Deadline: 10-Jun-22
The Mississippi Mills has announced 2022 Neighbourhood Micro Grants Program to help build community and strengthen connections right where people live – in their neighbourhoods.
This program helps build community and strengthen connections right where people live – in their neighbourhoods. The goal is to connect and engage neighbourhood residents of all ages and abilities. This funding is available for residents to develop projects that meet the needs of their neighbourhood or the greater community.
Goals
- Connect and engage neighbourhood residents of all ages and abilities
- Examples: Block parties to introduce new neighbours, weekly neighbourhood clean-up work parties that strengthen and sustain relationships over time, a birthday party for the oldest person on your street.
- Share residents’ skills and knowledge within the community
- Examples: A FREE yoga lesson for the community, or a community kitchen where participants exchange their cooking skills and share a meal together or launch a secret Santa or cookie swap in your neighbourhood.
- Build sense of ownership and pride
- Examples: A historical tour of the neighbourhood, a community clean-up of invasive species in a local green space, a snowman building festival.
- Respect and celebrate diversity
- Examples: A multicultural fashion show, a story telling project that involves seniors and youth, a cost-free acrylic workshops open to all ages and skill levels.
Funding Information
- Micro grants of up to $150 are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- The eligibility criteria are designed to ensure that Neighbourhood Micro Grants support a diverse range of community-focused projects.
- Applicants must live in Mississippi Mills.
- Main applicants can apply for one Neighbourhood Micro Grants project per year.
- Two applicants from different households are required on every application. Both applicants are responsible for managing the event & grant money.
- Your project must be accessible and welcoming to all.
- Except for community gardens, projects involving infrastructure building, upgrading or maintenance are not eligible.
- You must begin your project after the grant decision is made. Projects are not supported retroactively.
- Preference will be given to new projects, or those that have been funded for fewer than three years in a row.
- After the initial deadline, any remaining funds will be awarded to eligible projects on a first come, first served basis until all funds have been awarded.
Ineligible
- Applicants who profit financially from the project.
- Registered organizations and businesses.
- Applicants that have already received funding through the municipality.
- Organizations with political affiliations.
For more information, visit https://www.mississippimills.ca/en/news/2022-neighbourhood-micro-grants-apply-now.aspx