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For decades, United Way Regina has brought people, workplaces, donors, volunteers and community partners together to help improve lives and create lasting change across Regina and area.

That support has helped us respond to changing community needs, invest in local work, and bring people and resources together around issues that matter.

Now, as United Way Regina sharpens its focus on early literacy, that tradition of community support continues.

Building on years of investment in children and reading

For nearly a decade, that community support has also helped make United Way Regina’s early literacy work possible.

Working alongside Regina’s school divisions and other community partners, that investment put more than 150,000 new books into the hands of children and families across Regina and surrounding area and created 75 classroom libraries in schools across both Regina Public and Regina Catholic school divisions.

Over the years, community investment has supported a range of early literacy work — from access to books and family literacy to school readiness, summer learning, and attendance.

That work has strengthened partnerships, supported children and families, and helped UWR better understand where it can make its strongest contribution.

Those years of experience and community support have helped shape this next chapter.

Looking ahead

United Way Regina is putting reading at the centre of its work and helping bring people, partnerships, support and resources together around a long-term community goal: by 2035, all children in Regina are reading at grade level by the end of Grade 3.

United Way Regina believes it can make its strongest contribution by focusing earlier in children’s lives and bringing greater attention and resources to the years that help shape future learning.

As this work moves forward, UWR will build on existing partnerships and community support, while future investments and activities increasingly align with the early literacy focus.

Community support will continue to play an important role in this next chapter, and UWR will share more about how people and organizations can be part of the work as it takes shape.

National Focus Areas

All That Kids Can Be
The goal is for 90% of third graders to read at grade level and for all children to access age-appropriate books, fostering literacy through community programs and partnerships.
From Poverty to Possibility
Transforming poverty into possibility starts with boosting childhood literacy, by providing children in low-income communities with access to top-notch educational resources.
Healthy People, Strong Communities
By focusing on childhood literacy, we can achieve healthier communities where children’s enhanced reading skills contribute to their overall well-being and academic success, thereby fostering stronger, more resilient communities.

Our outcomes

United Way Regina works with local organizations, multiple levels of government, community stakeholders and thousands of donors, to change lives.

ALL THAT KIDS CAN BE

  • Children are ready for school
  • Children and youth are successful in school
  • Youth make a healthy transition to adulthood
  • Children and youth experience a stable relationship with a positive role model (e.g. caregiver, tutor, mentor, etc.
  • Children and youth have positive mental health

FROM POVERTY TO POSSIBILITY

  • Children and families access educational resources and support to improve literacy skills.
  • Children and families regularly engage in literacy-enhancing activities, including reading and educational programs.
  • Children and families have access to resources that support literacy development and educational advancement.
  • Children and families experience decreased stress and disruptions due to improved literacy and educational support.
  • Children and families access educational opportunities that promote long-term literacy and learning.
  • Young Adults have opportunities for meaningful employment in the future through strong literacy skills developed early on.
  • Children and families achieve financial stability through improved literacy, which enhances job prospects and financial management.
  • Children and families face reduced barriers to educational advancement and future employment due to enhanced literacy skills.
  • Children and families face reduced barriers to educational advancement and future employment due to enhanced literacy skills.

HEALTHY PEOPLE, STRONG COMMUNITIES

  • Individuals and families create and maintain supportive relationships and connections
  • Individuals and families are connected to and able to access services and supports that they need
  • Community services work together to help individuals and families better navigate support systems
  • Individuals and families feel a sense of belonging and inclusion in their community
  • Individuals and families get involved in their community
  • Individuals and families act to positively influence their community
  • Individuals and families are able to live independently and make healthy choices
  • Neighbourhoods and homes are safer for individuals and families, especially victims of violence and abuse
  • Individuals and families have positive mental health and are better able to handle life’s challenges

Our impact

Every day we do our best to be innovative, nimble and responsive to the needs in our communities and interests of our donors. Our annual report is a testament to not only the incredible generosity of our donors, the strength of our partnerships and collaborations, the talent and dedication of our team, but also our collective impact. We value the trust of our donors and are committed to financial transparency and accountability—take a look at our financial statements for details on our operations, investments and more.

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