The Go NB grant is designed to strengthen physical literacy and reduce barriers to sport participation for children and youth, with a particular focus on under-represented populations. Provincial and Local Sport organizations, municipalities, non-profits and First Nations are all eligible for this grant. The objectives of this program are two-fold:
a) Supporting projects that strengthen physical literacy and children and youth participation that
are compatible with the first three stages of Canadian Sport for Life: Active Start, FUNdamentals
and Learn to Train.
b) Supporting projects that provide opportunities for persons from under-represented and/or
marginalized populations to actively participate in sport. Under-represented groups include:
Aboriginal youth, persons with a disability, women and girls and economically disadvantaged
- Author/Origin:
- New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture - Sport and Recreation Branch
Grant Connect is a bilingual database with detailed, searchable information on thousands of major organizations that offer grants to charitable groups. Grant Connect is typically a subscription-based service. However, community groups and organizations in New Brunswick can consult the database at no cost in any of the five resource centres or submit their question online for a technician to do the research for them and contact them with the results.
- Author/Origin:
- New Brunswick Public Libraries
This program develops and supports health promotion efforts that involve all areas of health, including physical, emotional and social health; preventing injury and disease; supporting healthy decision-making and behaviours which will last into adulthood; and encouraging successful learning.
- Author/Origin:
- New Brunswick Department of Health
This Program provides support for initiatives that raise awareness of the importance and enjoyment of physical activity and provide new or expanded opportunities for New Brunswickers to be active. The activity must correspond to a need identified in the “Community Health Profile” of their community.
The objectives of this grant program is to help to:
- Increase the number of opportunities available for New Brunswickers to become and stay active every day
- Encourage and support leadership in the community
- Promote the benefits and enjoyment of continued involvement in physical activity
- Address common barriers to physical activity faced by New Brunswickers
- Actively encourage those not already involved in participation to get active
Not-for profit organization, local community physical activity, sport or recreation organization and municipalities are eligible to this program. The maximum funding is $5000 per project per year. The Program is intended for initiatives that create and support opportunities to engage in physical activity and/or to promote the benefits of physical activity. It also aims to create new activities or programs, or in enhance those that already exist in the province. Examples of eligible activities may include but are not limited to: Training sessions and workshops that help increase/improve physical activity and networking opportunities and innovating partnerships within the community such as sport/recreation forums.
- Author/Origin:
- New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture - Sport and Recreation Branch
The Social Innovation Fund represents a strategic partnership with the Province of New Brunswick to
experiment, innovate and test new initiatives based on sound evidence to help end a lifetime of
poverty for our children.
Living SJ is New Brunswick’s living lab to end generational poverty that builds the essential social
foundations – education, health, employment, and citizen engagement – for economic growth.
Collective impact is the framework to achieve Living SJ’s vision.
Purpose of the Social Innovation Fund:
- Nurture new ideas that support Living SJ’s targets;
- Scale programs that are already working in our community; and
- Co-create new policies, services and programs with government based on those results that
achieve greater impact and a significant return on investment.
The Social Innovation Fund has a continuous intake process. There is no application deadline.
- Author/Origin:
- Living SJ
