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211 Day – Life can be hard. Finding help doesn’t have to be.
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...
United Way Peterborough and District Announces “Emergency Winter Response to Homelessness Initiative”
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 E...
Laridae and United Way Continue to Support Non-Profits with Leadership Development Program
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 in...
United Way Peterborough & District Announces New Leadership Challenge Grant
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 inc...
2021 Annual Living Wage Report for Peterborough City & County
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 Wa...
Request for Proposals – Reaching Home
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...
Affordability Remains a Challenge in Current Rental Market
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...
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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 N...
United Way Begins Second Leg of 3 Year Campaign to Raise 5 Million
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 in...
We’re Hiring!
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 s...
It’s Back!  Get ready for our 2021 Day of Caring
For more than a decade, United Way volunteer teams have shown their local love and helped agencies with gardening, painting, and more at our annual Day of Caring. In 2021, the United Way will be adapt...
Tampon Tuesday
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 menst...
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