Community Living Oakville is a non-profit charitable organization that provides support to over 300 people in our community with developmental disabilities and employs 300 staff, all of whom are dedicated to ensuring that everyone can enjoy their right to lead active and productive lives in our community.

In effort to bring awareness and education to the community about people with developmental disabilities and their involvement within Oakville, we invite you to join us during the month of May - Community Living Month - to celebrate diversity and inclusion together. By building community partnerships, we have witnessed increased community awareness and inclusion – contributing to an inclusive community.

Join us on at Food Truck Friday taking place on May 31st in Oakville Towne Square! We would love the opportunity for you to get to know our agency, programs and services, meet people the people we support at Community Living Oakville, along with our staff and families.

Tickets are required. General Admission is free and provides entry to the event - food tickets can be purchased onsite. 

Community Living Oakville is a non-profit charitable organization that provides support to over 300 people in our community with developmental disabilities. Established 70 years ago by a group of dedicated parents, we now employ over 300 staff, all of whom are dedicated to ensuring that everyone can enjoy their right to lead active and productive lives in our community. The services and supports we provide are numerous, and include various levels of supported living care, community participation supports and employment training and placement

This year marks the 38th Annual Community Living Oakville Golf Tournament which is both our longest running and largest fundraising event.

While our organization is ministry funded, the support received only covers basic everyday essentials – like food, shelter, utilities, transportation and staff. And like most government funded service providers; we often need to do more with less. Some of the people we support require small amounts of assistance, while many others (and their families) rely on us for every facet of their life. We support the most vulnerable members of our community, many of whom experience poverty, isolation, and discrimination.

Supports and services are held in partnership with community facilities and local businesses in Oakville, in diverse environments. Being a part of the intricate fabric of our community, has improved the health and well being of the people we support. By building community partnerships, we have witnessed increased community awareness and inclusion – contributing to an inclusive community. 

Funds raised from this year’s tournament will provide people with developmental disabilities opportunities to improve their health and well-being, build on life skills and foster relationships with community members. Through skill development, people supported will have the tools to become involved in their community, gain independence and have a sense of belonging. 

Please consider contributing to the success of this year’s golf tournament by sponsoring, playing and/or donating an item for our auction or prize table.

The Multicultural Dinner & Show, in honor of Multicultural Day, brings together different cultures from around the world just for you.
Come and discover wonderful dishes from distant lands, and be dazzled by international talent.
It's a trip around the world without even leaving Sarnia!
Tickets are 35$ for the whole evening.

This dinner is a fundraiser for your francophone community center.
So come and eat some lobster with us, we'll supply everything you need right down to the bib itself.
That said, if you've got a pair of lobster cracker you're welcome to bring them along!
Lobster is 60$, but if you are not a big fan of seafood, we have Steak for 40$ and Vegetarian pastas for 30$!

Gallery in the Grove's annual Fast Forward: A Senior High School Exhibition runs May 4 to June 1st. A selection of artwork from the Visiting Artists in Lambton Schools - Gr. 6 VALS program will also be on display. Gallery hours are Mon-Thurs. 2pm-5pm, Fri. & Sat. 11am-2pm. For more information visit www.galleryinthegrove.com or call 519-869-4643.

Ken Loach’s final feature takes place in and around a pub in a northern English village, where not all of the locals are welcoming to newly arrived refugees from Syria.

While it was once a thriving mining community, years of neglect have left the town barren with empty homes on every street. These houses are cheap and available, making this town ideal for Syrian refugees. However, racism and narrow-minded attitudes towards any newcomers are the standard in the town. Several scenes focus on stark and uncomfortably real conversations between townsfolk seething about immigrants potentially entering their community. Tensions rise after the racist mob requests to use the back room of the Old Oak as a meeting place to air their grievances, but the owner, TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner), refuses, knowing this will only encourage more hateful speech.

Meanwhile, he strikes up a genuine friendship with one of the refugees, a young woman named Yara (Ebla Mari) who is bright, passionate, and interested in creating a life for herself in this new place. The Old Oak is director Ken Loach’s self-reported final film and is infused with his signature social realism. A hopeful appeal to better natures, this film argues for compassion and solidarity in the face of racism and xenophobia.

UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, BELGIUM, 2023
Director: Ken Loach
Principal Cast: Trevor Fox, Debbie Honeywood, Dave Turner
English, Arabic, 119 minutes 
Content advisory: depictions of racism; violence; coarse language