Deadline: 22-Mar-22
The Government of Canada has announced Grant for Corps Service Placements Regional stream, to promote civic engagement among young people from 15 to 30 years old through access to meaningful volunteer service placements that help them gain essential life skills and experience.
It encourages youth between 15 and 30 years of age, to give back to their community through meaningful service, with unique opportunities to:
- practice leadership
- learn new skills
- grow personal and professional networks
- gain valuable life experience
Objectives
- This stream provides funding to organizations to establish projects that deliver volunteer service placements in communities across Canada, so that youth can gain valuable skills and experiences, contribute to communities, and promote civic engagement and inclusion.
- The objective of this stream is to fund organizations which have a strong reach into local volunteer networks and support smaller communities across Canada.
Themes
Projects should focus on at least one of the following service themes:
- Reconciliation
- Building an inclusive Canada
- Preserving the environment
- Promoting civic and democratic engagement
- Strengthening youth resilience
- Potential new themes that are youth-identified
Funding Information
- The government will invest up to $25,300,000 in fiscal year 2022-23.
- The funding amount you are requesting from ESDC does not exceed $3,000,000 per recipient per year.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible recipients are:
- Not-for-profit organizations
- For-profit organizations (provided that the nature and intent of the activity is non-commercial, not intended to generate profit, and supports program priorities and objectives)
- Research organizations and institutes
- Indigenous organizations (including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities); and,
- Municipal, Provincial and Territorial entities, which includes institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations, Public health and educational institutions (i.e., universities, colleges, CÉGEPs, school boards/school districts).
Eligible participants
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In order to be an “eligible participant,” an individual must be:
- A Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or has been granted refugee status in Canada; and
- At least 15 years of age upon starting participation in the program and no older than 30 years of age at time of application.
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Eligible applicants must:
- Have recent experience working with or delivering programming to youth (aged 15 to 30) in a volunteer or service environment, or Have recent experience working with or delivering programming to Indigenous and under-served populations .Applicants in this stream will be required to complete Program Specific Questions to indicate whether your organization meets the diversity-related or youth-led prioritization criteria.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/regional-service-placement-youth-organizations.html