Oakville's Women's Centre of Halton receives $76,000 provincial grant for laptops, cybersecurity and digital access
The Ontario Trillium Foundation awarded the 36-year-old centre a Seed grant to fund a laptop lending library, strengthen client data protection and run digital literacy workshops for women across Halton.
The details
What happened
The Women's Centre of Halton, based in Oakville, received a $76,000 Seed grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ontario government. The grant was awarded in November 2025 and the centre held a celebration event in October 2026, attended by a representative of Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford.
The funding paid for five new laptops added to the centre's Laptop Library — a lending program that lets clients borrow a computer — along with organization-wide cybersecurity improvements and stronger client data protection measures.
Key facts
- Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)
- Community Investments — Seed
- $76,000
- 12
- November 2025
- Five laptops for the Laptop Library, cybersecurity upgrades and client data safety improvements
- Adult women across Halton and Peel
About the centre
The Women's Centre of Halton was founded in 1989 and provides free programs and services to women experiencing crisis, transition or distress. Its Oakville office is at South Oakville Centre. The centre describes itself as offering barrier-free, confidential support including one-on-one counselling, coaching, workshops and the laptop lending program funded by this grant.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation invested nearly $107 million into 746 community projects across Ontario in 2025–26.
Sources
Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Women's Centre — Grant #172