Sara Napier, CEO of United Way Maritimes discusses ways they are tackling our biggest social challenges

On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Sara Napier, the CEO of United Way Maritimes.  United Way has been supporting the social sector in the Maritime Provinces for more than 100 years.  Recently, seven local United Ways combined to create one larger organization that covers most of the Maritime Provinces (except southeastern New Brunswick and Cape Breton).   Sara discusses the motivations for this amalgamation as well as some of the big issues and challenges facing the social sector across our region.  We are seeing increased homelessness, crime, food insecurity and youth mental health challenges in all three provinces. The United Way is at the forefront trying to address these challenges in partnership with dozens of community partners.