Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities

About

www.schcontario.ca - Offering a holistic range of health & wellness services from early years to end of life care for individuals and families across Scarborough.

Story

Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities is working tirelessly to be recognized as the leading organization addressing the holistic health and wellness needs of the people of Scarborough. Today, we employ approximately 140 staff, engage over 15,000 volunteers and operate 38 distinct and integrated services across 10 sites that work together to improve the health of our community.

In order to remain a responsive, community-centered organization, we’ve continued to work closely with our community members, foster partnerships with exceptional agencies, and invest in programs and opportunities that profoundly impact the health of the communities we serve.

Mission

SCHC is dedicated to meeting the diverse, holistic health needs of the communities of Scarborough by addressing the physical, mental, social, financial and environmental aspects of their health.

Through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the delivery of a comprehensive range of culturally competent health and social services, we cultivate vital and connected communities.

Products

Identification of priority populations – seniors, the disabled, at-risk youth, low-income families, new Canadians, single parents.

Serving populations facing discrimination due to race, language and culture.
Focused on service areas including:

1. Primary care
2. Illness prevention
3. Health promotion
4. Community capacity building
5. Service integration