MERRYMOUNT CHILDRENS CENTRE
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Mission Statement
Merrymount is a caring organization committed to providing around the clock support and crisis care for children and families. We deliver responsive and innovative services and programs to strengthen children and their families in times of transition.
About This Cause
Merrymount exists to help children and families stay whole as they navigate through and beyond crisis. Merrymount's safe, supportive and strength-based intervention and care builds stronger families who stay together, and kids that have the support they need to grow up strong, form healthy relationships , and know they are valued and loved. Merrymount has been providing these programs & services to London's families and children since 1874, and is the only centre of its kind in Canada. We believe ~ Each child and family is unique and special. In the well-being and self-respect of the child and family. The strengthening of the family is important for society. All families deserve additional supports during times of stress, crisis or transition. Merrymount's history Merrymount Children's Centre was established in 1874 as the Protestant Home for Orphans, Aged and Friendless. When the child welfare system took responsibility for the wardship of orphans in the 1890s, the home began to focus on residential care for children of families in crisis or transition. A new home was built as a Centennial Project in 1967 and at the time of its opening, the name Merrymount was adopted to reflect its non-denominational approach. Today's facility was built in 1991 and hosts a variety of partner program sites, as well as Merrymount's targeted children's mental health programs and services.