Deadline: 1 August 2020
The Youth Take Charge Program aims to strengthen youth attachment to Canada through engagement. In this context, youth is defined as individuals between 7 and 30 years of age.
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.
Expected Results
- Youth are aware of the importance of being an active and engaged citizen
- Youth are engaged in communities
- Youth-serving organizations are relevant to youth
Funding Information
- Government of Canada 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.
- Requesting funding for multiple years does not guarantee potential funding over more than one year.
Eligible Expenses
They will only fund project-related expenses, which can be of cash and in-kind value; these may include:
- promotion and communication;
- youth participant training;
- volunteer support;
- travel, which must not exceed the rates permitted for travel on government business;
- hospitality fees;
- professional consultant fees directly related to project delivery;
- artists and performers;
- event / venues;
- special measures expenses related to accessibility for youth participants with disabilities; and
- administration expenses.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, your organization must be:
- a Canadian registered not-for-profit organization;
- a Canadian registered charitable group; or
- an Indigenous representative organization.
In addition, your organization 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: your organization’s activities reach beyond your immediate regional community;
- demographic impact: your 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 your 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.
Eligible Projects
To be eligible for funding, your project must:
- meet the objective and contribute to the Program’s expected results by actively encouraging youth engagement through events, programs or activities to:
- strengthen youth attachment to Canada;
- provide opportunities for youth to participate in their community; and
- involve youth in collaborative activities.
- directly engage a significant number of youth (aged 7 to 30);
- be youth-led (youth play a significant role in design, delivery and evaluation of the project);
- propose activities in one or more of the Program’s thematic areas;
- use information and communication technologies as engagement tools; and
- demonstrate cash and/or in-kind support from community partners and other sources.
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/youth-take-charge.html
