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United Way Colchester County

Improving lives and building community in Colchester County

Vision & Focus Areas

Vision

Create opportunities for a better life for everyone in our communities.

Mission

To improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action.

Guiding Principles

  • Demonstrate trust, integrity, transparency, inclusivity, and respect. 
  • Energize and inspire volunteerism and volunteer leadership. 
  • Endorses innovation, partnerships, collective action.
  • Provide non-partisan leadership. 
  • Embrace diversity.

Our Three Focus Areas

The United Way of Colchester has identified three key areas of need in our region. All in-house programming and funding opportunities support growth and improvement in these areas.

     Strong, healthy communities

  • Improving access to social and health-related support services 
  • Supporting resident and community engagement   
  • Supporting community integration and settlement

     From poverty to possibility

  • Moving people out of poverty 
  • Meeting basic human needs (ex: food, shelter, jobs)

     Help kids be all they can be

  • Improving access to early childhood learning and development programs 
  • Helping kids do well at school and complete high school 
  • Making the healthy transition into adulthood and post-secondary education 

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