Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination

The Guelph and Wellington Task Force for poverty Elimination works collaboratively, informed by diverse voices of experience, to take local action and advocate for system and policy change to address the root causes of poverty. Their mission is to advocate and inform; collaborate and involve; communicate and educate to increase awareness, shift attitudes, and further priority issues, big ideas, specific policies, community needs, and aspirations; and research and mobilize knowledge. They conduct community-based research to enhance shared understandings of complex issues and to inform action and advocacy efforts of the PTF and share knowledge to build capacity, inform decisions, policies and system change.