Enabling Sustainable Community Change through New Funding Framework
United Way Maritimes’ new Funding Framework makes two-year funding commitments standard across all locations, creating greater stability within the non-profit social service sector. Our Community...
View ArticleCommunications Manager
Job Advertisement: Communications Manager Permanent Full-Time Position Work Location: Applications from candidates living in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Lunenburg County, Pictou County,...
View ArticleGraphic Design Officer
Job Advertisement: Graphic Design Officer Permanent Full-Time Position Work Location: Applications from candidates living in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Lunenburg County, Pictou County,...
View ArticleED Academy 2026
Helping executive directors lead organizations to thrive Organizations across the social sector are facing many challenges to their work. Burnout, high turnover, tight budgets and increasing caseloads...
View Article2025 Housing Symposium Presentations
Thank you so much to this year’s presenters who have generously made their slide presentations available. We know there were so many good sessions and it was impossible to take them all in. If there is...
View ArticleCommunications Officer
Job Advertisement: Communications Officer Permanent Full-Time Position Work Location: Applications from candidates living in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Pictou County, Colchester County, Central...
View ArticleFinancial Anxiety in the Maritimes
Fall is naturally a time for thinking about family, holiday gatherings, and celebration. It’s also a time when we see more concern expressed for those who might be struggling to meet their most basic...
View ArticleResearch & Evaluation Advisor
Job Advertisement: Research & Evaluation Advisor Permanent Full-Time Position Work Location: Central New Brunswick, Mainland Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island (Hybrid work environment: required...
View ArticleMore Equitable Micromobility
United Way Maritimes is proud to partner with Bird Canada for More Equitable Micromobility, part of HRM’s shared micromobility pilot project. Flex-Fare Zones Rides in Flex-Fare Zones receive an...
View ArticleHow You Can Help with Menstrual May
United Way Maritimes is launching Menstrual May in 2025, and we need your help! Whether you’re a business or an individual, there are many ways that you can alleviate period poverty in our community....
View ArticleCommunications & Website Coordinator
Job Advertisement: Communications & Website Coordinator – One-Year Full-Time Term Position; Option to Renew Work Location: Central New Brunswick, Mainland Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island...
View ArticleController
Job Advertisement: Controller, Permanent Full-Time Position Work Location: Fredericton or Saint John, New Brunswick (Hybrid work environment: required in-office two-three days per week) Application...
View ArticleUnderstanding the impact of tariffs on non-profits
There is nothing more important than the vitality and strength of community. In Atlantic Canada, vibrant communities are built by local businesses, elected leaders, non-profits, public institutions,...
View ArticleRequest for Proposal – United Way Maritimes Website
United Way Maritimes is seeking proposals for website development and maintenance services. Website services shall include website design and development, basic ongoing maintenance, content population,...
View ArticleSharing Neighbourhood Profiles
One year ago, United Way Halifax released our United in Poverty Action Report, a follow up to our Building Poverty Solutions Report from 2018. While doing the work for our latest report, we put in...
View ArticleRequest for Proposal – IT Technical Support Services
United Way Maritimes is seeking a competent and qualified Proponent to provide Technical Support Services for approximately 60 staff members in seven geographic locations across three provinces (Nova...
View ArticleED Academy
Helping executive directors lead organizations to thrive Organizations across the social sector are facing many challenges to their work. Burnout, high turnover, tight budgets and increasing caseloads...
View ArticleAddressing poverty – it starts with being united
October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The day is meant to bring attention to a serious, ongoing issue around the world. While it is a global issue, poverty is happening...
View ArticleFunding equitably
In the summer of 2022, the federal government quietly made some changes to the federal Income Tax Act that impact registered charities. The average Canadian probably didn’t notice it. However, they...
View ArticleMeet Alec
You’d be hard-pressed to find a person who is as friendly, caring and fun as Alec. He loves to travel with family, cook with his brother-in-law David, and he never goes anywhere without his monkey,...
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