Collaborations and Partnerships
Strong Communities Coalition
There is a large and growing gap in provincial funding of health and social services between the GTA/905 and the rest of the province, which requires immediate action by the Government of Ontario in terms of how it funds key provincial health and social services, according to reports released by the Strong Communities Coalition.
The Strong Communities Coalition is a new alliance of the United Ways in Peel, York, Durham and Oakville and the GTA/905 Healthcare Alliance with the support of York Region Human Services Planning Coalition and the Peel Fair Share Task Force. The Coalition’s goal is to improve local and timely access to comprehensive and quality health care and social services in the GTA/905 regions of Durham, Halton, Peel and York.
Two reports, released on October 24th, 2006, are available from the Strong Communities Coalition website.
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Backpack Program
In September the United Ways of Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge and Oshawa-Whitby-Clarington-Brock & Scugog partnered to deliver 2250 backpacks filled with school supplies distributed through elementary and secondary schools in the Durham Region.
Durham Child Nutrition Project
As a member of the Durham Child Nutrition Project, we continue to work with the co-ordinator to provide healthy breakfast and snack programs at participating schools in Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge. We sit on the sub-committee with respect to allocation of funds to the schools and the advisory committee.
Union Counselling Program
Training & Capacity Building
Union Peer Counseling
Workers Helping Workers
The Union Counselling Program is the result of a partnership between the Durham Region Labour Council and United Way of Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge. The program trains union members about community resources and social issues so they can link union members and their families in need with the available social services, many of which are funded by United Way. These members are also able to alert unions to social problems that particularly affect their workplace so the union can consult or bargain with employers to improve conditions.
Labour Community Services
Labour Appreciation Dinner
Last year marked the first Labour Appreciation Dinner... "Across the country, the United Way raises over 350 million dollars every year. Close to one-half of that money comes from union sources. It comes from unionized workers. This money is raised thanks to union staff and volunteers. Why is the labour movement so committed to United Way’s mission? We do it because of our values. We do it because of our strong roots in our communities. We do it because making a positive difference for people, has always been our mission,” CLC President Ken Georgetti addressed the packed-out room full of local trade unionists and the two United Way chapters in Durham Region: Oshawa-Whitby-Clarington and Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge. Among some of the unions in attendence were; CAW222 Oshawa, CAW1090 Ajax, PWU Darlington and Pickering Nuclear Plant, CUPE1764 Durham, CUPE53 of Whitby and Uxbridge, OPSEU331 Whitby Mental Health , IBEW636 Veridian Corp. in Pickering, IAM 905 of Messier-Dowty Ajax, ONA51 Lakeridge Health Oshawa.
Ken Georgetti, President of Canadian Labour Council, keynote speaker at the Labour Appreciation Dinner.
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