About us
Since 1967, people, workplaces, donors, volunteers and community partners have come together through United Way Regina to help improve lives and create lasting change in Regina and area.
Our work with the community has changed over time as needs have evolved.
Today, United Way Regina is entering its next chapter by sharpening its focus on early literacy and putting reading at the centre of its work.
United Way Regina’s Mission, Vision, Promises and Values are not changing.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to ignite the desire in everyone to improve lives by mobilizing our community for lasting social change
OUR VISION
Our vision is to build a strong, caring
community where everyone
has the opportunity to live a good life
OUR PROMISE
Our promise is that we will invest resources where they are needed most and where they will have the greatest impact.
OUR VALUES
Energize and inspire volunteerism and volunteer leadership
Endorse innovation, partnerships and collective action
Provide non-partisan leadership
Embrace diversity
What is changing is where we are concentrating our efforts.
Our focus today
We believe every child deserves the opportunity to become a confident reader and thrive.
Reading opens the door to learning, confidence, opportunity and participation in community life — benefits that can extend well beyond the early years.
United Way Regina is helping bring the community together around a long-term goal: that by 2035, all children in Regina are reading at grade level by the end of Grade 3.
There is power in concentrating our efforts — learning deeply, strengthening partnerships, and mobilizing people and resources around a challenge that matters to the long-term well-being of our community.
And we believe early literacy gives United Way Regina an opportunity to do exactly that.
Building on what came before
This direction builds on six decades of community work and nearly a decade of United Way Regina’s involvement in early literacy.
Alongside Regina’s school divisions, community organizations, donors, volunteers and other partners, UWR has supported work focused on family literacy, school readiness, attendance, access to books, and summer learning.
The relationships, learning and community investment behind that work have helped shape where we are going next. They have also reinforced something at the heart of United Way’s work: lasting change takes community effort.
United Way Regina’s role is to bring people, partnerships, support, and resources together to help move this shared work forward.
We bring people together to identify, develop and provide solutions to local issues. See where your dollars are going.
We’re committed to operational efficiency, transparency and accountability. Take a look at our annual report and financial statements to learn more.
