KidSport PEI provides grants to help cover the costs of registration fees and/or equipment so that kids aged 18 and under, whose families face financial barriers, can play a season of sport.
Increase capacity for larger teams in the player boxes.
To inspire the community to enjoy the sport of Pickleball and Tennis at all levels and all ages and abilities, with a focus on getting seniors active and our youth, in a healthy and inclusive manner. One of the pillars of the center’s strategic plan will be to introduce youth to the sport of Pickleball through a ’10k in 5′ program that will target school age children in the surrounding area, providing professional instruction to 10,000 youth over the next five years, creating long term demand of the facility. Overall the project goals are to promote healthy, active lifestyles and foster social connections for all ages and abilities.
UCM supports vulnerable low income newcomer youth. The goal is to provide access to community programs engaging these youth by providing safe, accessible transport that otherwise would not be available due to parents working multiple jobs, lack of affordability or inaccessibility for those living in public housing whom Umoja serves. The risk of anti-social behaviour and substance misuse looms due to limited access to healthy activities and ongoing language and cultural learning. We aim to purchase 2 vans, 1 with this grant, significantly enhancing our transportation capacity and outreach to newcomer vulnerable youth. Umoja can ensure these youth can attend, feel welcome, and gain access to community engagement and learning opportunities.
Eleven minor sports organizations and the University of Guelph will work together to host practical Safesport education sessions for youth coaches and athletes guided by University coaches, student-athletes and experts.
Our charity brought the adapted sport – Volt Hockey from Denmark to Alberta in 2021 (when we were able to actively run programming post pandemic). With the awareness of this sport and expansion to it in cities across Alberta, we are looking expand it in areas we currently deliver Volt Hockey in (Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie) so we can add more chairs in these regions so more children and youth with disabilities can engage in adapted sport.
To provide specific and working knowledge to approximately 40 frontline Outreach workers/Supervisors/Mangers in Indigenous cultural awareness toward fulfilling our responsibility for reconciliation and engagement in trauma informed care. Our outreach team supports older adults 55+ across Calgary (including family and caregivers) addressing social determinants of health including economic stability, social and community connections, health care, food security and many more. It is vital that our workers can access relevant, consistent, and affordable training that will challenge and provide them with tools and knowledge needed to support their daily work with diverse older adults in the community.
Having obtained accreditation in 2017, the Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association (CCECA) has consistently emphasized succession planning as a crucial requirement. The goal of this project focuses on crafting CCECA a more robust succession plan covering the Executive Director and the leadership roles, incorporating comprehensive development plans for its successors, and proactively engaging both the board and the workforce to strategically build its capacity and position CCECA for future success.
In consultation with the non profit sector, government and educational institutions, #NotInMyCity (#NIMC) identified a gap in defining and maintaining consistent and updated human trafficking and sexual exploitation data to understand the depth of the issue, build a sector unified strategy and create best in class education tools. As law enforcement evolves, there is a critical need to ensure their data reflects the increased activity in sexual exploitation. With support, NIMC will engage an external expert to research and update existing data, asses current data capacity and build a data roadmap providing a sustainable data management, and to share updated data with our community response model and provincial network partners.
ACEE is developing a Green Careers Initiative where youth will receive mentoring resources and information on sustainability energy and environmental careers.This initiative aims to support young people’s transition into green careers to help meet the City of Calgary’s Climate Strategy Economic Resilience and the 2030 National -Net-Zero target while addressing the future skills gap. The grant will enable ACEE to hire the necessary staff to implement key program activities and outcomes.