MPP David Piccini Announces a New Seniors Active Living Centre Program in Northumberland-Peterborough South
May 30, 2025
Ontario is investing $47,958 in Asphodel-Norwood to create a new Senior Active Living
Centre to keep seniors socially connected, fit and healthy
Asphodel-Norwood — MPP Piccini, alongside the Hon. Raymond Cho, Ontario’s Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, today announced funding for the new Asphodel-Norwood Active Senior Connection Hub. This hub will provide a supportive and informative environment for seniors to build new social connections, learn new skills and stay engaged in their community.
This is one of the up to 100 new SALC programs opening across the province this year to help improve seniors’ quality of life and build community engagement. Senior Active Living Centres keep our seniors fit, active, healthy, socially connected, in their communities and close to their homes.
“The new Seniors Connection Hub will be a great addition for the seniors in our community. I am proud that Ontario supports local programs that help keep our seniors connected and engaged in the community,” said David Piccini, MPP for Northumberland-Peterborough South. “This amazing program will support seniors as they learn new skills and stay connected with friends and family.”
Today’s announcement took place at a Seniors Activity Day, hosted at the Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre. The Asphodel-Norwood Public Library with support from the Township, displayed to MPP Piccini and Minister Cho alongside many local residents, the programming this funding will support. The Public Library will introduce incredible new activities such as Tech Time sessions, monthly lunches and seminars as well as health and wellness talks. The Tech Time session will provide new laptops and tablets to help support seniors, build a social environment and learn new skills.
“We are delighted to expand activities and services to more seniors in Asphodel-Norwood,” said, Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility. “This program will help older adults of all abilities to thrive in their homes and communities.”
SALC programs offer seniors and older adults learning opportunities such as financial management and elder abuse prevention and a variety of recreational and social activities including fitness, healthy lifestyle and wellness classes that are important supports in communities. Programs that are being run in Asphodel-Norwood will help tackle issues of isolation, especially prevalent in rural areas, and will serve the 300 older adults and seniors that reside in Asphodel-Norwood.
“Our seniors have given so much to the community, and the Active Senior Connection Hub at the Asphodel-Norwood Public Library will offer a welcoming space where older adults can stay active, connect with others, and take part in programs that support their health and well-being,” said Mayor Wilford, Township of Asphodel-Norwood. “We’re grateful to the Government of Ontario for helping make this important addition to our community possible.”
The government remains committed to better supporting Ontario’s aging population and the people who care for them by improving and expanding supports for seniors no matter where they live.
QUICK FACTS
- On June 1, 2024, changes to the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2017 came into effect allowing more types of organizations to provide the 20 per cent contribution requirement towards SALC programs’ operating costs. Now SALC programs can be operated by municipalities, non-profit corporations, registered charities, Indigenous groups, Legions, Lions Clubs and recreational clubs.
- In the Fall Economic Statement of 2024, a $17 million increase in funding over three years was approved to support up to 100 new Seniors Active Living Centres.
- For 2025-26, SALC programs will be able to request up to $55,000 for maintenance and operating costs, an increase from the previous maximum of $50,000 in 2024 and up from $42,700 in base funding from 2023