Connex is our day program, offering participants of all skills and ability levels the opportunity to access meaningful social, recreational and leisure activities within a safe, staff-supported environment. Activities are offered both in-house and in the community, and are based on the interests of participants.
Connex is a service for adults (18 years of age and older) living with a developmental disability. Participants are supported through the caring attentiveness of staff and volunteers who strive to bring out the best of each person’s abilities. Group activities are organized to offer successes to each person at Connex. Participants are encouraged to take an active role at Connex by sharing their input in group discussions and decisions, exploring new activities and areas of interest, and getting to know new people.
An important component of Connex is our work with participants and their families to develop and achieve personal goals. Maintaining communication between staff and family members is vital. We work with you to determine the level of support required. Connex also offers facilitation, planning and brokering services in some of our locations.
How to Join Connex
Purchase the service by contacting us
Families can pay for Connex services themselves or with funds they receive from the Passport program through the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services.
Families, caregivers or people living with developmental disabilities can get in touch to express interest in joining Connex. For more information please contact our office closest to you or get in touch with:
Shannon Crawford (They/Them)
Program Manager for Connex and Fee for Service
Email: scrawford@clth.ca
Phone number: 705-328-0464 ext. 220
Access base funded service by contacting Developmental Services Ontario (DSO)
Vacancies for our base-funded places are filled through Developmental Services Ontario. Please let your System Navigator at DSO know that you are interested in the service by asking about the Community Participation program.
* For the purposes of Developmental Services Ontario, our base-funded Connex program is called Community Participation.
Current Connex Schedules
Download the accessible and printable PDFs below or visit our interactive online events calendars to view activities by day, week and month, and as a list.
We update our interactive calendars as often as possible but please refer to the documents below as your first source of current Connex information.
Peterborough
Kawartha Lakes
Haliburton
Interactive Online Events Calendars
A word on accessibility
If the documents on this page are not accessible to you, alternative formats will be provided upon request within available agency resources. Please contact us at info@clth.ca or call (705) 743-2411 for more information.