Strategic Initiatives
Agency Capacity Building
United Way leads and engages our community partners in capacity building initiatives that cultivate meaningful impact across the entire social service sector:
Social Prescription - convening community to explore a person-centered model of care that connects health and community services to comprehensively address people’s needs.
ConnectED - providing affordable training and networking opportunities to help non-profit organizations expand their knowledge, skills and team resources.
Social Innovation Lab - bringing together community members and social service leaders to explore transformational ideas and ignite change.
Behavioural Insights
- using the latest evidence on the barriers and motivations at play when people access supports to create interventions that meet individuals ‘where they are.’
Period Promise
Health, dignity and social inclusion guide United Way’s Period Promise initiative – putting menstrual hygiene products into the hands of those who need them. United Way sparks community dialogue and boosts awareness of menstrual equity through the Period Promise Policy, calling for accessible, no-cost menstrual hygiene products in community and workplaces.
Poverty Reduction
Halton Poverty Roundtable works with multiple groups and community stakeholders to amplify the voices of individuals experiencing poverty. Through participation with Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction & Poverty Free Halton, together we advocate for systems-level change, working with partners in community, business and government in collaborative action.
Financial Empowerment & Problem Solving
Financial Empowerment & Problem Solving helps to break the cycle of poverty by building financial stability and well-being. Alongside lead partners at Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre and the Social Planning Research Council of Hamilton, we collaborate with diverse community partners to provide people with low incomes free tax filing assistance, financial education and counselling.
