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211 Day increases awareness of valuable service in Peterborough & District 211 has answered more than 9,247 calls, text, chats or emails from local residents since it’s launch February 11 is 211 Day across North America, a day for United Way, 211 service providers and their supporters to raise awareness of this valuable service in […]

United Way Peterborough & District is pleased to announce its Emergency Winter Response to Homelessness Initiative, funded by the Government of Canada’s Reaching Home program. As the Community Entity for the Government of Canada’s Reaching Home program, United Way Peterborough & District was recently informed of a $1.12 million incremental increase in funding, bringing the […]

Laridae and United Way of Peterborough & District are announcing that they will bring back Laridae’s popular Leadership Development Program in 2022, extending their strategic partnership to increase community capacity in the non-profit sector. Enrollment is open now until January 26, 2022. Spaces are limited. Scholarships are available for leaders of local small- and medium-sized non-profit organizations. “The intentional […]

United Way Peterborough & District is excited to announce a new Leadership Challenge Grant. Thanks to a donation from a generous supporter who is currently anonymous, Leadership donors can now increase the impact of their donations. Between November 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, new Leadership donors (those gifting outright or pledging $1,200 or more […]

United Way Peterborough Releases 2021 Living Wage Report On November 1, 2021, CEO Jim Russell announced the release of the most recent Living Wage Report at the Stewart Street offices of the United Way .  Joining Russell were committee members Stephanie Levesque, Michael Andrews, Dawn Berry-Merriam, Nancy Fischer, Stephanie Levesque and Paul Armstrong. The Living […]

The United Way Peterborough & District is pleased to announce a Reaching Home Call for Proposals is now open. A total of $952,326 is available with funding to be allocated in our community to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the homeless population and to prevent the risk of Canadians becoming homeless. This is […]

PETERBOROUGH, ON (October 6, 2021) – Today, from the Boardroom of the United Way of Peterborough’s offices on Stewart Street, the 16th annual “Housing is Fundamental” report was released. This report to the community focuses on the reality of housing affordability and the relationship over time to household income. In his welcoming remarks CEO Jim […]

Register and participate in some of the below activities through the National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation: https://nctr.ca/education/trw/ Participate in the 7 Grandfather Teachings PD with Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre,  offered in their Fall PD Calendar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvc-upqTkiHNeR_TTVUgFGiIEExPoeVJKM Here is a link to books you can read with your children https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/10-books-about-residential-schools-to-read-with-your-kids-1.3208021 Resources: TRC Website

Peterborough, ON September 29, 2021 – Today, the United Way of Peterborough and District officially began the second phase of the ambitious but essential goal of raising $5,000,000.00 by 2023 for investment in community supports and services. Today’s Campaign launch marked a very special milestone in the organization’s history that was celebrated by Mayor Diane […]

Manager of Community Impact The United Way operates as an open, dynamic, highly functioning team which values resourcefulness, creativity, and integrity. Our goal is to mobilize resources to build a stronger community. The Manager is responsible for engaging with the broader community to build community and sector capacity and for providing recommendations regarding investments, policies, […]

Tampon Tuesday – 2021 For the 5th year, United Way Peterborough and the Peterborough & District Labour Council are joining with Pure Country 105 and Move 99.7 to collect and distribute menstrual hygiene products in our community for Tampon Tuesday. The need for menstrual hygiene products is significant, especially during this pandemic. During the month […]

UWP Local Love Virtual Auction United Way Peterborough & District will be running an online auction open to the City of Peterborough and surrounding area. The auction will launch at 10:00am on Monday, March 1 and run until noon on Friday, March 12, 2021. UWP is currently accepting donations and prizes for the auction. If […]