About the PTF
Learn about what we do and how we do it.
Here you will find our mission, vision, priorities, organizational framework, and membership.
Learn about what we do and how we do it.
Here you will find our mission, vision, priorities, organizational framework, and membership.
Learn about poverty in Guelph & Wellington. Here you will find research reports, annual reports to the community, our strategic plan, and access guides.
Learn about how to get involved with the PTF.
Here you will find out how you can make a difference in our community by joining an action committee.
The Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination provided a letter to the Honourable Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance, in support of the 2017 budget submission from the Ontario […]
The Poverty Task Force is proud to welcome 11 new businesses and organizations to the Guelph-Wellington Living Wage Employer Recognition Program. There are now 22 certified Living Wage Employers in […]
The Government of Canada is currently developing a National Housing Strategy. As part of the government’s consultation process, the Poverty Task Force provided an official submission that was informed by […]
Celebrating Living Wage Week in Guelph & Wellington Tuesday, November 1st | 9:00am – 10:30am | Innovation Guelph The Living Wage movement is growing across Canada. Here in Guelph and […]
Can a Basic Income Guarantee Eliminate Poverty? Hear from the experts and be part of the conversation Keynote Speaker: Sheila Regehr, Basic Income Network Canada Panelists: […]
Guelph-Wellington Registry Week 2016 The 20,000 Homes Campaign is “national movement of communities working together to permanently house 20,000 of Canada’s most vulnerable homeless people by July 1, 2018.”[i] As […]
The Guelph-Wellington 20,000 Homes Campaign and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness welcome our community to attend a Housing First 101 event. This event will provide an explanation of the […]
Guelph-Wellington has joined 28 other communities from across Canada as part of the 20,000 Homes Campaign, a powerful nationwide campaign that aims to permanently house 20,000 of Canada’s most vulnerable […]
We are inviting our community to come together this Friday to hear about the 20,000 Homes Campaign, our local Registry Week, the results of the surveying and our next steps. […]
GUELPH (February 29, 2016) – The Guelph-Wellington 20,000 Homes Leadership Committee has set an initial local target as part of a nationwide campaign to permanently house 20,000 homeless people by […]