Children & Youth in Recreation Grants
This goal of this fund is to support recreational projects and programs for children and youth in the Campbellford/Seymour community.
Grant Priorities:
- Broadly based participation in community recreation:
- Healthy and safe physical activity and recreation for children and youth under 18 years of age
- Sport, recreation, fitness, youth leadership, camping & outdoor education, play groups, the arts & cultural activities
Funding Framework:
- To encourage and support projects that will:
- Focus and dedicate specific resources to foster recreational initiatives
- Provide recreational opportunities to those who would otherwise not have access to them
- Promote the fact that quality recreation is an integral part of a healthy community
- Promote the value of recreation in healthy child development
- Increase the number of children and youth participating in healthy recreation
- Enhance the self-development of individuals
- Promote healthy, active living
- Encourage youth leadership development
- Strengthen social, mental and physical health of children and youth
- To support programs that encourage broad participation in healthy and safe recreation:
- Initiatives that are inclusive and accessible
- Initiatives that have meaningful participation of youth
- Initiatives that develop social and physical skills, improve social, mental & physical health or that foster creativity
- Initiatives that lead to positive experiences
- Initiatives that encourage youth to stay in school
- Initiatives that encourage participation from the diverse community
- Initiatives that encourage voluntarism and that develops leadership
