Health and Community Services
June 4, 2013
Community-Based Investments Support Health and Wellness
Over 100 community groups and not-for-profit organizations will
strengthen their ability to advance valuable programs and initiatives
through a total Provincial Government investment of $862,500. These grants
focus on a range of health initiatives, including age-friendly communities,
wellness and cancer prevention and awareness.
The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and
MHA for Virginia Waters, made the announcement today at MacMorran Community
Centre in St. John’s, where she was joined by the Honourable Susan Sullivan,
Minister of Health and Community Services.
“Community groups make important contributions to the people and regions
they serve,” said Premier Dunderdale. “My government has long recognized the
value of supporting community groups, as demonstrated by this year’s
financial contribution. These groups are delivering important programs and
services to children, families and seniors, and we see ourselves as a
partner in their success.”
The Provincial Government’s health and wellness grants provide financial
support to community-based organizations to engage in projects which
complement the priority areas of the Department of Health and Community
Services. A list of grant recipients can be viewed in the backgrounder
below.
“Our government is committed to ensuring community groups have the necessary
supports in place to carry out the invaluable work they do,” said Minister
Sullivan. “We will continue to offer various programs to support groups to
allow them to further their work at the community level.”
Since 2005, the Provincial Government has awarded almost $6 million in health and wellness grants to further activities that support the work being done through several provincial strategies, including the Provincial Wellness Plan, Healthy Aging Policy Framework, and the Cancer Control Policy Framework.
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Media contacts:
| Jennifer Tulk Director of Communications Office of the Premier 709-729-3960 jennifertulk@gov.nl.ca |
Tracey Boland Press Secretary Office of the Premier 709-729-4304, 697-3128 traceyboland@gov.nl.ca |
|
Scott Barfoot |
BACKGROUNDER
Recipients of the Provincial Government’s Health and Wellness Grants
2012-13
Age-Friendly Newfoundland and Labrador Grants
Promote activities that enhance the role seniors’ organizations, retiree
groups and other organizations play in the creation of age-friendly
communities.
|
Organization |
Community |
Amount |
|
55 Plus Association |
Whitbourne |
$5,000 |
|
Baytona Town Council |
Baytona |
$5,000 |
|
Burin Senior Citizens 50+ Club |
Burin |
$8,000 |
|
|
Carbonear |
$10,000 |
|
Evening Breeze 50+ Club |
|
$6,500 |
|
Good Samaritan 50 Plus Club |
|
$10,000 |
|
|
Holyrood |
$5,000 |
|
Mayor's Advisory Committee on Seniors |
|
$10,000 |
|
NunaKatiget Inuit Community Corporation |
Happy
|
$10,000 |
|
Random Age Friendly Communities Board |
Clarenville |
$7,500 |
|
Red Hat Society - |
|
$8,000 |
|
Riverside Board of Management |
Salmon Cove |
$5,000 |
|
Salvation Army Faith and Hope Corps |
|
$5,000 |
|
Salvation Army |
|
$5,000 |
|
Seniors with a Purpose (SWAP) 50+ Club |
Horwood |
$5,000 |
|
|
Channel-Port aux Basques |
$5,000 |
|
St. Lawrence Age-Friendly Initiative |
St. Lawrence |
$10,000 |
|
Tourism Bell Island Inc. |
|
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
Cape St. George |
$10,000 |
|
Town of |
Garnish |
$10,000 |
|
Town of |
Gaultois |
$10,000 |
|
Town of |
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove |
$10,000 |
|
Town of Point Lance |
Point Lance |
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
St. Anthony |
$10,000 |
|
Trinity North 50+ Club |
Port
|
$5,000 |
|
Turks Gut CB 50+/Seniors Club |
Marysvale |
$10,000 |
|
Twilight 50+ Club |
Port au Port |
$5,000 |
Cancer Prevention and Awareness Grants
Support the Provincial Cancer Control Policy Framework and
provide funding for cancer prevention and awareness initiatives with a focus
on the priority area of ultraviolet radiation.
|
Organization |
Community |
Amount |
|
Canadian Cancer Society - NL Division |
|
$20,000 |
Healthy Aging Seniors Wellness Grants
Provide funding for activities that promote healthy living for
seniors and support the Provincial Healthy Aging Policy Framework.
|
Organization |
Community |
Amount |
|
Coalition of Persons with Disabilities |
|
$10,000 |
|
Father Val Power Committee |
St. Mary’s |
$5,000 |
|
Ferryland Historical Society |
Ferryland |
$5,000 |
|
Francophone Association of St. John’s |
|
$10,000 |
|
|
Hermitage |
$5,000 |
|
New Horizons Random Fifty Plus Club |
Hillview |
$7,500 |
|
O’Connor 50+ Club |
Bay Bulls |
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$8,000 |
|
Pool’s Cove Recreation Committee |
Pool’s Cove |
$5,000 |
|
Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Lions Club |
Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s |
$7,000 |
|
Recreation Commission |
Harbour
|
$5,000 |
|
Seniors Resource Centre of |
|
$20,000 |
|
Town of |
|
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
Brigus |
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
Middle Arm |
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
|
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$20,000 |
|
Victorian Order of Nurses |
|
$5,000 |
|
WestRock Community Centre |
|
$5,000 |
Provincial Wellness Grants
Promote the wellness priorities outlined in the Provincial
Wellness Plan and provide community-based organizations with an
opportunity to work in partnerships to create or enhance initiatives that
support health and wellness.
|
Organization |
Community |
Amount |
|
Aboriginal Sport and |
Stephenville |
$15,000 |
|
Baie Verte Recreation Commission |
Baie Verte |
$5,000 |
|
Bonavista Cabot Stadium |
Bonavista |
$5,000 |
|
Boys and Girls Clubs of |
|
$20,000 |
|
|
|
$5,000 |
|
|
Trinity |
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$10,000 |
|
City of |
|
$10,000 |
|
Community Food Hub |
Happy |
$10,000 |
|
Community Mental Health Initiative Inc. |
|
$6,000 |
|
Community Readiness for People with Disabilities |
St. Anthony |
$10,000 |
|
Community Sector Council |
|
$10,000 |
|
Community Youth Network, Southern Avalon |
|
$5,000 |
|
|
Conception Bay South |
$7,500 |
|
Corduroy Brook Enhancement Association |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$10,000 |
|
Cormack Recreation Commission |
Cormack |
$10,000 |
|
Corpus Christi Community Special Projects |
|
$15,000 |
|
Daybreak Parent Child Centre - Community Relations |
|
$10,000 |
|
Deer Lake/White Bay South Community Advisory Committee |
Deer Lake/White Bay South |
$10,000 |
|
Dildo Recreation Committee |
Dildo |
$5,000 |
|
Easter Seals |
|
$10,200 |
|
Exploits Valley Cross-Country Ski Club |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$10,000 |
|
Exploits Valley YMCA |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$5,000 |
|
Food |
|
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$5,000 |
|
Gambo Sports and Recreation Commission c/o Gambo Community Youth Centre |
Gambo |
$5,000 |
|
Gros Morne Cooperating Association |
Rocky Harbour |
$5,000 |
|
Hughes Brook Recreation Committee |
|
$5,000 |
|
Immaculate Heart of |
|
$5,000 |
|
|
Glenwood |
$20,000 |
|
Local Service District of Blaketown (Recreation Committee) |
Blaketown |
$5,000 |
|
MacMorran Community Centre |
|
$20,000 |
|
|
Grand Bank |
$8,300 |
|
|
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$15,000 |
|
Mount |
|
$5,000 |
|
Multiple Sclerosis Society |
|
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$10,000 |
|
|
Clarenville |
$5,000 |
|
New Harbour Youth and Recreation |
New Harbour |
$5,000 |
|
Parker's Cove Recreation Committee |
Parker’s Cove |
$7,500 |
|
Planned Parenthood-Newfoundland and |
|
$8,000 |
|
Port aux Basques Community Advisory Committee |
Port aux Basques |
$10,000 |
|
Sir William Ford Coaker Heritage Foundation |
Port |
$5,000 |
|
|
Gambo |
$5,000 |
|
Southern Shore Kindred Spirits |
Ferryland |
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$5,000 |
|
Stephenville Leisure and Recreation Council |
Stephenville |
$5,000 |
|
|
English Harbour West |
$5,000 |
|
|
|
$20,000 |
|
St. Lewis Recreation Committee |
St. Lewis, |
$15,000 |
|
The Open Door Community Youth Network |
|
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
Channel-Port aux Basques |
$10,000 |
|
Town of Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook |
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook |
$10,000 |
|
Town of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove |
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove |
$5,000 |
|
Town of |
|
$12,500 |
|
|
|
$5,000 |
|
|
Bonavista |
$5,000 |
|
Western Environment Centre |
|
$5,000 |
|
Women's Day Planning Committee |
Twillingate |
$5,000 |
|
Youth 2000 Centre |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
$5,000 |
|
YWCA St. John's |
|
$5,000 |
2013 06 04 10:25 a.m.