ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge (Canada)

Deadline: 21-Feb-22

Applications are now open for the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge!

ParticipACTION has developed a micro-granting program that will support community organizations who are planning to host participatory in person or virtual activities or leverage physical activity-related programming during the challenge period.

The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is an annual event that gets Canadians across the country moving together. From June 1st to June 30th, 2022, they are calling on ALL Canadians to get active and incorporate physical activity where they live, learn, work and play.

The ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge is supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Sport Canada, the premier partner Saputo and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan.

Benefits

One community will earn the top prize of $100,000 and title of being Canada’s most active.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications may be submitted, individually or in partnership, by:

• Community, not-for-profit organizations and associations that can offer physical activity or sport participation opportunities in their community, either through events or programs
• Municipalities
• Schools
• First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities
• National Sport Organizations, Multi-sport Organizations, provincial and local sport organizations
• Organizations that can reach targeted segments of the Canadian population – i.e.
• LGBTQ2S+, youth, seniors, individuals with disabilities, racialized groups, newcomers to Canada, groups representing rural areas, minority language communities, Indigenous groups, and low-income populations.
• Organizations that can deliver multi-sport programming to Women & Girls

For more information, visit https://www.participaction.com/en-ca/programs/community-challenge