New Horizons for Seniors Program – Community-Based Projects (Canada)

Deadline: 14-Sep-23

Applications are now open for the community-based stream of the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) to support community-based projects that are designed by seniors for seniors.

This program funds projects that empower seniors in their communities and contribute to improving their health and well-being.

Objectives

Projects submitted for this grant must meet at least 1 of the following program objectives:

• promoting volunteerism among seniors and other generations
• engaging seniors in the community through the mentoring of others
• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including financial abuse
• supporting the social participation and inclusion of seniors
• providing capital assistance for new and existing community projects and/or programs for seniors

Priorities

• Priority 1: Supporting healthy ageing
  • Including:
    • addressing social isolation, including through supporting seniors’ digital literacy
    • addressing ageism
    • supporting mental health and dementia
• Priority 2: Preventing senior abuse
  • Including:
    • providing measures to reduce crimes and harm against seniors including elder abuse
    • developing educational material to prevent unscrupulous practices, financial fraud and scams from happening to seniors
• Priority 3: Celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion
  • Including:
    • promoting intergenerational mentoring and engagement
    • advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and helping to secure a better quality of life for Indigenous seniors
    • collaborating with diverse communities notably by serving members of the following vulnerable groups:
      • Indigenous Peoples
      • persons with disabilities
      • members of racialized and newcomer groups
      • members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
      • low-income seniors
      • veterans
      • members of official language minority communities (OLMCs)
      • people who primarily speak languages other than English and French
      • seniors living in rural or remote areas
• Priority 4: Supporting financial security
  • Including:
    • helping seniors navigate and access government services and benefits and providing support to file their taxes
    • supporting financial empowerment of seniors

Funding Information

• Funding amount: Up to $25,000
• Duration: Be no longer than 52 weeks

Eligible Activities

• organize weekly in-person sessions for seniors to provide them with support or training and the opportunity to socialize
• organize financial literacy seminars to local seniors inviting financial experts to give tips on how to manage finances
• provide sessions on how to manage online banking and how to avoid financial scams
• capital assistance for age-friendly exercise equipment that would make it easier for seniors to remain actively engaged
• teach seniors the tools they need to connect with others online
• set up seniors led meetings with other seniors, creating an online support network of seniors
• transportation to provide a personal service to seniors:
  • transportation services for appointments
  • home visit
  • service call
  • meal delivery service
• renovations and repairs to facilities owned by the organization that specifically run programs and activities for seniors

Eligibility Criteria

• Your organization must be 1 of the following types:
  • not-for-profit organization
  • municipality
  • provincial or territorial government, institution or Crown Corporation
  • Indigenous organization including:
    • band council
    • tribal council
    • self-government entity
  • coalition, network or committee
  • research organization or institute
  • educational institution
  • public health and social services institution
  • for-profit organization provided that the nature and intent of the activity is non-commercial and does not generate profit
• For organizations with offices in multiple locations, each individual location is eligible to apply for funding. However, they must operate independently and have a separate governing structure. Organizations that do not operate independently may only receive a maximum amount of $25,000 for all locations.
• Organizations can only submit 1 application per project. Multiple projects may not exceed a total of $25,000 per organization.
• The following organizations are eligible with the agreement of their provincial or territorial government:
  • post-secondary institutions
  • social service and public health institutions
  • provincially/territorially funded institutions

For more information, visit Government of Canada.