This blog is the second in our four-week series about financial elder abuse.  This week we are focusing on fraud and scams. Fraud and scams are people lying to trick other people out of their money and or possessions.  Here are some examples of fraud and scams. The Grey Bruce

This week, the Wiarton Salvation Army stopped by to pick up their 84 backpacks. We’re excited to share that 1,290 backpacks are spoken for, for this upcoming school year. That is more than half of our goal of 2,500 for this season! These backpacks help local students from Bruce Grey

10% of people age 65+ experience some sort of abuse each year. And financial abuse is the most common. That is staggering. We are so pleased to have a guest blogger! Thank you, Angela Yenssen, for the blog series on such an important topic! Angela is a Staff Lawyer with

We’re excited to share that 1,160 backpacks have already been allocated to various agencies and individuals, achieving 46.4% of our goal to distribute 2,500 backpacks this season! 🎒📚✏️ Nolan, our Backpack Program Coordinator, has been hard at work packing backpacks with essential school supplies. In these photos, she is packing

I have met with a few people lately who had no income and didn’t know they may be eligible for social assistance. Social assistance incomes, like Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program, are available to help people cover basic costs. Today, I am going to talk about Ontario

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2024 Community groups come together to explore and communicate options for laundry services Kincardine, ON – Local social service agencies and programs are working together to support access to laundry services, due to the fire at 330 Durham Market Square South on Saturday, July 6th,

We’re thrilled to announce that 950 backpacks have already been allocated to various agencies and individuals, reaching 40% of our goal of distributing 2,500 backpacks this season! These backpacks are essential for students in need, filled with supplies like notebooks, pens, and pencils to help them start the school year

To help people navigate the loss of the laundromat in Kincardine, we’ve (United Way Bruce Grey) created a map and a listing on 211 of laundromats in Bruce, Grey, and a wee bit of Huron as well. If transportation is a barrier, please call 211 to flag that as an

One of the things we hear from people who meet with Caroline (she/her), our Financial Literacy Coordinator, is that they are so relieved they did so. Money can be scary; Money and the lack of money can feel overwhelming; Trying to “make ends meet” can make your mind go in

Youth-led Music Festival Returning to Owen Sound Owen Sound’s youth-led non-profit music festival Banditfest is returning to the city in 2024. Building on the success of the inaugural festival in 2023, Banditfest has partnered with the United Way of Bruce Grey to create a fuller and more vibrant vision for