Name of the Social Innovation: Edgar and Joe’s
For more information: http://edgarandjoes.ca
Edgar and Joe’s is a gathering space and food
operation with a social purpose in London, Ontario’s SoHo district – ‘south of
Horton’ – just south of the City’s downtown area. They make fresh and local
food available, affordable and approachable with healthy choices from a wide
variety of foods made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients whenever
possible. At Edgar and Joe’s Café, they employ, train and apprentice people to
ready them for the food and hospitality labour market, an industry that has
high labour needs and challenges. Provide people, particularly those who face
barriers, access to good, nutritious food and knowledge to improve health and
wellbeing. Provide a platform to dialogue, showcase success stories and
learn/understand mental illness and social disadvantage with a view to breaking
down stigma and eliminating attitudinal barriers. Foster collaboration and
community partnerships that embrace diversity, social justice and inclusion
with an emphasis on health and wellbeing. Serve as the main gathering, work
break and event space for Goodwill staff, clients and customers and to welcome
the neighbourhood and community to our facility. Contribute to the vitality of
the SOHO neighbourhood
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