Applications for $20,000 Collaborative Design Challenge Open June 15

Communities everywhere have felt the impact of COVID-19 — Southwestern Ontario among them. Along with crisis comes creativity, and we are seeing countless acts of selflessness, resourcefulness and resilience in our communities across Southwestern Ontario.
Recipient announced for Recovery & Rebuilding the Region Design Challenge One
London-based Go Fog It, founded by Diana House and Melissa McInerney, has been announced as the recipient of the first Recovery & Rebuilding the Region Design Challenge.
Nonprofits, business and government bring together the right ingredients to feed the city’s most vulnerable
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LONDON, April 30, 2020 - It was a gap identified in meetings of the Mayor’s Economic and Social Impact & Recovery Task Forces: How do we get meals to our most vulnerable? With that question in mind, a group of partners across the nonprofit, business and government sectors came together to meet the need.
Announcing $20,000 Design Challenge to Support Responses to COVID-19

Communities everywhere have felt the impact of COVID-19 — Southwestern Ontario among them. Along with crisis comes creativity, and we are seeing countless acts of selflessness, resourcefulness and resilience in our communities across Southwestern Ontario.
Federal Government announces $805M Social Finance Fund

London is one of Canada’s leading social finance communities, where collaboration and innovation has already created more than $7 million in additional capital towards an inclusive economy.
VERGE Capital launches Ontario’s first local impact investing fund
The VERGE Breakthrough Fund makes it possible to leverage capital for financial and community return.
Finalists Inspire Once Again for 11th Annual Pillar Community Innovation Awards
Please join Pillar Nonprofit Network in congratulating this year’s Pillar Community Innovation Award finalists for their continued contribution to the community.
Minorities Significantly Under-Represented in Senior Leadership Positions
Research report finds that Visible Minorities and Visible Minority women are severely under-represented in leadership positions in London. Read full research report conducted by Western University looking at diversity in leadership in London, Hamilton and Ottawa.
UnLondon and Innovation Works Join Forces
London’s growing entrepreneurship sector has just received another big boost; UnLondon Digital Media Association (UnLondon) and Pillar Nonprofit Network (Pillar) are very excited to announce an agreement that will provide shared space access between 121 Studios and Innovation Works.