Canada: Youth Take Charge Program opens for Applications

Deadline: 1 August 2019

Government of Canada has announced its Youth Take Charge Program to strengthen youth attachment to Canada through engagement.

Themes

They support youth-led projects that include activities in one or more of four thematic areas:

Arts and culture: Engages youth in Canada’s arts and culture. This encompasses a diverse range of activities, creations and modes of expression, including music, theatre, literature, film, new media, sculpture and paintings.
Civic engagement and youth service: Engages youth in individual and collective actions designed to identify and address Canadian issues of public concern. This can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation.
Economic activities: Engages youth in the economic sphere of Canadian life. This strengthens their attachment to Canada through activities focused on Canadian entrepreneurship, trade and economic growth.
History and heritage: Engages youth in significant events, places, people or artefacts from Canada’s past; and/or, accounts of diverse traditions that have had, and still have, an influence on the lives of Canadians.

Funding Information

They can fund up to $500,000 per fiscal year. However, given the number of eligible projects received, the Program expects to grant annual funding between $20,000 and $100,000 per project.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be:
- a Canadian registered not-for-profit organization;
- a Canadian registered charitable group; or
- an Indigenous representative organization.
In addition, applicants must:
- have a minimum of three years of experience in serving youth on a significant national or provincial/territorial scale. This engagement is defined by a number of factors, such as:
- geographic reach: their organization’s activities reach beyond their immediate regional community;
- demographic impact: their organization directly engages a significant number of youth on an annual basis;
- have adequate security and safety policies and procedures in place demonstrating the nature and length of their experience in delivering youth programs.
For-profit entities, governments (federal, provincial/territorial or municipal administrations), Crown corporations or other federal institutions, and public or parapublic groups or organizations (e.g. schools, colleges, universities, school boards, public libraries) are not eligible.