Field Law is pleased to announce the Award winners of the 2019 Field Law Community Fund Program. See below to find out which Ideas were selected to receive funding in 2019. Congratulations to all.
The Great Big Crunch NWT
For the past few years, the Food First Foundation has run a Great Big Crunch event in schools across the NWT. The Great Big Crunch NWT is a special day, class, assembly, lunch hour, or even 5 minutes dedicated to...
Territorial Cancer Survivors’ Retreat for Women
The NWT Breast Health/Breast Cancer Action Group (Action Group) wants to strengthen the connections and mutual support among NWT women experiencing any type of cancer, empower women to support others dealing with the same disease in their community, and reduce...
Caring Dads for Healthy Safe Kids
We are seeking support to start a Caring Dads Program this fall to help children in homes with family violence and abuse. The Caring Dads Program encourages fathers to make healthier choices. Programs that work to shift attitudes have a...
Crisis Nursery Volunteer Program
The work of the Children's Cottage Society is made possible everyday by the work of volunteers, especially at the Crisis Nursery. We are seeking funding to continue and expand our volunteer program. The Crisis Nursery in Bridgeland provides a safe...
In-School Food Bank
We are requesting funds to continue an in-school food bank that we started with a United Way "Make Your Mark on Poverty" grant. Unfortunately, that $1000 grant has been used up, and we are seeking more money to keep the...
Empowerment Against Mental Illness
This project is to co-produce (co-developed by people with lived experience of mental illness and Prosper Place staff) and co-facilitate (co-delivered through workshops, focus groups and seminars) two educational courses at Prosper Place. The focus of these courses will be:...
Board Basics with DirectHer Network
DirectHer Network (“DirectHer”) is a collective of seven, young professional women. Based on our varied professional and volunteer experiences, we are dedicated to empowering Alberta women aged 20 to 45 with the knowledge and confidence needed to serve as board...
Paul First Nations School Library Makerspace
The Paul First Nation occupies a tract of land along Wabamun Lake, AB. This land was set aside by the Government of Canada in 1892 and is known as Wabamun Indian Reserve 133A and B. It is situated approximately 70...
Women Giving Back Through Their Talents
December 8th, 2018 my husband had a heart attack resulting in a double by-pass in the Calgary Foothills Hospital. He was one of several people that week who would be with their family for another Christmas because of the cardiac...
Walk In Closet
Making Changes is a community of women helping women through life transitions, promoting leadership, belonging and confidence and building skills which encourage participants and volunteers to contribute to the community socially and financially. Empowerment, our core value, is embedded within...
Oskayak Police Academy
The Oskayak Police Academy is a program that is driven by Indigenous organizations and police supported. The objective of the program is to build relationships between Indigenous youth and Edmonton police officers, and this is done by creating a culturally...
Lakeside Haven – Violence Recovery for Women and Children
Every woman who has suffered abuse deserves an opportunity for respite and healing, away from the extraordinary pressures of her daily life. Every child deserves the chance to simply be a kid, carefree and unafraid. Lakeside Haven is a retreat,...
Traditional Fiddling in our Communities
To continue our dream of teaching fiddle and fiddle dance in the remote communities. We have brought fiddles to 15 communities to date and begun teaching and reaching out to adult mentors in each of the communities. We as a...
Rebuilding The Taber Animal Shelter
The Town of Taber’s current animal shelter is in a state of disrepair and doesn’t meet overall needs of the dogs kept there. The town was looking for a group of people that would be willing to come forward and...