United Way Elgin Middlesex

Half of this year’s $4.2 million in United Way grants are going to London-area agencies focused on the impacts of poverty including homelessness. Read More

The region's United Way is breaking from tradition and calling on residents to back an ambitious campaign calling for the doubling of provincial social assistance rates. Read More

United Way Elgin Middlesex is pushing for increases in social assistance rates, launching a month-long advocacy campaign with a town hall event on Monday. Read More

Hundreds of people from local workplaces and schools participated in the TD StairClimb at Budweiser Gardens in downtown London on Thursday. The United Way fundraiser, now in its 27th year, has raised nearly $3 million in that time. Photos by LFP's Derek Ruttan Read More

United Way Elgin Middlesex is making an open call to grassroots organizations and equity-seeking groups with pitches to fight poverty, a move it says has increased the diversity of the people in the community it is reaching. Read More

Hundreds of people attended the 3M Harvest Lunch and United Way 2023 community campaign launch at RBC Place in London on Tuesday. Each $20 ticket bought a meal for the attendee and a meal for a neighbour in need. Ten partner agencies will use these pay-it-forward funds to support local

For five years, the Somali Association of London has been trying to bridge the gap between immigrant children and schools. Read More