416.392.0335
707 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 2W6
scccinfo@scaddingcourt.org
To support and foster the well being of individuals, families, and community groups by providing and encouraging both local and international opportunities for recreation, education, athletics, community participation and inclusive social interaction.
A healthy community in which every individual and group has the capacity to achieve their full potential.
We honour the land that we’re on, which is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many Indigenous Nations from across Turtle Island, including First Nations, the Inuit and the Métis.
These nations and this land were subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the land and its resources. Other Indigenous Nations, and all settlers, immigrants, and newcomers, are invited into this covenant in the spirit of respect, peace, and friendship.
Today, Tkaronto, now known as Toronto, is under Treaty #13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
SCCC foundation
Scadding Court Community Centre (SCCC) was built in 1978 as a one-storey, 55,000 square foot facility. Its founding vision was that of a community-controlled centre with a social/recreational focus and mandate which allowed people in the neighbourhood to plan and develop their own services and activities.Advisory Group formation
In the late 1960’s – early 1970’s, the Dundas Street/Bathurst Street neighbourhood underwent a period of urban renewal, with many new housing units being built but little consideration given to the need for more community facilities. An Advisory Group formed in 1973 to develop a proposal for the land on the southeast corner of Dundas and Bathurst Streets. Community members were engaged in a process that culminated in the decision to develop a community-controlled community centre. A consultative process was used to design the facility and create a Steering Committee to secure the land, and get capital funding from the three levels of government. Five committees were set up to look at management, daycare, seniors programs, recreation and youth, and common community space. By 1976, the land was secured and a firm commitment of capital funding made by the City of Toronto, the School Board and the Library Board.Obtaining operating funds
In March 1976, an SCCC Advisory Board was struck to oversee the project and to obtain operating funds. It included a majority of local residents, the area City Councillor and School Trustee. The development of SCCC was carried forward by local residents, who expressed their strong support by signing petitions, attending public meetings and working patiently and persistently on long series of committee and planning sessions.Opening doors to the public
In June 1979, SCCC opened its doors to the public with a community celebration. Since then, we have become an organization known for high quality social and recreational programming, particularly for children, youth and people with disabilities as well as for progressive community and social development activities that extend across the city.
Scadding Court Community Centre will strive to:
10. Be an organization that emphasizes:
Direction #1: Continue and enhance an organizational culture of innovation and action that extends across all levels of the organization.
Direction #2: Contribute to strengthening a diverse, inclusive and revitalized community through public space animation, local economic development, and agency redevelopment to meet community needs.
Direction #3: Foster a culture of collaboration through innovative and non- traditional partnerships, incubation of emerging organizations and development of new service delivery models.
Direction #4: Catalyse and facilitate programs and social change-focused activity in response to community needs: issue identification, research, capacity-building, policy development, communications and mobilization.
Direction #5: Expand the engagement of, partnership with, and service delivery for women.
In total 116 people participated in the survey. SCCC consulted stakeholders in the following ways:
Scadding Court Community Centre’s human rights, anti-harassment policy and complaint procedures are guided by the City of Toronto, Association of Community Centre’s Human Rights and Anti-harassment Policy 2010 and Complaint Procedures 2010 and amended in 2015.
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