Shouts to everyone that’s out in the community actually making a difference in peoples’ lives. The Youth Challenge Fund has done some great work in the past 6 years so go find out more about the movement tomorrow afternoon. Here’s all the info or click here for more.

What kind of impact has the Youth Challenge Fund been able to make over the past 6 years within the city of Toronto? What are the tangible indicators of its success?

Join us on November 15th, 2012 – @ the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts – 1-5pm and see for yourself.

What happens when a handful of young people respond to a challenge, and in so doing mobilize and transform their city?

This 27-minute documentary answers that very question by capturing the work of the Youth Challenge Fund.

YCF is a collaborative pilot project with the Government of Ontario, United Way Toronto and community that was created to explore, develop and incubate new approaches to funding and facilitating youth development – one that puts young people in the driver’s seat.

Narrator Alica Hall escorts the viewer to several of Toronto’s “priority neighbourhoods”, targeted for investment, where we learn about the innovative work being done by youth and their adult and institutional allies, in a sampling of YCF-funded initiatives. The storyline is punctuated with personal stories from youth leaders, community allies and institutional partners, all of whom have played vital roles in this shared journey to achieve systemic transformation. Hall describes her personal story – from youth initiative leader to YCF Intern to United Way Communications Officer – as “part of the YCF legacy.”