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