Safe Toronto Action Now Disability (STAND) Committee is a cross-disability group of Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) tenants with disabilities and community partners concerned about safety.

 

Some of the STAND participants have come from the Safe Engaged Environments Disability (SEED) Project.

 

The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT) is the trustee.

 

The STAND Committee has created the Safety Ambassador Project which will recruit and train a small group of TCHC tenants who have an interest in disability and safety issues to become Safety Ambassadors.

 

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The Safe Engaged Environments Disability (SEED) Project was a 3 year community based action research project which finished on July 28 2011.

 

With CILT as the lead partner, the SEED Project was developed with partnerships with cross-disability community organizations, people with disabilities in the City of Toronto and/or tenants with disabilities in Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC).

 

The Project was developed and carried out by persons with disabilities for persons with disabilities.

 

The SEED Project was funded by City of Toronto’s Community Safety Investment Program and TCHC’s Social Investment Fund.

 

The SEED Project produced a final report called “A Safer City For All”, which summarizes the safety themes that emerged out of 33 SEED focus groups with 304 people with disabilities in the City of Toronto and/or tenants with disabilities in TCHC. 

 

For copy of the SEED final report or more information, click here