United Way 
Contact Information:Phone: 416-777-2001Website: http://www.unitedwaytoronto.com About Us:Established in 1956, United Way Toronto is a charity working to advance the common good and create opportunities for a better life for everyone in our city. |
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26 Wellington Street East, 2nd floor |
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Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC)
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A unique learning initiative that explores and assesses approaches to locally-driven neighbourhood revitalization that can enhance the capacity of individuals and families to build and sustain strong, healthy communities. United Way Toronto was so impressed with the results from the ANC partnership which ran from 2005-2007, we decided to build on the experience and expanded the work of neighbourhood revitalization with ANC groups in all of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods.
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| Program updated 8:31 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Focus on Youth
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A joint initiative of the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board, designed to keep Toronto’s youth engaged and productive during the summer holidays. With funding from United Way Toronto and the Ontario Ministry of Education, the program opens schools as community space and offers thousands of children and youth access to recreational, learning, leadership and employment opportunities in underserved neighbourhoods across Toronto.
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| Program updated 8:33 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Organizational Capacity Building
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Assists United Way Toronto funded agencies to develop knowledge to increase their capacity to serve clients and the growing needs of communities. We offer free or low-cost training courses providing learning opportunities for staff and board members to enhance their skills and individual knowledge development as a means to achieve organizational development.
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| Program updated 8:34 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Pathways to Education
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A successful stay-in-school program responsible for dramatically reducing high school dropout rates and quadrupling post-secondary enrolment in a downtown Toronto neighborhood. With a shared dedication to building stronger and healthier communities in the City of Toronto's priority neighbourhoods, United Way and Pathways Canada have partnered to build on the success of the Pathways To Education initiative in Regent Park.
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Education
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| Program updated 8:35 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Community Hubs
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An initiative that has identified the need for development of new community service hubs in 8 priority neighbourhoods. Two hubs are in development and active planning is taking place in four more neighbourhoods.
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| Program updated 8:36 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.Toronto Enterprise Fund
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A unique partnership between government, foundations, and United Way Toronto that supports the development of social purpose enterprises working with the homeless and low-income people. The enterprises provide people with employment opportunities, work experience, additional income, improved life skills and better connections to the community and the labour force. As a result, the enterprises are successful in helping to reduce poverty, preventing and reducing homelessness, and building a more inclusive community.
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| Funding updated 8:34 am on Tuesday Aug. 10th, 2010.This page was last updated at 2010-08-10 08:36:08.