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As the Community Engagement Project Coordinator, you will report to the Director of Community Impact. You will play a central role in supporting the rollout and administration of United Way Peterborough’s Community Impact Funding Model, including the Agency Capacity Fund, Priority Issues Fund, Research & Advocacy Fund, and key community initiatives such as the Point-In-Time Count and Housing & Homelessness Symposium.

2025 Neighbourhood Fund Recipients Peterborough, ON – United Way Peterborough & District is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Neighbourhood Fund grants. This year, the fund received an overwhelming response with 27 applications requesting over $100,000 in support. After a thorough review process, 11 projects were selected to receive a total of $30,000 […]

United Way Peterborough & District presented one of it’s biggest Backpacks for Success distribution days in the program’s history. On August 26, hundreds of backpacks were filled with school supplies, packed by volunteers at Calvary Church. This project is to ensure that children across Peterborough and County start the school year confident and ready to learn.

United Way Peterborough & District (UWP) held its Annual General Meeting on August 20, 2025, marking another year of meaningful community impact and celebrating a legacy of service that began in 1941.

United Way Peterborough & District is pleased to share an important new report from the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF) and United Way Greater Toronto, Built for Good: Delivering the Housing Ontario Needs which lays out a costed, delivery-ready plan to address a critical part of Ontario’s housing crisis — by investing in the non-profit and co-op housing sector to build, protect and sustain the affordable housing people need.

View United Way Peterborough & District’s Summer 2025 Community Impact Newsletter

Finance Committee members play an essential advisory role, offering oversight and guidance on a range of financial matters. This is not a fundraising role—it’s about governance, accountability, and strategic insight.

United Way Peterborough & District Launches 2025 Community Campaign with Dedicated Volunteer Cabinet PETERBOROUGH, ON (July 31, 2025) – United Way Peterborough & District is thrilled to announce the members of its 2025 Community Campaign Cabinet. This committed team of local leaders, professionals and community champions will drive forward this year’s fundraising efforts, aiming to […]

Since the Backpacks for Success program launched locally in 2003, United Way Peterborough & District has provided more than 12,886 backpacks containing grade-appropriate school supplies to local youth in Kindergarten through Grade 12 who are financially vulnerable. Thanks to your support, last year ALL requests from our school communities of KPR and PVNCC District School Boards were provided […]

United Way Peterborough & District set an ambitious goal of $1.5 million for their
2024 Campaign, which ran from April 1, 2024 until March 31, 2025.

United Way Peterborough & District has released the 19th edition of Housing is Fundamental, a detailed report that paints a stark picture of the region’s worsening housing crisis. The report highlights troubling trends in affordability, availability, and the broader social impacts of housing insecurity.

Thank you to our generous sponsor Cogeco for their donation of $2500 for Coats For Community. This year, we are grateful for PATH’s support towards collecting and distributing coats. Read the full article in the Peterborough Examiner: United Way and PATH team-up collecting Coats for Community