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Olde Forge provides a wide range of community support services for seniors in Ottawa.  The services include Footcare, Day and Luncheon Programs, Home Help and Home Maintenance and Home Visits.

Please Note: To help support the city of Ottawa's physical distancing restrictions, the Olde Forge has modified and enhanced some of it's programs and services at this time.

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Olde Forge publishes "The Bellows" 3 times a year.
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The Olde Forge Programs provides barrier-free, low cost recreational and physical fitness activities, social and educational programming to local seniors 60+ and adults with disabilities who want to maintain their independence in the community by keeping socially connected and/or keeping physically active.

There are a wide range of activities offered during the week at a variety of locations.

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Wednesday, 17 May 2023 15:00

Live Local Giving Spree: Local charities that need your support this holiday season

Live Local Giving Spree: Local charities that need your support this holiday season By CTVNewsOttawa.ca Published: December 17, 2024 at 5:29PM EST It's the season of giving and there are many local charities doing everything they can to help people in Ottawa this Christmas. CTV News Ottawa has spoken to several organizations in need of donations. Olde Forge Community Resource Centre The Olde Forge Community Resource Centre is a non-profit, charitable organization that serves seniors and adults with physical disabilities living in the west end of Ottawa. The Olde Forge provides other services for the greater Ottawa area, such as a weekly…
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The Bellows Newsletter- Spring 2023

The Bellows Newsletter- Spring 2023
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Tuesday, 28 March 2023 00:29

Olde Forge Community Resource Centre to cut service to 95 patients as a result of Provincial underfunding, starting April

OTTAWA, March 27, 2023 – The Olde Forge Community Resource Centre will start cutting service to isolated seniors and persons with disabilities starting this April, as a result of provincial underfunding, said Colleen Taylor, Executive Director of the Olde Forge: “The recent provincial budget did not address our concerns over chronic underfunding by the Province in this sector, and we have no choice but now to start cutting programs.” Ninetyfive patients in dementia day programs as well as drives to medical appointments will be affected. Ottawa’s Olde Forge Community Resource Centre, a non-profit agency that has served the community in…
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Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:11

Le Sous-Financement Provincial Menant a Couper Les Services aux Personnes Ainees et Personnes Handicapees

Des milliers de personnes vulnérables {âgées et handicapées} risquent de perdre des services lorsque les fournisseurs de soutien communautaire commencent à réduire leurs programmes à partir d’avril en raison de sous-financement de la part du gouvernement provincial. Le centre de ressources communautaires Olde Forge à Ottawa, un des agences de service de soutien communautaire,annoncera les coupes aux services de santé communautaires à partir du mois prochain comme le gouvernement a restreint le financement de 2023. A l’exception d’une augmentation de 3.5% cette année, les agences survivent aux niveaux de 2012. Colleen Taylor, la directrice exécutive de Olde Forge CRC maintient…
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Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:08

Provincial Underfunding Leads to Cuts to Services for Seniors and Disabled Persons

Thousands of vulnerable individuals (seniors & disabled persons) will be at risk of losing services when community support providers start cutting back on programs beginning in April, as a result of Provincial Government underfunding. Ottawa’s Olde Forge Community Resource Centre, one of 22 community support service agencies in Ottawa, will be announcing cuts to community healthcare services starting next month, as the Government of Ontario has restricted 2023 funding. Save for a 3.5% increase this year, these agencies are surviving on 2012 levels, says Olde Forge CRC Executive Director Colleen Taylor: “Keeping our funding to 2012 levels doesn’t take into…
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The Bellows Newsletter Winter 2023

The Bellows Newsletter Winter 2023
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Friday, 02 December 2022 18:08

Ottawa-Based Non-Profits Launch Awareness Campaign for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities

Your Story. Our Care. Shares Raw Stories of Those Thriving at Home with the Support of Olde Forge Community Resource Centre and Rural Ottawa South Support Services Today, the Olde Forge Community Resource Centre (Olde Forge) and Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) launched Your Story. Our Care. which was supported by the $45,800 Resilient Communities Fund grant received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The awareness campaign will spotlight seniors and adults with disabilities within the community who are thriving at home with the help of these two local non-profit organizations. "I am pleased to know that the Olde…
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The Bellows Newsletter Fall 2022

The Bellows Newsletter Fall 2022
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