Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The Department of Family Services (DFS) is now accepting proposals for community-based projects that promote women’s empowerment and that provide services and programs for men and boys in Nunavut.
Types of Grants
- Women’s Initiatives Grant
- Men and Boy’s Initiatives Grant
Objectives of the program
- Women’s Initiatives Grant: to promote women’s empowerment in Nunavut. The focus will be on providing funding for projects that promote women’s leadership skills, employability, economic self-sufficiency, wellness, self-reliance and traditional knowledge.
- Men and Boy’s Initiatives Grant: to support community-based initiatives focused on developing small-scale projects, programs, or outreach services to support men and boys who are vulnerable due to experiences of trauma, and to support their health and healing.
Categories
- Leadership skills.
- Wellness.
- Economic self-sufficiency.
- Employment.
- Self-reliance.
- Traditional knowledge.
Funding Information
- Projects should not exceed $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals, community non-profit organizations, and municipal corporations that direct current efforts to provide ongoing services for Women and Girls/ Men and Boys or develop new initiatives to target the specific needs of girls/ boys.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.nu.ca/family-services/news/call-proposals-womens-initiatives-and-men-and-boys-initiatives-grant-program-0