Deadline: 21-Jan-22
Applications are now open for Trails Grant for Manitoba. The grant seeks to advance the recreational trail network in Manitoba. It is intended for trail associations, municipalities, or other not-for-profit groups, that have the means to provide continued stewardship of trails.
Goals
The Trails Grant for Manitoba seeks to advance the recreational trail network in Manitoba that will:
- Enhance physical, psychological, and social well-being of participants through awareness and use of the trails, and related facilities & programs through increased opportunities for movement (physical activity) for all levels of ability and the development of physical literacy.
- Enhance the environmental perspective of trail users through intentionally directed educational experiences devoted to responsible use and conservation of natural resources.
- Support the economy through tourism and other related activities through targeting of financial and social impacts of trail projects.
Objectives
Specific objectives for this grant include:
- Provide new recreational trail opportunities which includes extending or improving existing trails, developing new trails, and addressing trail gaps and barriers.
- Improve the quality of the existing recreational trail network or the user’s experience including safety improvements, signage, wayfinding, and barriers to access.
- Maintenance of the recreational trail network, including pruning, repairing holes, trail beautification, normal erosion/drainage repairs, clean-up, usual repairs (signage, barriers, fencing, surfacing) and other maintenance tasks that are undertaken for upkeep of a trail.
Funding Information
- The funding will be made as matching grants to eligible recipients for eligible projects. Projects must include a matching investment for the project from other sources. The overall objective for the grant is a match ratio of 2:1. Grant applications solely for trail maintenance may receive greater flexibility with regards to matching requirements.
- Normally, the maximum amount per grant is set to $75,000 with a two-year project completion window. Amounts and durations can be exceeded or considered if a rationale is provided.
Eligibility Criteria
Recipients can be a municipality, or an association that is not-for-profit (trail association, sport association, recreation association, community club, etc.).
Trails Manitoba will NOT provide grants to:
- provincial government or any provincial government body, entity, agency or organization
- any organization that is operated for-profit
- any organization that has not established operations in Manitoba
- individuals
For more information, visit https://www.trailsmanitoba.ca/grants/