A Lifetime of Community Service

Dave Carrol is a community leader, pastor, broadcaster and social innovator who has spent 25 years working to make Brantford a better place to live.

As lead of Freedom House and the man behind “Captain Kindness,” Dave is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Canada 150 Award, the Ontario 150 Award and Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellowship, all for service to his community and nation.

Dave has been a featured guest on national TV Shows, Podcasts and was a TEDx speaker on the idea that kindness can tangibly transform a city.

As a broadcaster, Dave has been a regular on-air host on numerous TV and radio stations. While working in the Creative Department of Hamilton’s KX 94.7, he won the 2013 Silver Crystal Award, a national recognition for Radio Advertising in Canada. He is currently the host of About Brant on Rogers TV, helping people understand the inner workings of how a city works.

I won’t pretend to have every answer before I’ve heard every side. But I can promise you how I’ll serve: with clear principles, integrity and a practical approach to solving problems. That means listening carefully, weighing the facts and working with others to find solutions that make a real difference for our community.

Locally, Dave serves on the Board of Directors of the Brant Community Healthcare System Foundation and chairs the City of Brantford’s Canada Day Event. He has served on the Police Chief’s Advisory Council and the Chamber of Commerce Homelessness, Addictions and Mental Health Advisory Council. A lifelong minor sports advocate and coach, he was a finalist for the Brantford Sports Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports Volunteerism. He is also a pastor, having led Freedom House Church for 25 years, a congregation that organizes Brantford’s annual Santa Claus Parade.

Dave’s work has taken him to Africa twice: six months in Ghana in 2000, where he established baseball programming that helped grow the sport in the region, and more recently to Kenya with World Vision to see the impact of Canadian government partnerships firsthand.