What is Adult Inclusion Services?
Adult Inclusion Services is open to anyone in Thunder Bay 18 years of age or older with a disability.
We offer limited FREE facilitation services to adults with accessibility needs who want to participate in City programming and access Recreation services and facilities. Fees will still be required for access to facilities and programs.
Where we operate
Inclusion Services can help remove barriers in all City Recreation & Culture programming located in The Key and our facilities include:
Steps to take
If you're interested in accessing our service, please mail, drop off or fax your application form or fill out our online application form.
Call 684-3338 for more information.
Frequently asked questions
Any person 18+ with a disability according to the Ontarians with a Disability Act, after completing an intake form. Those under 18 can access Junior Inclusion Services. If you have a disability and can access our facilities, services and programs on your own or with your own support you may not benefit from our facilitator services.
There is no fee for service. However, participants will have to pay for programming, services or facility access where the facilitation takes place. Ask about our Accessible admission or memberships at the facility you go to.
You will receive a weekly 1 to 1.5 hour session with your facilitator. Both you and the facilitator are to agree on a specific date and time and adhere to that as consistently as possible.
Due to demand and facilitator capacity there are limits to how much service can be accessed. Adults receive one 1 to 1.5 hour session per week. There is currently to limit on length of access, however this may change.
No, but you can have both if you want. PAL cards are for people with a disability who want to bring their own support person when accessing City Recreation and Culture facilities. This card allows the support person free entrance while the PAL card holder pays admission or programming costs at participating locations.
No, Junior Inclusion Services and Adult Inclusion Services are an internal support service for programs put on by the Recreation and Culture Division or City Recreation Facilities.
We do request that you check with Inclusion Services staff before registering for a program. This is so we can coordinate a Facilitator being available for the program/dates you register for. Sometimes we can no accommodate specific dates and times requested.
Due to staffing resources and participant requests we can only provide one Inclusion Services Facilitator per participant.
We do not provide or organise transportation for our Inclusion participants.
If you require a PDF in an accessible format, email our Municipal Accessibility Specialist.
