About
SEED Winnipeg offers free financial empowerment programs and services to increase opportunities for Manitobans living on low incomes. We collaborate with many diverse partners to increase our impact and build stronger communities.
Strategic Plan
Vision
SEED envisions a world where opportunities exist for all people and communities to realize their hopes.
Mission
To build strong communities and increase opportunities for people through financial empowerment programs and services.
Values
Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
We are committed to reconciliation and the full and equitable inclusion of underserved and underrepresented communities in our programming, partnerships, governance, and operations.
Participant-centered Practice
We deliver responsive programming to meet community members where they’re at and support participants to achieve their goals. We strive to create a safe and welcoming environment by recognizing the effects of trauma and the impacts of systemic and interpersonal violence and structural inequities.
Community Economic Development
We practice and promote the Community Economic Development (CED) Principles created by Neechi Foods Worker Co-op. These principles form the foundation of all program development and inform decisions about programming, governance, and operations.
Strategic Priorities
Truth and Reconciliation
SEED will work in partnership with Indigenous community members and organizations to reduce the ongoing impact of colonization by acting on the Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, with a specific focus on Call to Action 92, and the Calls for Justice for All Canadians (Calls 15.1-15.8) by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Effective Program Delivery
SEED and partner organizations will provide programs and services to support community members living on low incomes to improve financial well-being and long-term stability.
Organizational Health
SEED will improve organizational sustainability, financial stability, and supports to staff.
Systemic Change
SEED will engage with community organizations, networks, and government agencies to address poverty through public policy and institutional change.
Community Economic Development
SEED practices and promotes the Community Economic Development (CED) principles created by Neechi Foods Worker Co-op. These principles form the foundation of all program development and inform decisions about programming, governance, and operations.
Financial Empowerment
Financial empowerment addresses poverty through strengthening financial inclusion, knowledge, skills, and opportunities for community members living on low levels of income. SEED is committed to providing financial empowerment programs and services and addressing systemic barriers.
Truth and Reconciliation
SEED is committed to working in partnership with Indigenous community members and organizations to reduce the ongoing impact of colonization by acting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice for All Canadians.