Applicant

Improving social, emotional, and physical health of seniors by providing opportunities to spend time together through physical and social activities, outings, and presentations.

$6,000

DECYDE: Empowering Youth for Safer Alcohol Choices – Reducing alcohol-related harms through education and prevention.

$10,000

Provincial Schizophrenia Snapshot aims to engage in capturing a “snapshot” of the diverse experiences surrounding schizophrenia.

$10,000

Promoting mental health and well-being by bringing teens together to learn skills of coping and resilience building through activities that interest and engage them.

$4,100

Developing inclusive, targeted education materials for public awareness initiatives aimed at men and boys’ mental health promotion and suicide prevention.

$9,542

Seniors Wellness and Connection Series: offer monthly in-person events designed to enhance the mental well-being, social engagement, and overall health of seniors.

$8,500

Community Wellness and Engagement Program to enhance quality of life and mental wellness and reduce social isolation for older adults living in St. Joseph’s/St Mary’s region.

$8,500

The Pen Newsletter: a publication where inmates at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary publish art, poetry, articles, and editorials alongside pertinent news and education for inmates, increasing creative outlets and visibility for incarcerated individuals.

$1,500

Community Healing Together by Awareness and Wellness: geared towards raising awareness and providing education around substance use disorder, alcoholism, mental wellness, suicide prevention and harm reduction.

$7,150

Strengthening Peer Support, Connection, and Belonging for Trans, Two-Spirit, and Gender Diverse Children, Youth, and Families: guided peer support groups, and social activities.

$6,600

Develop a one-day workshop to provide education on best-practices to enhance mental wellness, reduce isolation, and access supports to be delivered to seniors.

$7,000

Bienvenue le bien-être/Welcome Wellness: aims to address the mental health needs of French-speaking immigrants and refugees in the St. John’s metropolitan area.

$9,500

Support programs and the Recovery Magazine, a publication that aims to share stories of recovery and resilience. Support programs (in-person and virtual) include group discussions, workshops, and peer support.

$2,300

Aims to extend its growing season by building a greenhouse where community members of all ages can come together to grow, and harvest produce and support year-round socialization.

$6,329

Small, park-like area on K-12 school grounds with picnic tables, benches, bird house, feeders, and baths, flowers and plants, allowing students and community members an outdoor area to relax and socialize.

$7,281

Green Bay Community Youth Network

This intergenerational project aims to bring together youth, ages 12-18 years, and seniors for cooking classes, during which seniors will teach cooking skills to youth, giving them a sense of purpose and reducing isolation and loneliness.

$3,756

Grief Kits will be developed and provided to families in the area who are grieving a loss.

$1,800

Wellness Amongst Us: Weekly events that promote mental wellness and physical well-being through social activities.

$9,530

Host a community event to increase awareness about the organization and provide information that aims to reduce illness, injuries and death associated with substance use disorder and support families/communities affected.

$2,500

Sensory Sanctuary: An outdoors sensory playground that provides a safe, inclusive space for all students and caters to the needs of students who face challenges due to exceptionalities and/or mental health disorders.

$8,376

Outdoor Classroom Seating and Wellness Area: This space will provide an engaging, flexible space for learning and activities for K-12 students, which caters to a range of learning styles, grade-specific curricula, and developmental needs.

$1,550

The Decider Youth Cooperative Learning – bringing youth together to provide, evidence-based skills training.

$4,000

Tajik’ek Mental Health and Addictions Hub: aims to promote culturally relevant supports, mentor program, live sessions and webinars.

$5,000

Parents Mental Health and Wellbeing Mini-Conference: topics include self-esteem, coping with stress, promoting life, and preventing suicide, safe partying and mindful meditation.

$1,000

From Awareness to Action: Mental Health and Addiction Prevention: Initiatives that reduce alcohol-related harms, promote mental wellness, foster positive relationships between students, parents, and families, and provide recreational activities that build resilience and encourage healthy lifestyle choices.

$3,000

Support Safe Talk training for staff and high school students as well as a Positive Health Promotion Wellness Day for all students.

$2,704

Youth Voices, Healthy Choices Teams to support ongoing programming in four schools, creating opportunities for youth to become involved as peer-leaders in their school in the promotion of healthy decision making.

$5,859

Together We Thrive: intergenerational programs that aim to foster connections between generations, enabling knowledge sharing and mutual support.

$7,000

Mind-Body-Soul: Kids mindfulness, yoga, deep stretch, fitness, meditation classes, mindset coaching, relaxation therapy, hypnotherapy, community get-togethers and alcohol-free events.

$6,000

Circle of Care: Indigenous Collaboration Mental Health Project: In partnership with the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Friendship Centre and local Indigenous groups, Circle of Care focuses on fostering mental health and resilience by offering culturally meaningful engagement for Indigenous people.

$10,000

Mindfulness on the Land: provides an opportunity for people to connect with the land, think and talk about their thoughts, emotions and situations through an 8-week mindfulness course, held outside in a Labrador tent.

$6,325

Youth Mental Health Retreat – Unplug and Rejuvenate: travel with youth from the region to Battle Harbour, Labrador, a restored fishing village that embraces relaxation, peace, tranquility, limited connectivity allowing youth to unplug and rejuvenate.

$5,000

Promoting Positivity and Inclusion: provide information, activities and events for children, youth and their families focusing on positive mental health.

$5,000

Reducing the rate of recidivism by helping men through education and programming to support positive coping skills and address individual concerns, such as sober living, harm reduction, suicide prevention and overall improved health.

$10,000