Live Different - OM for/pour Helping Hands

Live Different - OM for/pour Helping Hands

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Grassroots Innovation
Amount awarded$210,000
Duration36 months
Year2016-2017
Location served
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Halton Peel
Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Racialized youth (other than Black youth), Newcomer youth, Youth at-risk of dropping out or have dropped out of school, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families
Age group12 to 14 years, 15 to 19 years, 12 to 29 years for youth with special needs or disabilities
DescriptionDelivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a grant of $210,000 over 36 months to offer volunteer training workshops for racialized, newcomer youth, as well as youth with disabilities, to increase volunteer opportunities and engagement in Halton-Peel's social services sector.
Grant resultYouth are engaged in their community
Grant statusClosed