Time to Apply for Imagine Grants

New IMAGINE GRANTS are now available to community groups and organisations. For the fourth year in a row, Northern Health is looking for community partners who have great ideas for a health promotion project that will help improve the health and well-being of those living, working, learning and playing in northern B.C. We want to encourage people to visit the IMAGINE grants website for more information and to apply for grants.
This year, Northern Health is shifting the alignment of the grants to showcase their community health philosophy that health happens in the community and prevention is everyone’s responsibility.
We have developed position statements focussing on key modifiable risk factors to support grassroots to government solutions for improving health and wellness by supporting action and partnerships at the community level. You can learn more about this from our Position Statements Addressing Risk Factors website. IMAGINE grants will provide approximately $365,000 in total this year to community groups and organizations who are successful in illustrating their vision of a health promotion project. Interested groups are encouraged to apply for grants in these categories:
• Active Living (up to $2,000 each)
• Health, Weight & Obesity Prevention (up to $2,000 each)
• Healthy Eating (up to $2,000 each)
• Heart Health (up to $2,000 each)
• HIV Prevention (up to $5,000 each)
• Injury Prevention (up to $2,000 each)
• RoadHealth (up to $5,000 each)
• Tobacco Free Communities (up to $1,000 each)
“The IMAGINE grant program is another important component of building healthy communities,” said Dr. Ronald Chapman, Northern Health’s chief medical health officer. “There have been a lot of great initiatives come out of the imagine grants in the past, and we’re certain 2013 will be no different.”
Projects should:
• Have a good chance of living on after the funding ends
• Broadly impact the community in a positive way
• Help those who are disadvantaged or marginalised improve their access to better health
• Help people connect to each other and their community
• Encourage different groups to work together toward a common goal
• Reduce the risks and impacts of chronic illnesses and injuries through education, awareness and action.
The deadline for the HIV Prevention grant applications is November 14th, 2012, and successful candidates in this category will be notified by World AIDS Day on December 1st, 2012. The deadline for all other applications is November 30th, 2012. Successful applicants will be notified in January 2013. Information and application forms for IMAGINE Grants can be found at http://www.northernhealth.ca/yourhealth/healthylivingcommunities/imaginegrants.aspx. Information can also be obtained via e-mail at imagine.grants@northernhealth.ca or by phone at 1-855-645-6555 or 250-645-6407.

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