click here for answerWhat is United Way Toronto’s Neighbourhood Strategy?
Launched in 2005, United Way’s five-year Neighbourhood Strategy aims to strengthen under-served, inner suburban communities. The strategy focuses on newcomers and youth in the 13 priority neighbourhoods identified by United Way and the City of Toronto for targeted investment and support. Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC), a resident-led neighbourhood engagement initiative of the strategy, is at work in nine of the 13 priority neighbourhoods (the remaining four will roll out in fall 2008). ANC gives residents the opportunity and the tools they need to foster a sense of community, develop priorities and plans for a neighbourhood vision, and meet local needs by connecting with businesses, services providers, government and funders. Also as part of the strategy, United Way is also supporting the development of eight community hubs in priority neighbourhoods. The hubs will bring people in communities together and connect them to services they need.
