South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) has been providing front-line health services in Toronto’s east end for more than 40 years. SRCHC identified a need for better access to healthy, affordable food for vulnerable community members, especially seniors living alone and people living with physical disabilities.

In 2017, SRCHC joined Right To Food’s Good Food Organization network, and in 2019, expanded the partnership by establishing a Community Food Centre.

As a leader in community health, SRCHC understood how food insecurity impacts a person’s physical, mental, and social well-being. In building a Community Food Centre, SRCHC was able to deepen support for their community to include empowering food programs grounded in SRCHC’s values of health equity, inclusion, and respect.