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Grand River
2010-2011
November 1 deadline
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on March 3, 2011
Alzheimer Society of Brant, as lead organization on this collaborative$79,600 over two years to increase transportation, housing and recreational opportunities for seniors in Brant County and Brantford through the development and implementation of the recently completed community Master Aging Plan.
Alzheimer Society of Haldimand
Norfolk
$136,500 over one year to increase the accessibility of the
Haldimand Abilities Centre in Hagersville and facilitate new client-education
opportunities through the creation of a demonstration kitchen that is fully
accessible to all members of the community.
Brant Men of Song
$20,000 over
one year to support Big Sing, an international concert that will feature male
choral groups from the United States and Canada in Brantford. The concert series
will have a strong economic impact on the local tourism industry and will
support the organization in attracting new members.
Brantford & District Supervised Access
Centre
$40,000 over two years to offer a series of post-separation
workshops for parents in Brantford, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties. These
workshops will increase parents' understanding of the issues of divorce and
separation and how children are typically affected by them.
Father John Uyen Council No. 5095 Charitable
Welfare Trust
$45,000 over one year to increase community access to
high-quality space for meetings and recreational activities in Delhi.
Habitat for Humanity
Brant
$68,000 over two years to strengthen the capacity of the
organization by providing support to its board of directors in implementing
Phase II of its strategic plan, fund development plan and volunteer recruitment
strategy, enabling it to increase the number of builds each year in Brant
County.
Haldimand and Norfolk Women Services, as lead
organization on this collaborative
$90,000 over two years to
increase access to employment, health, education and recreational services in
Norfolk County through the implementation of a pilot public-transportation
service.
Haldimand Youth Soccer
Club
$15,000 over six months to purchase landscaping equipment,
which will help volunteers maintain soccer fields so that 2,000 youth in
Caledonia can continue to enjoy this sport.
Literacy Council of Brantford &
District
$98,700 over two years to implement a new adult literacy
program for rural populations in Brant County. This program will ensure that
over 400 adults and older youth have opportunities to increase their literacy
skills in order to be competitive in our knowledge-based job market.
Nova Vita Women's Shelter Incorporated, as
lead organization on this collaborative
$56,300 over one year to
enable the organization to work with the Domestic Violence Awareness Committee
of the Mayor's Task Force on Violence in Brantford to develop and implement a
domestic-violence awareness campaign targeting hair salons and
hairdressers.
Port Dover Yacht Club
$47,700
over one year to increase opportunities for youth and adults from Haldimand and
Norfolk to access high-quality learn-to-sail programs. This grant will increase
safety at the Port Dover-based sailing school and create new opportunities for
local students to receive higher levels of Canadian Yachting Association
training.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 125 - Major
Walter Barnard, Delhi
$44,200 over one year to maintain community
access to this well-used hall in Delhi by renovating the kitchen so it complies
with health and fire regulations.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 158 - Hugh Allan,
Port Dover, as lead organization on this collaborative
$10,000 over
one year to fund the development and initial printing of 1,000 copies of a book
about the history of Port Dover. Free copies will be provided to local schools
and libraries and revenue from sales of the remaining copies will be used to pay
for any future print runs.
St. Leonard's Society of
Brant
$15,000 over one year to purchase new signage and a
web-conferencing system in the organization's new shared-space site in
Brantford. The web conferencing system will benefit people living in the north
end of the city and enable not-for-profit groups to improve training and
communications for staff.
The Dunnville Optimist
Club
$32,300 over one year to fund renovations and maintain access
to a well-used community hall in Dunnville that provides space to local theatre
groups, day camps and programs for people with disabilities.
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July 1 deadline
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on October 28, 2010
Arts After School
Kids Incorporated
$10,000 over one year to strengthen the
organization's governance structure while maintaining service delivery for youth
at risk. Funds are directed towards staffing and board leadership, which will
provide the organization time to deliver quality music and art programs to youth
at risk in a high density housing neighbourhood, while the Board works on
strengthening their infrastructure.
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Association
of Haldimand Norfolk Inc.
$52,900 over two years to strengthen
services in Brant County by helping to increase the number of children being
immediately served. The grant will also enable the board to focus its efforts on
implementation of a business plan to strengthen their capacity.
Brantford Arts Block
$51,700
over one year to strengthen the capacity of the organization to build a local
centre for the arts. Support will enable the Board to focus on the creation and
implementation of development strategies.
Brantwood Residential Development
Centre
$28,000 over one year to purchase client documentation
software thereby building the organization's IT infrastructure systems. This
software will enable 13 group homes to effectively share information where
needed, while protecting client privacy.
Chiefswood Board of
Trustees
$21,100 over one year to upgrade this national historic
museum at Six Nations of the Grand River which attracts over 3,000 visitors
annually.
Friendship House of Brant
Inc.
$26,400 over one year to support the overall cost of building
upgrades for this community-based facility in Brantford which provides food,
security and leisure programs to low income families.
Kids Can Fly Early Child Development and
Parenting Support, as lead organization on this
collaborative
$10,500 over one year to support this unique youth
engagement project. A published author will work with youth on the development,
writing, editing, marketing and publishing of a 40-page youth focused magazine.
This "Youth Writers Project" will provide a 12-week workshop series and
one-on-one and group mentorship from a published author.
Living History Multimedia Association, as
lead organization on this collaborative
$84,800 over two years to
support the overall cost of creating a three-part documentary series entitled,
"Rural Raids and Divided Loyalties-Southwestern Ontario and the War of 1812".
This documentary series will engage youth, descendents, historians and First
Nations people in Grand River, Halton, Essex and Kent in telling the story of
Western Ontario's involvement in the War of 1812. The documentary series and
curriculum will be distributed to 900 elementary and high schools in
Southwestern Ontario. This grant has an impact in more than one OTF catchment
area.
No.6 RCAF Dunnville Museum 1999
Inc.
$18,200 over one year to replace their 1947 lawn tractor. The
purchase of a new tractor will reduce volunteer labour on maintenance and grass
cutting, and enable volunteers to focus their energies on supporting the
museum.
Nova Vita Women's Shelter
Incorporated
$25,000 over one year to purchase and install new
computers and a security system at the expanded shelter space in Brantford in
order to increase the safety of women and children who are escaping
violence.
Simcoe Little Theatre
$15,000
over one year to replace stage curtains and upgrade electrical systems,
washrooms and flooring in this rural theatre in order to ensure that the
building meets safety requirements for public usage.
Simcoe Minor Baseball
Association
$28,800 over one year to purchase a pitching machine and
batting cages in order to provide opportunities for children and youth to
improve their skill level.
South Dumfries Historical Society, as lead
organization on this collaborative
$29,300 over two years to
increase public access to historical information on the former township of South
Dumfries and to raise the profile of four local museums. Funds are awarded to
digitize the collection of these four museums along with collections of private
citizens and make these collections available to the public via a
website.
Why Not City Missions Brantford, as lead
organization on this collaborative
$72,400 over two years to support
the collaborative to work with community leaders and youth advisors to establish
two rural drop-in centres for youth at risk. An evaluation framework will be
developed to examine the impact of the program on the lives of youth and to
provide recommendations for enhancing service delivery. These drop-in sites will
also improve community health and clinical services for rural
youth.
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March 1 deadline
Ratified by the Ontario Trillium Foundation Board of Directors on
June 28, 2010
Brantford Blessing Centre Inc.
$80,000 over six
months to increase wheelchair accessibility to a location where free daily meals
are provided to disadvantaged families and individuals.
Brantford Harlequins Rugby Football
Club
$9,400 over six months to maintain access to well-used local
sports facility through replacement of clubhouse doors and windows and purchase
of field maintenance equipment.
Brantford International Jazz Festival
Inc.
$76,500 over three years to increase the capacity of the Jazz
festival to attract new audiences and build its financial
sustainability.
Brantford Minor Lacrosse Association
Inc.
$15,600 over six months to maintain access to safe, high
quality lacrosse programs for youth in Brantford and Brant County though the
purchase of goalie equipment which will meet new standards set by the Ontario
Lacrosse Association. Grant will also be used to purchase a laptop computer and
camcorder to assist volunteers and coaches.
BRIERS BASKETBALL CLUB
$12,700
over one year to maintain access to high quality basketball programming by
updating equipment and offering clinics and workshops to attract new volunteer
coaches.
Canadian Mental Health Association
Haldimand-Norfolk
$62,500 over two years to increase opportunities
for mental health promotion in Haldimand Norfolk through the creation of a
Volunteer and Fundraising Co-ordinator.
Designing Routes to Education And
Mentorship
$58,200 over two years to create opportunities to gain
new job skills in food production, and preparation for Dunnville youth and
adults experiencing barriers to employment and limited access to healthy food
choices.
Dunnville Kinsmen Club
$10,900
over six months to renovate and maintain access to a well-used community hall.
The upgrades will increase rentals, thereby contributing to the sustainability
of the club and will also allow for winter rentals.
Federated Women's Institutes of
Canada
$6,300 over six months to complete a professional assessment
of the deterioration of the wooden clapboard exterior of the Adelaide Hunter
Hoodless Homestead which can then be used to develop a plan for preserving this
heritage building.
Grand River Employment & Training
Inc.
$18,800 over one year to increase jobs and community knowledge
of opportunities in the green economy for Six Nations and surrounding
communities. A Green Conference will be held and a database of local green
employers, training opportunities and green jobs will be created.
Haldimand-Norfolk Resource, Education and
Counselling Help , as lead organization on this
collaborative
$96,700 over two years to continue the implementation
of a community-based project on bullying prevention. This work will engage youth
in the creation of a strategy to address bullying and will result in adult and
youth teams working to implement anti-bullying initiatives in at least 32
schools in Haldimand and Norfolk.
Mt. Pleasant Optimist
Club
$14,600 over six months to upgrade equipment at a well-used
community hall and nature park in Mt. Pleasant that will promote recreational
activities for people of all ages and abilities.
Paris Soccer Club
$42,000 over
six months to increase safety at a soccer facility in Paris by replacing worn
backstops and fencing the fields.
Port Dover Yacht Club
$34,600
over six months to increase access to youth and adult sailing instruction by
providing a launch ramp and floating dock at the Sailing School's new location
in the Port Dover Marina.
Scientists in School
$130,400
over two years to bring Scientists in Schools, an award-winning science outreach
program, to 23,000 elementary school students in Hamilton and
Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk. The field trip comes to the classroom as students work
directly with "real" scientists from their community. This grant has an impact
in more than one OTF catchment area.
$24,100 over one year to increase access to information and resources for preventing sexual assault of young children and adults with developmental disabilities. "Taylor the Turtle - My Body Belongs to Me" workshop kits and website will be developed with resources for parents, children and teachers.
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