quality leads to decrease use and increased potential injury.

To support the maintenance of community outdoor ice rinks, equipment will be purchased to help maintain community ice rink quality, and will be accessible to and used by local community groups who oversee their neighbourhood’s rinks.

The City of London will store and maintain the equipment year-round, and cover the sustainability costs of this intervention.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Purchase ice rink maintenance equipment; distribute to community groups

Community Partners:

City of London Neighbourhood-level Organizations

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

The ice rink resurfacers will be available to outdoor community ice rinks across the entire City of London.

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Family Activity Day This free drop-in half day event in Northeast London exposed families (children and parents/ guardians) to a series of low cost non-traditional activities that can be easily duplicated at home and incorporated into every day family life to promote physical activity and the message of “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” Stations were set up for families to rotate through and try out the activities, with support of a facilitator.

Activities for the day were based on the Fitness Matters Physical Literacy Cards developed by the London Public Library, LUSO and YMCAWO. Using these activity cards builds on existing tools and resources in the community and reinforces the message of physical literacy; in particular, it demonstrates ways that children and families can be active at low or no cost. A similar event was held in March and November of 2014, where only children and youth attended. While both events had over 100 participants, parents were not included; therefore, it was difficult to know if the impact of the day transitioned into the home. For this event, families are encouraged to come together.

Each family participating in the event was given the updated HKCC Physical Literacy Cards along with a resource bag including some of the items needed to replicate the activities at home. Families were provided with healthy snacks and healthy eating messaging at the event. Families had an opportunity to win prizes that will continue to support their physical activity journey, including family membership to the YMCAWO, a Fitbit, and Spectrum programming gift cards. The event also featured information for families about low cost community activities and information about program subsidies.

Project Timeline:

• Saturday, April 9th 2016: Drop-In Event

Community Partners:

YMCA of Western Ontario London Public Library Boys & Girls Club Childreach LUSO Community Services City of London Family Centre Carling-Thames

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Carling Huron Heights

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Game On! This intervention would occur in two neighbourhoods: Westmount and White Oaks.

This initiative will provide resources and equipment to two Family Centres for all partner organizations to access and use for their programs. Two bags of outdoor sports equipment (including balls, skipping ropes, bean bags, parachutes, etc.) will be purchased. Also, a Wii system and active games will be purchased and will stay at each Family Centre and will be available for programs to utilize, and for the Centre’s family events. Partners will be encouraged to use this equipment to get their participants up and moving! Having this equipment available will also make it easier for partners to expand programs or bring their programs to the Family Centre and incorporate “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” into their plans. Instructions for active group games and physical activities that can be done using the materials in the bag will be included.

Known organizations that will be able to use the new equipment: Thames Valley Children’s Centre, Child Parent Resource Institute, Boys & Girls Club, City of London, London Children Connection, Craigwood Youth Services, and South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Purchase new equipment • April - May 2016: Develop instruction/activity guideline materials

Community Partners:

London Children’s Connection City of London’s Spectrum Program London Public Library Craigwood Youth Services YMCA-YMAP South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Part of South London Westmount White Oaks

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Let the Games Begin!

The White Oaks Children’s Centre was a participant in the SPACE Study (Supporting Physical Activity in the Childcare Environment) through Western University. The child care staff were able to experience a small portion of training through OPHEA. The activities continue today, but have limited equipment for use. In order to maximize the training and education for students, the Centre’s staff will attend the training sessions offered by Dr. Trish Tucker and the SPACE Study team as part of the “Physical Literacy Early Childhood Educator Training” HKCC intervention, and more equipment (skip ropes, balls, nets, hula hoops, balance logs, bean bags) will be purchased to support Early Years programming.

The program will support 150 early years children and approximately 200 school-aged children in the before and after school programs.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: planning, equipment purchase • June 2016: Staff training

Community Partners:

London Children’s Connection • Ashley Oaks School Age Program • Rick Hansen School Age Program • White Oaks School Age Program Thames Valley District School Board Western University’s Child ........

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods White Oaks

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Run. Jump. Play. Every Day. The Argyle Way. This intervention will provide education and resources in the Argyle community.

To initiate this project, local community agencies will be offered training from OPHEA related to the importance of healthy physical activity for children. As well, staff will be introduced to various activities that can be introduced to children. Once staff have been trained, they can take these activities and ideas back to their programs and organizations to implement with the children on a regular basis. This training will be open to other HKCC neighbourhoods to enhance training opportunities and project reach.

To continue the healthy physical activity messages and habits in children’s homes, 500 individual physical activity kits with information sheets will be created. Distribution of the kits to 500 children aged 4-12 (and their families) will be determined by the Argyle Family Centre. Agencies would be responsible for submitting a ‘letter of intent’ as to who would receive the kits, and how the materials & activities would be introduced to the children. This is to ensure that agencies commit to the promotion of the importance of healthy physical activity, as well as a way to create a succession plan for use of materials.

Project Timeline:

• April - May 2016: Training session • April - June 2016: Planning, purchase and assembly of kit materials; distribution to interested agencies

Community Partners:

Family Centre Argyle London Children’s Connection Boys and Girls Club London Intercommunity Health Centre London Public Library Royalview Church

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Argyle

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Trees for the ‘School Community Tree Challenge’ These trees will have an immediate and long-lasting impact on the quality of the students’ play space, encouraging students of all ages in the school to “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” The School Community Tree Challenge initiative was launched in 2014 to engage school children in the growing and planting of trees in their communities. Since its founding, the initiative has successfully worked with 35 schools to grow, plant and distribute 5,176 native trees in schools, parks and their surrounding neighbourhoods.

For this next stage of the project, we will be working with 5 schools in the priority neighbourhoods to plant 50 large (6’-8’) native shade trees directly in schoolyards. Across the five schools, there are over 540 students in grades 6-8. Trees will be planted as an outdoor physical activity with these children (digging, lifting, mulching, and watering). The children will also learn the value of trees for our health and environment.

Also, three classes from participating schools will go on fieldtrips to Westminster Ponds for an educational tree hike, giving them an opportunity for added exercise outside of the school, and opportunity to learn how to explore natural spaces.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Contact schools; conduct site visits; begin planting plan • April 2016: Arrange utility locates for digging; order trees • May 2016: Hold planting events at schools • June 2016: Westminster Ponds field trips; announce results of planting at each school

Community Partners:

School Community Tree Challenge Partners • Reforest London • London District Catholic School Board • Thames Valley District School Board • Middlesex-London Health Unit • Upper Thames River Conservation Authority Ontario Trillium Foundation Arcangelo Rea Foundation TD Bank

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Argyle: Bonaventure Meadows Public School, Holy Family Catholic School Glen Cairn: St. Sebastian Catholic School Westminster: Arthur Stringer Public School Westmount: Jean Vanier Catholic School

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Westminster Baseball Tournament Westminster Area will host an annual neighbourhood baseball tournament to improve sport specific skills, increase connections in the community, and create a sense of identity. Costs of equipment are barriers for many in the Westminster area, so the Westminster Working Group will purchase equipment to facilitate the creation of an annual tournament. The group will also provide healthy snacks for the tournament.

Throughout the year, the equipment will be maintained by the Westminster Working Group and will be accessible by groups who would like to use the equipment at the local ball diamonds throughout the whole playing season. Having access to proper equipment will ensure that local children are able to engage in play more frequently and assist them in building their activity skills and confidence.

Project Timeline:

• April 2016: Equipment purchase • June 2016: Baseball tournament

Community Partners:

Westminster Working Group Urban League of London Neighbourhood Resource Association of Westminster Ponds City of London National Sports

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Westminster

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Circles Children’s Program The Bridges Out of Poverty | Circles Program is a volunteer driven, results based campaign designed to move individuals and families out of the cycle of poverty. Often, due to the prohibitive costs of childcare, participants bring their children with them when they attend the Circles program, where they are cared for by qualified child-minders. HKCC funds will be used to purchase equipment to better incorporate physical activity into to Circles’ child-minding programming. As poverty is a social determinant of health, staff will be intentional about ensuring that children who attend Circles are given opportunities to participate in active play as the lack of financial resources leads to decreased participation in organized sports, sports camps, etc. The main outcome is to instil physical literacy and healthy habits in the children who attend Circles, so that poverty will have less of an impact on their development and overall health. Providing physical literacy equipment and training as part of this programming will inspire children to incorporate physical activity into their lives as part of their daily routines.

This initiative is addressing the need for children from low-income households to have opportunities to build healthier lifestyles by having added opportunities to develop physical literacy through active play.

Equipment will also promote continuous physical activity at home and in the community. For children living in poverty, personal equipment is often a barrier to their ability to play with friends in the neighbourhood or at school. Personal equipment allows them to build skills and confidence so they feel more competent when participating in school sports (i.e. gym class or extracurricular) or joining a sports group or league in the community.

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Equipment purchase • Circles is an on-going program, so equipment will be used year-round

Community Partners:

Goodwill Industries Youth For Christ Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre Middlesex-London Health Unit City of London First St. Andrew’s Church

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets those who participate in the Bridges Out of Poverty | Circles program across the entire City of London.

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Investing In Children’s Blue Boxes for Books Blue Boxes for Books and the Laundromat Project focus on getting books into the hands of children so they can increase their literacy skills, their love of reading, and give families who are waiting in certain locations a method of spending quality time together. Children are also encouraged to take a book home to read, and bring it (or another book) back for others to enjoy.

Blue Boxes for Books has been very successful over the last 5 years, continually replenishing books taken by children in families who cannot afford books at home. Blue Boxes for Books are in 48 locations across the City of London. The Laundromat Project is being piloted at the Neighbourhood Laundromat Café on Hamilton Road. As it is estimated that families spend 2 ½ hours each week doing laundry, reading is a great way to pass the time.

This phase of the project will be to supplement the Boxes with books based on the theme of “Run. Jump. Play. Every Day.” focusing on physical activity messaging and physical literacy. It is well known that the causal web of childhood obesity is extremely complex. This initiative takes a subtle approach through an unconventional avenue to get families talking about healthy living.

Book Titles: • Books for Babies (0-2 years): Bouncy Baby: a first lift-the-flap book; Clap your Hands; PeekA-Baby; Ten Tiny Babies; Where is Baby’s Belly Button: a lift-the-flap book • Books for Toddlers (2-5 years): Can you Jump like a Kangaroo?; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Let’s Dance, Little Pookie; From Head to Toe • Books for Children (6+ years): Are You Ready to Play Outside?; Bat Jamboree; Giant Dance Party; Is Everyone Ready for Fun?

Project Timeline:

• March 2016: Purchase of books • May 10, 2016: Launch of The Laundromat Project at the Neighbourhood Laundromat Café • Spring 2016: Distribution to Boxes

Community Partners:

Investing In Children London Public Library Family Centres Neighbourhood Laundromat Café Various Community Locations

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

Books purchased as part of this initiative will be distributed to sites across the entire City of London.

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2000 Words to Grow Campaign Refresh: Healthy Kids Community Challenge It All Starts with Words: 2000 Words to Grow is an existing community awareness campaign focused on London children reaching their full potential. It is an initiative of London’s Child and Youth Network that aims to educate parents and caregivers about the importance of words. With the support of parents, influencers, CYN partners and community leaders, 2000 Words to Grow successfully created engaging dialogue and has shifted behaviours. The campaign is partnering with Childreach to develop a refresh focused on outdoor play, specifically tied to their Wild Child Outdoor Playgroup. Wild Child encourages outdoor time and risky play, which provides children with the opportunity to be challenged, and teaches them about testing limits, exploring boundaries and leading their own play.

This new refresh will promote literacy at its core, while incorporating elements of risky/outdoor play. This includes new visual assets depicting children in nature, and copy that wraps around both literacy and risky/outdoor play.

These assets will be used to support a four month tactical marketing refresh which will include engaging and compelling content related to the theme (organic social media content, website and toolkit refresh), social ads for Facebook and a website update (custom copy based on the theme, refreshed images, new activities, two celebrity blog posts, monthly tweet sheets and new visual assets for partner sharing and engagement.

Project Timeline:

• April - June 2016: Creative Refresh • June - September 2016: Marketing Refresh

Community Partners:

Childreach CYN-Literacy Priority partners Sagecomm

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods

This initiative targets the entire City of London.

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Jean Vanier School Natural Play Space Research HKCC funds will support the conversion of an existing overgrown forested area in the Jean Vanier Catholic School yard into an engaging space for physical play and learning for children and families.

Rejuvenating the natural elements will make the space more inviting for students and residents. As the Westmount Family Centre is attached the Jean Vanier Catholic school, the school yard will also be accessible for community programming.

This project will be completed in phases and will be sustainable through the commitment of the Jean Vanier Catholic School community and the LDCSB. It has been identified as a priority project for the Jean Vanier School Council (parent committee). There has been an identified need to expand the available schoolyard space for physical play and make it more purposeful by adding an outdoor learning space involving play.

Project Timeline:

• February 2016: Work with community partners to explore the space and determine scope of conversion • March 2016: Access Building Services expertise • April 2016: Design new outdoor space • May 2016: Clear space • June 2016: Purchase new outdoor equipment & installations

Community Partners:

Jean Vanier Catholic School Jean Vanier School Council London District Catholic School Board Westmount Family Centre

Impacted Priority Neighbourhoods Westmount: Jean Vanier Catholic School

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Project Geography Entire City of London

• Active & Safe Routes to School • Childcare Provider Training • Circles Childminding Program • Community Ice Rink Support • 2000 Words to Grow Campaign Refresh: Healthy Kids Community Challenge • Healthy Weights Connection Poster Series • in motion™ Crossword Page Tips & Everyday Champions • Indigenous Children’s Healthy Living Camp • Investing In Children’s Blue Boxes for Books • Middlesex-London in motion™ Social Marketing Strategy • Physical Literacy Kits & Cards • Smart APPetite • Wild Child Outdoor Playgroup

All HKCC neighbourhoods • FitBits for a Fit London • Camps on TRACKS

Argyle

• Community Schools Program • Movers & Shakers • Run. Jump. Play. Every Day. The Argyle Way. • School Community Tree Challenge

Carling

• Community Schools Program • Family Activity Day • Movers & Shakers

Part of Central London

• Community Schools Program

East London

• Community Schools Program

Glen Cairn

• Bringing Schoolyards Back to Nature • Get Motivated!

• Movers & Shakers • School Community Tree Challenge

Hamilton Road

• Read and Play with Charades • Community Schools Program

Highland

No projects are specifically targeting this priority neighbourhood.

Huron Heights

• Community Schools Program • Family Activity Day

Medway

• Bringing Schoolyards Back to Nature • Movers & Shakers

Part of South London

• Game On! • March Break Days of Play

Southcrest

No projects are specifically targeting this priority neighbourhood.

West London

• Movers & Shakers

Westminster

• Community Schools Program • Physical Activity Integration into After-School Program • School Community Tree Challenge • Westminster Baseball Tournament

Westmount

• Build and Play Together • Game On! • Jean Vanier Natural Play Space Research • School Community Tree Challenge

White Oaks

• March Break Days of Play • Game On! • Let the Games Begin!

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Run. Jump. Play.

Every Day.

April 2016