Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region

when you look around our community, what do you see? chances are you see the great things happening in our cities but you also see some of the issues. children not reaching their potential. families and neighbourhoods struggling. homelessness. resource strapped nonprofits. at svp, we see the issues too. most importantly, we see the potential. the potential that every child, teen and family can have equal opportunity to thrive. problems aren’t going to solve themselves. there are no silver bullets. and throwing money at them isn’t going to make them go away. no one person has the answer. but what if every single person steps up to the plate? what happens if you take the potential of every individual, connect them directly to the people working on the issues they are passionate about, and challenge them to make a difference? it starts with one person ready to engage in the hard work of change. that one person joins many people. many people stand shoulder-to-shoulder with local