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1. Homepage - Welcome

   *NEW LOCATION* 203 Church St., St. Catharines, ON L2R 3E8  How We Help Learn more about the programs and services we offer to help i...
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2. About Start Me Up Niagara

   Start Me Up Niagara offers services and programs to individuals who face significant life challenges to provide them with opportunities...
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3. St. Catharines Resource Drop-In Centre

   The Start Me Up Niagara community outreach centre is located at 203 Church St. in St. Catharines. It is a welcoming safe place, open to...
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4. Housing Services

   Housing Services provide supports for individuals facing addictions, mental health, poverty, and chronic homelessness to eliminate bar...
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5. Donate to Start Me Up Niagara

   Your donations go directly to frontline service and supports for our participants who experience homelessness and other mental health a...
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6. Donate Goods & Services

   At Start Me Up Niagara, we are always in need of donated goods and services to keep operating effectively. Making your gifts go furthe...
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7. Volunteer

   At Start Me Up Niagara, we value and appreciate our volunteers! Working Together Volunteers ...
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8. SMUN Job Opportunities

   Our people are the heart of our success. We’re committed to embedding inclusion into everything we do. From celebrating our people, t...
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9. Art Me Up Niagara

   Art Me Up is a project designed for Start Me Up Niagara participants to archive their creative past and present through the exploration...
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10. Bike Me Up Niagara

    Bike Me Up Niagara repairs and reconditions donated bikes which are then offered for sale for a reasonable $40. These bikes are accessi...
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11. Niagara Falls Resource Drop-In Centre

    The Start Me Up Niagara Resource Drop-In Centre is located at 4878 Jepson Street in Niagara Falls. It is a welcoming safe place, open ...
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12. Media Inquiries

    The Communication Coordinator is responsible for providing news and information on our services, programs, events and emergent issues. ...
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13. Employment Services in Niagara

    Start Me Up Niagara's Work Action Centre provides employment services to job seekers and employers across the Niagara Region including ...
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14. Services for Job Seekers in Niagara

    The employment team at Start Me Up Niagara's Work Action Centre offers a wide range of services and support tailored to help job seek...
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15. Services for Employers in Niagara

    Start Me Up Niagara's Work Action Centre offers a wide range of employment services and support to help employers find the best candid...
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16. Self-Employment Services in Niagara

    The Start Me Up Niagara Work Action Centre's employment team offers services to help participants find self-employment options, includ...
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17. Warming Centre to open in St. Catharines for the vulnerable

    Jan. 24, 2022 – With temperatures dropping, Start Me Up Niagara (SMUN), Silver Spire United Church and Niagara Region have worked jointly to open a ...
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18. Susan Venditti Named 2021 T. Roy Adams Humanitarian Award Recipient

    Start Me Up Niagara is pleased to hear of Susan Venditti receiving the T. Roy Adams Humanitarian award. Susan has been a guiding light in the city and...
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19. New Resource Drop-In Centre Opens in Niagara Falls

    Start Me Up Niagara is proud to announce the opening of a new remote Resource Drop-In Centre in Niagara Falls. This additional Resource Centre will as...
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20. A Time for Reflection

    In contemplation of human disconnectedness, author Leo Buscaglia once wrote, “too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,...
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21. Tips for Soothing The New-Job-Jitters

    After all the job searching and applications, interviews and patient waiting, you got the job! Let the Work Action Centre relieve those new job jitter...
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22. Understanding LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada

    In honour of Pride Month, we wanted to share some of the advocacy and research exceptional organizations like The 519, Homeless Hub, Canadian Coalitio...
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23. Dress for Success: Looking Good for Your Interview

    First impressions matter when going for a job interview. Here at Start Me Up Niagara's Work Action Centre, we have put together a list of how to make ...
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24. 5 Tips to Take Your Job Interview Skills to the Next Level

    So you got the interview! Now what? Here at the Work Action Centre, we know that being prepared for the interview is critical to getting the position....
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25. Poverty, Homelessness, and Start Me Up Niagara’s Period Promise

    During the month of May, you’re going to be seeing some posts from Start Me Up Niagara encouraging our community to donate and participate in a vita...
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26. Art Me Up Niagara Awarded Grant from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation

    The MDRT Foundation has awarded a $1,500 grant to Start Me Up Niagara's Art Me Up program, a program designed for SMUN participants to archive their i...
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27. 4 Easy Tips For Managing Your Job Search Plan

    Tracking who you have applied to can feel like a full-time job in itself. Follow these tips and tricks to organize your job application process to loo...
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28. SMART Goals, the Secret That Successful People Know

    Life can be overwhelming when you know where you want to be in your career, but everything else gets in the way. SMART goals can help you break down y...
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29. Fighting Back Against Food Insecurity in Niagara

    Start Me Up Niagara hopes to begin the conversation around food insecurity and how some in our community live in a food desert by highlighting this is...
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30. Meet SMUN's New Executive Director

    Laura Dumas comes to Start Me Up Niagara with over 30 years’ experience in the not for profit world. She has had the privilege to work with voluntee...
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31. Start Me Up Niagara Welcomes New Director

    Start Me Up Niagara is pleased to announce that Laura Dumas has been named as the organization’s new Executive Director. Laura will succeed Susan Ve...
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32. Transforming Lives Through Our Community Garden

    For over 10 years, Start Me Up Niagara has enjoyed the use of a two-acre community farm space at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. The VRIC...
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33. How Best to Donate to Start Me Up

    Community support is important, but due to COVID-19 and a limitation on space, there are things we cannot accept as donations. Here are some items we ...
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34. COVID-19 Update and Our Services and Programs as of November, 2020

    Despite the many challenges, Start Me Up continued to work and remain open through the pandemic. With the virus threat level reduced, and the city pre...
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