2024-2025 Community Grants
We approved 71 grant applications for a total of $1,420,522 in Round 2 (awarded in October 2024)
1. 7th Step Society of NS - Peer-Support Workers and Programming for Criminalized Individuals
2. 7th Step Society of NS - 7th Step Troubled Youth Outreach
3. Alcare Place - Exercise, Healthy Living and Mental Wellness
4. Arisaig Parish Community Centre - Seniors Fall/Winter Yoga Program
5. Beacon House Interfaith Society - Mental Health Counsellor for Beacon House Shelter
6. BGC Cape Breton - Building Resilience: Empowering Youth Mental Health
7. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax - Project A.C.T.I.V.A.T.E
8. Boys & Girls Club of Preston - Empowering African Nova Scotian Youth: A Mental Health & Wellness Initiative
9. Brunswick Street Mission - Brunswick Street Café
10. Canadian Mental Health Association, NS Division - Co-developing culturally relevant and responsive mental health education with the Muslim community of Nova Scotia
11. Canadian Mental Health Association, NS Division - Peer Support Group Incubation: Newcomer Mental Health
12. Canadian Mental Health Association, NS Division - Peer Support Group Incubation: Women's Empowerment Squad
13. Couch of Hope - Providing Clinical Training to Counselling Therapist Interns
14. Couch of Hope - Providing Free Counselling Services
15. Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association - Building Together - Creating best practices for Mental Health and Addiction support in Supportive Housing Organizations
16. Dalhousie Social Work Community Clinic - Creative Conversations
17. Dartmouth Adult Services Centre - Mental Health is for Everyone
18. Direction 180, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre - ROUTE (Relationships, Opportunities, United Together for Empowerment)
19. Direction 180, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre - Blooming Minds
20. Dr. Lee-Baggley and Associates Inc. - Building Inclusive Shelters: ACT training for Substance Abuse, Harm Reduction, and Burnout Prevention
21. Eating Disorders Nova Scotia - Everyone Deserves Access: Counselling Program
22. Eating Disorders Nova Scotia - Everyone Deserves Help: Increasing Access to Nutritional Counselling
23. Find Your Voice Music Therapy - Music Therapy for Healthy Aging with Nova Scotia Seniors in Isolation
24. Find Your Voice Music Therapy - Trans-Formative Voices: Transgender and Non-Binary Youth and Adults Voice Therapy Program
25. Fountain of Health - Thrive with Self-Compassion: Sharing the Science of Wellbeing with NS Older Adults
26. Front Street Community Oven - Re-Imagining Community Mental Health
27. Gambling Risk Informed Nova Scotia Society - Transforming the Perception of Gambling in Nova Scotia
28. GEO Nova Scotia - e-Mental Health Pocket Guide: Connecting Nova Scotians to Digital Mental Health Resources
29. Halifax Refugee Clinic - The C.A.R.E Kit Project
30. Headstart Child & Family Therapy - Haven Community Counselling
31. Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada - Concerts in Care New Spaces – Phase Two
32. Healthy Minds Cooperative - Mental Health Peer Support in the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
33. Healthy Muslim Families - Empowering Muslim Women's Mental Health
34. HeART Mental Wellness Art Programming For Youth - heART Eats
35. Heat Theatre Society - Heat Theatre's production of "The Heart of Things"
36. Hepatitis Outreach Society of NS - True Project
37. Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc - Music for Mental Health
38. Hope for Mental Health - Families Matter in Mental Health
39. Hope for Mental Health - Biology and Management of Trauma and Depression
40. Hope Project Addiction Recovery Services Co-operative Limited - HOPE for mind, body and soul
41. Kings County Family Resource Centre - Suicide intervention certification for KCFRC team and surrounding community & participants
42. Landing Strong - Landing Strong First Responder Homelessness Prevention Program - Nova Scotia
43. NCNM 277 INC – In-home Medication Support
44. No Time for That (NTFT) Anti-Bullying Society - Nova Scotia NTFT Tour with DeeDee Austin
45. North End Community Health Centre - Mental Health & Wellness Services for Supported Housing Tenants
46. Northwood Bedford - Northwood Bedford Campus
47. Nova Scotia Health Authority, Valley Mental Health Day Hospital - Rural Recreation
48. Nova Scotia Sisterhood - Nova Scotia Sisterhood Salon Talks
49. Old School Community Gathering Place - Musqui Café After Hours
50. Our Health Centre - Thrive Tuesdays: Mental Health Clinic
51. Out of the Cold Community Association - Counseling and Peer Support at Out of The Cold
52. Pictou County Roots For Youth - Foundation For Success: Youth Programming Space
53. Ray of Hope Retreat - 13th Annual Ray of Hope Retreat
54. Red Spruce Mental Health Centre - Red Spruce Mental Health Centre
55. Sackville High School - SHS Ambassadors for Mental Health
56. Saint Mary's University - Black and Indigenous Wellness at Saint Mary's
57. Sexual Health Nova Scotia - The Transformation Closet
58. SIMPLY GOOD FORM INC. - Gender Identity Affirmation Clinics and Barrier-free Name Change Program
59. Smart Recovery Foundation - Smart Recovery for Women
60. South Shore Fieldhouse Society - Recreation and Social Program for Mature Adults
61. Strongest Families Institute - The 20th Decade - Phase 2
62. The John Howard Society of NS - Holistic Responses
63. The Marguerite Centre - Holistic Healing Treatment Programming
64. The Salvation Army Encounter Community Church - The Salvation Army - Emergency Counselling Support Pilot Project
65. The Youth Project - Club Thirteen: Queering Harm Reduction
66. Ummah Society/AMRC - In Terms I Understand: Mental Health Awareness for NS Marginalized Communities
67. Valley Community Learning Association - Mental Wellness in Support of Successful Employment (MWiSE) for Youth and Persons with Disabilities
68. Worth Living Mental Health - Queer & Neurodivergent Peer Support Group
69. Yarmouth County Senior Safety - 55+ Wellness Day
70. YMCA of Cape Breton - Y Mind Program
71. YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth - Y Mind at the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
We approved 87 grant applications for a total of $1,818,851 in Round 1 (awarded in April 2024)
7th Step Society of Nova Scotia - Peer-Support Workers and Programming for Criminalized Individuals
7th Step Society of Nova Scotia - 7th Step Troubled Youth Outreach
Adsum Association for Women & Children - PeerWorks Program
Aidaen Mae Fund - Help Keep Our Youth Alive
Alcare Place - Food Educational Life Skill Program
Alice House - Strengthening and Sustaining Rebuilding Lives
ATeam Coaching - Black Girls Pillow Talk
Autism Nova Scotia - Weekend Recreation & Respite
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax - Mental Health First Aid Training
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County - The Big Connection Program- group programming for youth
Bras d'Or Lakes Day Camps Association - Better Together-Intergenerational Pilot Project
Brigadoon Children's Camp Society - Camp BELIEVE
Camp Hope - A grassroots collective of RCMP Members & Community Partners - Camp Hope – A Retreat for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
CMHA Halifax - Dartmouth Branch - Creative Arts Connects
CMHA, NS Division - Canso Peer to Peer Circle
CMHA, NS Division - South Shore Perinatal Mental Health Peer Support
CMHA, NS Division - Increasing Capacity for Suicide Alertness in Nova Scotia
CMHA, NS Division - Peer Support for caregivers of children and youth experiencing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation - The Mental Health and Addictions Patient Care Fund
Catherine Cooper - SchoolsPlus - Woodlawn B - Light Spectrum - Skills Development
Cecilia Concerts Society - Sensory-Accessible Concerts – Season Four
Chebucto Family Centre - Post Partum Doula Program
Colchester Sexual Assault Centre - Sexual Violence & Trauma Counselling Therapy Services
Couch of HOPE (Healing Opportunities for People Everywhere) - Couch of Hope In the Community- 3 Satellite Sites- 8 Month Project
Couch of HOPE (Healing Opportunities for People Everywhere) - Spring-Summer 2024 Couch of Hope
Coverdale Courtwork Society - Trauma-Informed Justice Support Program
Dartmouth Wellness Court (Aileen McGinty) - Peer Support - Dartmouth Wellness Court
Direction 180, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre - MENding Minds
Easter Seals Nova Scotia - Disabilities and Healthy Mindfulness: The Path to Holistic Wellbeing
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia - Everyone Deserves Help: Expanding Access to Nutrition Counselling
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia - Everyone Deserves Help: Expanding Access to Counselling
ElevateHER Mental Health Support Services Canada - Project Magnolia: A Holistic Community Youth Outreach Worker
Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia - The Abundance Thrift Store
Family SOS Association Family SOS - Healthy Kidz and Teenz and Lunchbox Project 2024-2025
Farm To Feast Cafe Association - Feed Your Mind
Find Your Voice Music Therapy - Trans-Formative Voices: Transgender and Non-Binary Youth and Adults Voice Therapy Program
FireLoch Retreat and Gathering Place - Reducing Burnout for Community Caretakers
Flourish 55+ Healthy Activity Society - Senior Support & Health
Gender Journeys / Venus Envy - Gender Journeys
Halifax Lancers Society - First Responder Healing Through The Horses of Halifax
Halifax Sexual Health Centre - Collaborative SGRH Primary Care Social Work Support
Halifax Transition House Association - Addictions Support Counsellor
Hope Blooms - Alumni Youth Support Network
Hope for Mental Health - One-to-One Peer Support for individuals with psychotic disorders (Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective disorder, Psychosis) and Bipolar Disorder
Hope for Mental Health - One-to-One Peer Support for Families
Hospice Halifax Hospice - Halifax Bereavement Program
It Takes the Herd / Healing Through Horses Collaboration - Building Youth Resiliency through Horses - A Tri-County Initiative
Kids Help Phone - Feel Out Loud Community Creator Space
Kids Help Phone - Peer-to-Peer Community: Playlist of Hope
Kids Help Phone - Improving Access to 24/7 Crisis Support
Kids Help Phone - Resources Around Me – Improving Supports for Nova Scotians with Disabilities
Landing Strong - From Surviving to Thriving – Isolation to Social Inclusion
Love: Leave Out Violence Nova Scotia Society - LOVE Weekly Programming & Free Flow Fridays
Lunenburg Pride - Pilot Project: Queer Connections
Maritime Play Therapy Centre - Tatamagouche Adolescent Groups
Mawita'mk - Family Reconciliation - Supporting descendants who have been affected by their parents, family and community’s experience at Residential Schools
Metroworks Employment Association - Common Roots Urban Farm BiHi Park - Nourishment in the Garden: Food, Connection and Wellness (Phase 2)
MetroWorks Employment Association - Common Roots Woodside - Celebrating 10 years of Growing Mental Health!
Mi'kmaq Circle of Hope Society - Hearing Our Voices
Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society - Life Promotion & Cultural Revitalization Training Program
North End Community Health Centre - Outreach Strategy for Racialized Youth
North End Opportunities Fund - North End Opportunities (NEOF)
Nova Scotia Brotherhood - BarberShop Talks
NOVA SEVEN ARTS COUNCIL - ArtBeat Lounge in Support of Teen Mental Health
Old School Community Gathering Place - Moving Beyond Precarity: Mental Health Supports for Insufficiently Housed and Sheltered People
Pathways to Employment Society - PEER (Peer, engage, explore, reciprocity)
Quest-A Society for Adults - Proposal for Greenhouse Project at Quest Society: Enhancing Lives and Building Futures
Raising the Villages Cooperative - Hubs for Health
Roots of Empathy - Roots of Empathy Expansion in Northern Zone
Rusty Tractor Productions - TRANSLATIONS
Second Story Women's Centre - Outreach Support
Shoreham Village Senior Citizens Association - Between The Mountains- Music Therapy
Stepping Stone Association - Stepping Stone’s Holistic Addictions Program (HAP)
Strongest Families Institute - The 20th Decade
Survivors of Abuse Recovering (SOAR) - Peer Supporter Training and Train the Trainer for new Peer Support trainees 2025
Tatamagouche Centre - Healing Our Sexual Abuse Warriors Through Connecting to the Land, Elders, Culture and Ceremony
Tema Foundation - Peer Support Development Initiative
The Global Alliance for Brain & Heart Health - Care for the Caregivers: A Self-Care Wellness Program to Support Nurses and Mental Health Workers in NS
The Global Alliance for Brain & Heart Health - Spirit Strong Together – Youth Mental Health in this Age of Climate Anxiety, Diversity and Digital Addiction with Less Screen, More Green and the Mindful Tech Plan™
The John Howard Society Of Nova Scotia - Holistic Responses
The Laing House Association - Laing House Peer Support
The Marguerite Centre Society Of Nova Scotia - Expressive & Art Based Therapy for Addiction
The Nova Scotia Youth Project Society (Cape Breton) - Queerly Invested - Name Change Fund
Tri County Women’s Centre - Supporting Women with Mild to Moderate Mental Health Needs
Unity Charity - The Source: Inclusion and Connectivity for ANS Youth
Worth Living Mental Health - Chronic Pain Peer Support Group
YWCA Halifax - Mental Health Hour