New Horizons for Seniors Program – Community-based projects (deadline September 14, 2023)

Funding amount: Up to $25,000

Application period: August 01, 2023 to September 14, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Mountain Time.

Who can apply: Eligible organizations can apply for up to $25,000 for projects that are led by seniors and are volunteer based.

What this program offers: The community-based stream of the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) is a federal grant that supports community-based projects that are designed by seniors for seniors. This program funds projects that empower seniors in their communities and contribute to improving their health and well-being.

The community-based stream of the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) is a federal grant that supports community-based projects that are designed by seniors for seniors. This program funds projects that empower seniors in their communities and contribute to improving their health and well-being.

Eligible organizations can apply for up to $25,000 for projects that are led by seniors and are volunteer based.

Program objectives

Projects submitted for this grant (up to $25,000) must meet at least 1 of the following program objectives:

• promoting volunteerism among seniors and other generations
• engaging seniors in the community through the mentoring of others
• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including financial abuse
• supporting the social participation and inclusion of seniors
• providing capital assistance for new and existing community projects and/or programs for seniors

If your proposed project is requesting capital assistance, it must meet at least 1 of the first 4 program objectives.

Funding priorities

Projects submitted for this grant (up to $25,000) do not have to meet 1 of the following National priorities. However, if your project does meet 1 or more of the National priorities, it will receive extra points during the assessment process.

Priority 1: Supporting healthy ageing

Including:

• addressing social isolation, including through supporting seniors’ digital literacy
• addressing ageism
• supporting mental health and dementia

Priority 2: Preventing senior abuse

Including:

• providing measures to reduce crimes and harm against seniors including elder abuse
• developing educational material to prevent unscrupulous practices, financial fraud and scams from happening to seniors

Priority 3: Celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion

Including:

• promoting intergenerational mentoring and engagement
• advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and helping to secure a better quality of life for Indigenous seniors
• collaborating with diverse communities notably by serving members of the following vulnerable groups:
• Indigenous Peoples
• persons with disabilities
• members of racialized and newcomer groups
• members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
• low-income seniors
• veterans
• members of official language minority communities (OLMCs)
• people who primarily speak languages other than English and French
• seniors living in rural or remote areas

Priority 4: Supporting financial security

Including:

• helping seniors navigate and access government services and benefits and providing support to file their taxes
• supporting financial empowerment of seniors

DEADLINE: September 14, 2023 at 1pm MT

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