Saint John Community Loan Fund
NEXTinc. This social enterprise trains women to offer energy-efficiency consulting services to businesses, such as home energy auditing and operating performance improvement. This will help women gain employment in an industry where they are underrepresented. Some of the revenue generated by NEXTinc. will be invested into the Enterprising Women Program – a 90-hour business accelerator […]
From Compassion to Action: A Volunteer Engagement Program
Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre, Shediac NB This grant enables Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre to establish and implement a volunteer management system that includes a recruitment strategy, training manual, policies and protocols. By engaging women leaders in rural communities as volunteers, this system will allow the Centre to expand its reach and services. It […]
Understanding a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit
Tobique Wellness Centre Wolastoqewiyik Healing Lodge, Tobique First Nation This grant enables the development of a program to prevent violence and abuse against pre-teen and teen girls in the Tobique First Nation community. Initiated by the Wolastoqewiyik Healing Lodge, the program will combine established prevention tools for Indigenous youth, Maliseet cultural teaching (Medicine Wheel), and […]
Healthy Relationships for Youth
Second Stage Safe Haven Inc, Saint John Healthy Relationships for Youth will deliver the Fourth R’s Healthy Relationships Program to grade 8 students in Saint John and surrounding rural areas. The Fourth R program was founded on the belief that relationship knowledge should be taught alongside the other 3 “R’s” – reading, writing and arithmetic. […]