This years Seniors Active Living Centres list is now ‘live’ on Ontario.ca.
On Thursday, July 16, (tomorrow) Minister Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility along with the Ministry is posting/issuing/sharing this year’s community list of all the Seniors Active Living Centres receiving their annualized funding on social media. Ontario.ca/seniorscentre. Please echo this on your MPP channels.
Thanks to the leadership of Premier Ford we continue to invest in our seniors. Many of you have held events, made announcements and have had interviews and stories with your local media and social media. Let’s please keep the momentum going with this social post and the templated MPP News Release.
In this MPP kit you will find
- Templated MPP News Release is attached for your use to echo your local Seniors Active Living Centres (SALCs)
- Key Messages
- Social Media
Key Messages:
- Seniors Active Living Centres keep seniors fit, active, socially connected, close to their homes and in their communities.
- Find a SALC near you at Ontario.ca/seniorscentre. There are now 416 SALC programs across Ontario.
- This past year SALCs received a $17 million increase over three years.
- This new investment increased funding and added 100 new SALCs across Ontario.
- This is the annual investment in SALCs by any government in Ontario’s history.
- SALCs receive up to $55,000 for maintenance and operating costs, this is an increase from $42,700 in 2023, to $50,000 in 2024.