The HUB – Backpacks 2025
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 sup...
United Way’s “Backpacks for Success” Prepares Local Students for a Strong Start to the School Year
On August 26, hundreds of backpacks filled with grade-appropriate supplies will be packed by volunteers and distributed at Calvary Pentecostal Church, ensuring that children across Peterborough and Co...
United Way Peterborough & District Reflects on a Year of Impact at Annual General Meeting
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 1...
Built For Good
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 t...
Summer 2025 Newsletter
View United Way Peterborough & District's Summer 2025 Community Impact Newsletter...
Join Our Finance Committee
We are currently seeking dedicated and experienced individuals to join our Finance Committee—a vital group that supports our Board of Directors in overseeing the financial health and sustainability ...
2025 Community Campaign Launch
United Way Peterborough & District Launches 2025 Community Campaign with Dedicated Volunteer Cabinet PETERBOROUGH, ON (July 31, 2025) – United Way Peterborough & District is thrilled to ...
Backpacks For Success Summer 2025 Locations
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 y...
United Way Peterborough Surpasses $1.5M Fundraising Goal
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....
Extension of the 2024 Charitable Donation Deadline!
United Way Centraide Canada advocated to the federal government for an extension to the 2024 charitable donation deadline. The impacts of the Canada Post labour dispute meant that charities, like Unit...
19th Edition Housing Is Fundamental Report Released
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 h...
Peterborough Examiner November 8 2024 – Coats For Community
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 fu...

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Our office will be closed today, Monday, may 18th and will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19th! Have a safe and restful  long weekend. 

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Today we stand for love, dignity, and inclusion.
 
Everyone deserves to live authentically and without fear.

United Way Peterborough & District remains committed to fostering inclusion, advancing equity, and supporting initiatives that uplift 2SLGBTQI+ communities across our region.
 
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Last week, nearly 60 community members came together at our Solutions Summit to share ideas, build connections, and help shape the future of Reconciliation, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) work across Peterborough City & County. 

The conversations were thoughtful, honest, and inspiring, and we know there are still more voices to hear.

We’re now inviting the broader community to help inform how up to $300,000 through our new Priority Issues Fund will be invested over the next 18 months.
Whether you attended the Summit or not, we want your insight.

📝 Complete the Priority Issues Fund Survey before Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 a.m. and help shape this work moving forward.

🔗 Link in bio

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed their time, perspectives, and lived experience to this process. We’re excited to continue learning, evolving, and building this work, together!
Happy Mother’s Day 💖
 
To every mom and mother figure — your love and care make our communities brighter.
Do you have an idea to make your community better? 

This is your chance to bring it to life.💥 Apply to the Neighbourhood Fund for the chance to receive a small grant and turn your project into something real.

Every big change starts small and it could all start with you!

🔗 Apply today at uwpeterborough.ca 
🗓️ Deadline: Wednesday, May 27 at noon
May is Leave a Legacy Month in Canada. It’s about more than a gift, it’s about the future you believe in.

A future where everyone in our community has the support they need to thrive.

Planned giving is a way to carry your values forward and make a difference for generations to come. 

Learn more by visiting our website www.uwpeterborough.ca
Today we honour and remember missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people.
 
We listen.
We learn.
We reflect.
We act.
 
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#MMIWG2S
✨ Your mental health matters.
 
This #MentalHealthWeek, let’s nurture our minds and create space for honest conversations.
 
Need support? Dial 2-1-1 or visit 211.ca to get connected. 💚
 
You’re not alone.
What a day❤️💪🌱.

Our Garden Box Community Build Day brought together volunteers, partners, and community members to build something truly meaningful, together!

Thanks to the incredible teamwork and generosity of everyone involved, this initiative was a huge success.

From start to finish, it was a reminder of what’s possible when people come together with a shared purpose.
We’re so grateful to our partners @scotiabank, @cityptbo , and @chemonghhbc for helping make this day possible.

And we’re just getting started…

Join us next for Day of Caring on June 26 as we continue to show the power of a community coming together.
Happy 70th anniversary to all of our friends celebrating the Peterborough & District Labour Council🥳.

We are so grateful for all that you do for our communities, and can’t wait to celebrate this momentous occasion alongside you, tonight. 

Here’s to another 70 years of a thriving organized labour community here in Peterborough!
Small Investment, BIG Impact. 💛 

The Neighbourhood Fund supports local, volunteer-led projects that help make Peterborough communities better. 

Get to know your neighbours, give back to your community, and have fun!

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🗓️ Deadline: Wednesday, May 27 at noon
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