Deadline: 24-Aug-22
The City of Edmonton is pleased to announce an open call for the Anti-Racism Community Safety Funding (ARCSF) Program to support local initiatives and outcome-based activities in four areas that will promote anti-racism approaches to community safety in Edmonton.
Objectives
All projects must align with at least one of the following ARCSF goals and objectives of the City’s approved Anti-Racism Strategy:
- Reducing, with the intent of eliminating, incidents of racism and hate-based violence in Edmonton.
- Disempowering the causes of such violence, i.e., to disempower racism in all its forms, and empowering anti-racism into as many layers as possible in the city.
- Stimulating healing and facilitating recovery for communities affected by hate-based violence.
- Increasing a sense of solidarity and connectedness between all diversities and communities in Edmonton.
- Increasing knowledge of anti-racism in Edmonton and among their partners
Focus Areas
Four focus areas that have been identified as priorities by the Anti-Racism Advisory Committee to support are:
- Community Justice: Promoting interventions for youth and BIPOC communities at risk, including encouraging the positive exchange of views and co-creation of solutions among Edmonton’s BIPOC Communities in areas such as restorative justice, crime prevention, victim services and youth justice committees
- Mental Health: Bridging gaps and providing spaces for Edmonton’s BIPOC communities’ healing and wellness
- Employment: Reducing barriers to hiring, providing leadership training and workplace skills training, including encouraging partnerships between employers and employees
- Social Participation: Encouraging BIPOC communities to participate in community sport, the arts, and culture, as well as the creation and changing of public narratives
Funding Information
Requests for funding are being considered for projects and initiatives that range in scope from $150,000 – $250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must:
- Be a registered not-for-profit (and in good standing) under any of the provincial/federal acts for at least 1 year,
- Be an Edmonton-based local non-governmental, community and not-for-profit organization,
- Be an Edmonton-based local academic institution working on local projects,
- Be in good standing with the City of Edmonton (up-to-date financial and program reporting complete, no outstanding invoices from the City of Edmonton)
For more information, visit City of Edmonton.
For more information, visit https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/funding_grants/community-safety-funding-arcsf-program