Deadline: 15-Apr-23
Do you have an idea that connects people socially or helps them share skills or talents with each other? If you have an idea to create community and cultural connections in Campbell River, Neighbourhood Small Grants can help bring your project to life with grants from $50–$500. Share your skills, your language, your music, your art, your hobbies! Share your knowledge from elders to youth and from youth to elders and across all generations and across all cultures. The possibilities of connections are endless!
Neighbourhood Small Grants is a program that was started by the Vancouver Foundation, and has now spread throughout British Columbia in collaboration with other Community Foundations and community organizations. It provides up to $500 to groups of neighbours to do local projects together that focus on building community and making their communities better places to live. The program is based on a simple but powerful idea—that everyone is a valuable member of the community and that they all have something to share.
Funding Information
- Grants from $50–$500.
Eligibility Criteria
- These grants are meant for groups of people who live in the same community and the projects are meant to take place in the area where they live. The application form requires two applicants from different households. If funded, both applicants are equally responsible for managing the grant money. They encourage applicants to have even more people involved in organizing their project. Neighbourhood Small Grants are about building community after all!
What are the other guidelines for projects?
- Applicants must live in the participating community they apply to and do the project in that community.
- Projects must be free, accessible and welcoming to all. They may not charge entrance fees, request donations, or fundraise for other projects and/or organizations.
- Except for community gardens, projects involving infrastructure building or upgrading or purchasing of large equipment such as computers are not eligible.
- Projects involving therapy and counselling support are not eligible.
- Applicants may not profit financially from the project.
- Registered organizations and businesses are not eligible to apply. These grants are specifically for individuals and small volunteer-based neighbourhood/community groups.
- A portion of the grant money may be used to pay people for services (also called honoraria) to help with the project. An example may be a carpenter or face painter. Total honoraria may not be more than $100 per project.
- Festival-style events are expected to focus on a specific neighbourhood or community with a range of 100 to 300 attendees. Projects that are part of festivals must demonstrate an activity within the event that helps neighbours to develop or strengthen relationships.
- If a project is going to take place on neighbourhood streets or public spaces/parks, applicants will need to follow municipal by-laws and obtain appropriate permits and liability insurance prior to their project start date.
For more information, visit Neighbourhood Small Grants.