COMMUNITY PARTNERS

AFCY has developed strategic partnerships with an extensive list of educational organizations and individuals, community and social service organizations, and donors and sponsors. We see these collaborative relationships as vehicles for community involvement and outreach to a wider net of people.

AFCY builds partnerships with like organizations in the effort to partner on high profile projects, establish clear lines of communication, and to share resources, such as support staff and studio space.

We also build relationships within the community through our Community Sharing Program, public art showcases and festivals, and through program performances at schools and community sites. Here, AFCY meets many individuals who become our volunteers and program supporters. During many of these events, the media is present, which exposes what we do to a wider and public audience and attracts resources. AFCY invites funders and volunteers to contribute to these activities in order to offer them hands-on educational arts-based experiences.

The community of arts education organizations in Toronto is small, well connected and collaborative. The Executive & Artistic Director of AFCY has congenial relationships with her counterparts at MITS, Prologue to the Performing Arts, Inner City Angels and SKETCH. AFCY has partnered with Mural Routes, ArtStarts and ArtHeart in program initiatives.

AFCY partners with the following organizations, focusing on developing the assets of young people:

Agincourt Community Services Association

Boys & Girls Club

CBS Outdoor Media

City of Toronto

Community Microskills Development Centre

Consulate General of Jamaica

Covenant House

Driftwood Community Centre

Evergreen

Gabian Way TCH Building

George Brown College

Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Toronto

Malvern Family Resource Centre

Martha Eaton Way

Mt. Dennis Community Association

Mt. Dennis Public Library

Mt. Dennis United Church

North West Scarborough Youth Centre

North York Women’s Shelter

O’Connor Focus

Ontario Institution for Studies in Education (OISE)

ONESTOP Media Group

Parents for Better Beginnings Day Care

Parma Court Apartment Building

Pathways to Education

Peacebuilders International

Scarborough Support Services for the Elderly

Second Base Youth Shelter

Stanchester Busy Bees Garden and Arts & Crafts Club

Today’s Parent Magazine

Toronto Catholic District School Board

Toronto Community Housing

Toronto District School Board

Toronto Transit Commission

Trethewey Club

United Way

Upwood Park/Salvador Del Mundo Cooperative Homes

Warden Woods Community Centre

YMCA

YMCA Toronto East Youth Kickstart

Yonge Street Mission

Youth n’ Charge San Romanoway Youth Centre