New Horizons Grant for TGIF
The Old School would like to thank, The Honourable Sean Fraser MP for dropping by and presenting the New Horizons Federal Grant for Seniors Program in the amount of $24,250.00. These funds will help us to develop and refine our TGIF (Transportation,Gardening, Information, Food) program that we have piloted to impact and grow a dementia friendly community. We will continue to provide our Friday Enhance Through Dance sessions, weekly wellness nature walks and journaling with Sure Footed along with food workshops, access to our food pantry, financial literacy and navigation support for seniors.
YESS Grant Funding
The Old School Community Gathering Place would like to thank The Honourable Sean Fraser MP for dropping by and presenting the Youth Employment & Skills Strategy (YESS) Federal Grant which is a youth initiative led by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and delivered in partnership by 12 federal departments. This program supports youth to gain work experience and develop the skills they need to successfully find and keep quality jobs.
Programming focuses on youth facing multiple barriers to employment such as
education, food and income security, mental health, transportation, housing and health as well as broader systemic barriers such as racism and ableism.
This successful program has been in existence at the Old School since 2019 employing 83 local youth who received employment training and work placements with local businesses and organizations. To date we have had an 80% success rate with our program. The funding totals $948,885 over 4 years. The next program will begin in September 2025.