Deadline: 7-Oct-22
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is inviting applications for Accessibility Project Grant 2022 to Promote Inclusion and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
Focus Areas
Accessibility Projects must focus on at least one of the following:
- Accessible employment;
- Accessible emergency planning and response;
- Accessible arts, culture and tourism;
- Accessible sports and recreation;
- Accessible education and learning;
- Accessible community participation.
Objectives
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible employment
- Shorter Term Outcomes: 15 People with disabilities are supported and empowered in the workplace. Workplace culture becomes more welcoming and inclusive of people with disabilities (based on 90% positive survey responses).
- Longer Term Outcome: Improved employment and/or volunteering outcomes for people with disabilities in the Lower Mainland.
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible emergency planning and response
- Shorter Term Outcomes: Increased community awareness about the needs of people with disabilities in emergencies (based on 90% positive survey responses). Development of specific plans and strategies to support people with disabilities in emergencies, which will directly benefit about 20 people with disabilities and indirectly benefit 200.
- Longer Term Outcome: Improved safety and security for people with disabilities who have visual impairments in the Okanagan.
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible arts, culture and tourism
- Shorter Term Outcomes: The work of 20-30 artists with disabilities is available to a larger audience. 20-30 people with disabilities are empowered to create art or participate in cultural activities.
- Longer Term Outcome: More youth with disabilities are able to meaningfully engage in arts, culture, and tourism in Northern BC.
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible sports and recreation
- Shorter Term Outcomes: 50 people with disabilities are provided new or improved opportunities to participate in sports and formalized recreation activities. Sports and recreational programs are developed or adapted to better include 75 people with disabilities.
- Longer Term Outcome: More children with disabilities and families in BC are able to participate in all levels of sport and recreation.
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible education and learning
- Shorter Term Outcomes: 15-20 people with disabilities are able to access educational opportunities that would not have been available to them otherwise. 2 new educational programs are adapted or developed to address barriers to access for 40-50 people with disabilities.
- Longer Term Outcome: Young adults with disabilities are able to access academic and other educational opportunities in the Thompson area.
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Accessibility Objective: Accessible community participation
- Shorter Term Outcomes: New programs are developed that help promote greater community engagement and reduce isolation for 200-300 people with disabilities. 500-600 people with disabilities are better able to contribute to their communities.
- Longer Term Outcome: Stigma and misconceptions about people with disabilities are significantly reduced
Funding Information
- Following a community-based evaluation and selection process, DABC will disburse a total of $450,000 to successful project proponents.
- Organizations may apply for a minimum of $10,000 and maximum of $40,000 per project. These are one time only grants.
Outcomes
- Projects must have clear, tangible, measurable outputs and outcomes that promote accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities. Convening or start-up projects are eligible but must have reportable, measurable outcomes.
- The Accessibility Projects must advance at least one of the following specific objectives for British Columbians with disabilities: accessible employment; accessible emergency planning and response; accessible arts, culture and tourism; accessible sports and recreation; accessible education and learning; and/or accessible community participation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations must be BC-based not-for-profit organizations that operate primarily for community benefit and whose services are open to the public and not restricted to the organization’s membership. Organizations do not need to be a registered charity but must have a democratically elected volunteer Board chosen by its membership. National or international organizations may be eligible, but only if they have a base of operations in BC and sufficient capacity to deliver services in BC.
- Governmental bodies, including municipalities, First Nations bands, and public-sector organizations are not eligible as they are targeted by other funding streams. Organizations that have a real or perceived conflict of interest with DABC or who have previously been awarded an Accessibility Grant are also ineligible.
For more information, visit CCD.
For more information, visit https://disabilityalliancebc.org/program/accessibility-projects/