Impact

How United Way-funded housing support and a stuffed hedgehog helped one young person build a stable future for herself

United Way Greater Toronto's Expanding Community Space Capital Grants are helping agencies improve and expand services, secure stable spaces and more.

Years in the making, South Markham's resident-led momentum is now translating into deeper collaboration, an evolving Community Action Plan and funded projects that are helping the neighbourhood shape its own path forward.

With a new Community Action Plan, deeper collaboration and funded projects now underway, Cooksville is entering a new phase of community‑led change.

As skilled labour shortages grow, United Way Greater Toronto is helping reshape access to an industry that has long excluded women.

Discover how residents and partners in Jane and Finch are working together to address community needs and build lasting neighbourhood change.

A United Way-funded agency helped Ted access food, connection and a sense of community after experiencing addiction and homelessness.

Raising a child with an intellectual disability can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially without support. A United Way-funded program helped Ivan find resources, community and respite while caring for his daughter Bernice.

Across the GTA, more and more families are turning to food banks. But food insecurity is only one piece of a much larger puzzle. Solving it means addressing poverty itself. 

United Way’s Living on the Edge reveals what life is like for one in four families in the GTA living in poverty and how we're helping them find stability.

At the end of the month, Anna had only $50 left after rent was paid. That’s when she found United Way-funded York Region Food Network (YRFN), a place for immediate food support, belonging and purpose.

United Way is building a more equitable GTA through wraparound supports, our new Community Real Estate Initiative and neighbourhood grants.