United Way Labour Partnership
Working together to strengthen communities across British Columbia.
Get Involved
Learn about ways you can take action in your community.
Unions are an important force for democracy, not just in the workplace, but beyond. Here in British Columbia, we have a strong social safety net in place to catch us when we need help. That’s due in part to the strength of the Labour movement and unions. The support that unions and working people give to United Way helps improve the lives of people living right here in our community.
Run a workplace campaign
Help us raise funds to support our community by mobilizing your brothers, sisters, and friends to support an invaluable program in your region.
Donate
Help build a healthy, caring, inclusive community by supporting people in need. Your generosity helps United Way invest in vital programs and services right in your community. All donations stay 100% local.
Volunteer
Give your time in a rewarding, hands-on way to make a meaningful impact in your local community.
Labour Community Advocate Program
As part of the United Way and CLC Labour Community Advocate Program, the course provides training on community involvement and working with community partners to make social change possible.
Interested in changing lives and strengthening our communities? Join us for Labour Community Advocates courses at the CLC Pacific Region Winter School or ask us to bring the training to your union.
Training & Capacity Building
Labour Community Advocate Program
The CLC United Way Labour Community Advocate program is a cornerstone of the Labour and United Way Partnership that has been in place for over 30 years. This peer-based support program is designed to help union members successfully address workplace, personal, or family challenges.
Labour Community Advocates are union members who have been specifically trained to act as a resource to provide peer support to fellow workers. Labour Community Advocates develop life-long skills that improve lives and help strengthen their union, workplace, and community.
The CLC United Way Labour Community Advocates program can be an integral part of a union’s involvement in building and strengthening the community, as well as monitoring the wellness of the workplace.
Public Policy Institute
A leadership training program with innovative small group training and access to a faculty of professionals who have real-life public policy experience. This six-month program is designed to help leaders – from the seniors’ service sector or the broader not-for-profit sector – increase their knowledge of the public policy process and their capacity to influence it.
Leadership Fellows
Leadership Fellows is a program that provides non-formal, graduate-level training through a highly collaborative experience for senior leaders in the non-profit sector. The aim of the program is to build the capacity of leaders to develop leadership in others. The overarching goal in offering this program since 2014 has been to increase social impact throughout British Columbia.
Participants are guided through six modules set to engage them in a series of key ideas about developmental leadership. The curriculum is accompanied by interaction, reflection, and guided application for current and future opportunities to develop leaders.
Interested in our training opportunities?
Contact us to learn more.
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Resources
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News
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Making a difference and personal growth on the campaign trail
Sybil Joseph shares her journey as a United Way British Columbia Campaign Associate in Fall 2022
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Period Promise campaign exceeds goal of collecting 700,000 menstrual products
After a remarkable four weeks, United Way’s BC’s Period Promise campaign, presented by Pacific Blue Cross, ended on June 7th. The community response was overwhelming – this year’s campaign collected over 700,000 products or their financial equivalent.
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Periods Don’t Stop for Pandemics; Period Promise Campaign Launching May 6
The COVID-19 pandemic has made affording menstrual products more difficult. Job losses mean that more people than ever are struggling to purchase the menstrual products they need.
Labour Participation Team
United Way British Columbia has designated staff devoted to connecting with the labour movement. The Labour Partnership department works with labour organizations to promote and realize the work that United Way BC does, and can do, with labours support.
Neal Adolph
Provincial Director
Edmund Ma
Labour Program Coordinator
Rachel Allan
Labour Partnership Representative
Alexa Graf
Capacity Building Specialist
Franchesca Ezeme
Admin Support
Diana More
Community Task Force Manager
Shelby Alexander
Marketing & Communications SpecialistContact Us
Connect with our Labour department to learn more, find out how you can get involved, or talk about running a fundraising campaign with your union.