Spay Neuter Inclusion Program
The NWT SPCA is in need of many things, but in the forefront of our minds is the immediate need for a low or no cost spay/neuter program. A low or no cost spay/neuter clinic would remove barriers for those...
Idea Submissions
Check out this year’s Ideas! Ideas are colour-coded by category:
- Red: Southern Alberta
- Purple: Northern Alberta
- Blue: Northwest Territories
- Gold: Next Gen Award
Like, share and follow Field Law on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X!
CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORY:
All / Northern Alberta / Southern Alberta / Northwest Territories / Next Gen Award
Calgary Cultural Responsiveness Training
We, at Nisa Homes, propose to design and provide a series of cultural responsiveness training sessions for front-line staff and management of social service agencies and organizations that serve women survivors of violence, in Calgary. Our goal is to facilitate...
Live Your Dream Education and Training Awards for Women
Soroptimist International of Central Alberta, chartered in 1988, is part of a global volunteer organization that provides women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic empowerment. Live Your Dream awards have been granted...
Playground Redevelopment Project
The playground at St. Vladimir School is at least 20 years old and outdated. Several of the pieces need to be replaced as they are unsafe for use by children of our school and community. Our playground area also has...
Support for Young Adults
Having worked in Youth Addiction and Forensic Mental Health over six years now, I have observed an omission in demography of children in mental health care between 18 years and 25 years of age. The Youth Addiction and Forensic Mental...
Connect Calgary Christmas Shoppe
The Connect Calgary Christmas Shoppe is a community event we started last year on a small scale and we would like to take it to a much larger scale this year. The Christmas Shoppe is a free store for low...
Adult Recreational Choirs – Something Good
Adult Recreational Choirs (ARC) is a non-auditioned choir with a vision of “bringing the Calgary community to its feet by awakening, nurturing and sharing the magic of voices in harmony. Our mission is “to provide creative and challenging opportunities for...
Diversity and Inclusion Rooms to Support Better Health Outcomes for Children and Youth with Complex Care Needs
The development of 2 therapeutic spaces including snoezelen multi-sensory equipment and culturally supportive and agile materials. The development of these resources will immediately benefit the population we serve; children, youth and high risk young people living with substance misuse issues...
BeaYOUtiful Confidence Program & Workshop Series
After seeing the success of running the BeaYOUtiful Program in Toronto and Vancouver, BeaYOUtiful Foundation will implement a new six-week program and pop-up workshop series in Southern Alberta with a focus on Calgary and Red Deer. The BeaYOUtiful Program and...
Pre-Detox Program
We will provide a “pre-detox” program with workshops for people who are still using substances and have mental health issues with the goal to motivate them to enter a treatment facility. This type of program is missing from our community....
Making Home
Living in the HomeBase Yellowknife Dorms means youth can have a safe space to call home. Youth get access to clean rooms, healthy food, hot showers and dedicated navigators that support youth in their daily lives. But, living in a...
CARE: Counselling Access – Right for Everyone
Access to Free Mental Health Services for Immigrants and Newcomers Based on the model of our Pro Bono Law Clinic, this project will provide much needed free mental health services to immigrants and newcomers in Edmonton, Alberta. The 12-month long...
Creating Peer Support for Youth at The Doorway
The Doorway provides an opportunity for street-involved youth (17-30 years old) who want to exit the streets, a two-year self-directed planning process called MyPlan. They set goals and plan steps in 13 different areas of life including housing, employment, education...
Tsuut’ina Nation Prevention Team – Loss Colouring Book
The Tsuut’ina Nation's Prevention Team’s mission is to provide mental health education and awareness to the Tsuut’ina community. To assist with this mission the Prevention Team would like to create a colouring book that will tell the story of Edwin...
Gathering Place
Rocky Ridge Royal Oak Community Association (RRROCA) is a totally volunteer organization registered under the Societies Act of Alberta. We funded a community park for our 20,000+ residents in 2018 and it has become a very popular and well used...
Free Clothing Store
Our big idea is simply to clothe and feed people who need it most. We exist primarily to help those less fortunate and restore dignity to people. Our organization started in the midst of the pandemic (April 2021) by gathering...
Hay River Community Centre Indoor Playground
The Town of Hay River Department of Recreation plans to purchase indoor playground equipment to construct an indoor playground in the Hay River Community Centre. This playground will be accessible year-round to all members of our community. Hay River is...
Alberta’s First International Mixed Netball Tournament in 2023
We are a sports group that is dedicated to growing the commonwealth sport of netball in as many communities as possible in Alberta, Canada and North America. We have connections with the Alberta Netball Association (which is a not-for-profit association...
Women’s Health Initiative
Menstrual health is often a taboo topic but it impacts nearly all women. In the Northwest Territories, we have heard how women are not able to afford the basic necessities each month to deal with their periods. After reading this...
Adapted Adventure Library – Borrow it, Try it, Do it!
Building on the success of our longstanding Adapted Bike Program, CP Kids & Families has developed a new program called the Adapted Adventure Library - Borrow it, try it, do it! This program was developed as a response to the...
Aspire Training Academy Workshops!
Aspire Workshops! Aspire Training Academy is a non-profit serving clients who require guidance, mentorship, and a high quality adult education experience to master their personal lives, develop strong literacy skills, and acquire the digital skills demanded in a 21st century...
Between Friends – G.L.O.W
Between Friends is a charitable organization that provides quality social, recreation and development opportunities so that people with disabilities can connect, grow, and belong. Children, youth and adults with disabilities seek social and recreational activities that are fundamental to enriching...
A Hand Up – Emergency Funding
For low income and isolated seniors, everyday life can provide significant challenges. They often don't have the financial flexibility, social support, or emotional ability to cope, especially when faced with a crisis or unexpected circumstance. They often get locked into...
Irma Minor Ball Diamond Revitalization Project
Irma Minor Ball in Irma is a very strong program that has deep roots all the way back to 1952. We are famous for our ball program both provincially and nationally, with many tournaments hosted provincially every year and even...
Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Centre and Art Gallery
SKYDANCER INDIGENOUS CULTURAL SOCIETY KNOWING, HONOURING AND SHARING INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND ART Skydancer knows the passion of our culture bearers and artists, who want to share Indigenous ways of knowing and creativity, and so we are developing a gathering place...
Hardisty School: Accessible Playground Development Project
For many years, the community around Hardisty School has relied year-round on the school’s playground as a place to gather, play, and live a healthy life. Unfortunately, this playground is simply too small and inaccessible to serve our community and...
Arctic Winter Wellness Growing
Our idea will focus on the education around growing nutritionally dense food in small spaces, in the dark Winter months in the NWT. Firstly - We’d like to put together micro-green and small hydroponic growing kits to give out to...
Warm Hands, Warm Hearts
As winter drags on and temperatures drop way down, your risk of cold-related injury like frostbite can go way up. Literally, think of it as the freezing of the tissues; this happens more often than you think. The most vulnerable...
Legal Education for Newcomers
Calgary’s open invitation to migrants to settle in the region has created a mosaic of different cultures and communities, which makes this city one of the more multicultural in the region. However, immigrants are likely to face multiple barriers to...
Crisis Nursery: Urban Rubber Paving Repair
Children's Cottage Society Crisis Nursery Urban Rubber Paving - repair and replacement We need to perform some urgent upgrades to the outside of our Crisis Nursery. It is currently unsafe for children and their parents when trying to access the...
Helping Pets, People and Students Through Veterinary Medicine
The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) helps over 4,000 animals each year. Many of these animals arrive on our doorstep sick or injured and in desperate need of medical attention. Our onsite veterinary team are able to provide these...
Little Libraries of Fort Providence
I want to bring the community more opportunities to be involved in positive literacy. The legacy of residential school in the community has negatively impacted the community's view on schooling, and in relation literacy. Putting little libraries throughout town with...
Food Security for Northern Families
Covid-19 caused a crisis of food insecurity in our community and a tremendous increased demand. Where we only had up to 30 families coming to us for food support on a monthly basis, we now serve up to 250 families...
YouQuest Young Onset Dementia Modified Service Support
Over 1,400 people (between 40-64 years of age) are living with young-onset dementia in the Calgary area (Alberta Health, 2018). YouQuest provides wellness services based on a therapeutic recreation model that is relevant to this specific age demographic of individuals...
Easing Mental Poverty: Reconnecting Seniors and Youth After a Two Year Pandemic
EASING MENTAL POVERTY; RECONNECTING SENIORS AND YOUTH AFTER A TWO YEAR PANDEMIC Linking Generations (LG) is a charitable organization whose purpose is to bring two different generations together so they can share their knowledge and life experiences and to encourage...
Kayas Cultural College Birch Bark Teachings
Kayas Cultural College will facilitate Birch Sap Teachings for each of the three communities of the Little Red River Cree Nation. Birch Sap Teachings include important traditional knowledge and skills that many Nation members are missing, particularly in the younger...
Sherbrooke Community League Rink and Skating Lessons
We are seeking funding to support outdoor rink operations this year, including an added skate instruction program for the community children and youth. We have established two skating surfaces, one standard size ice and one smaller rink for the 'tikes'...
Beds for Kids
Beds for Kids - is a new effort to meet the growing need of our new Ukrainian families coming to Edmonton area. It is a project where we will partner with Edmonton area high schools to build beds for kids....
Family Nutrition with Dignity
We at Helping Hands Society of Grande Prairie know how hard it is to be able to improve your life without the basic necessities. We believe that every family deserves the right to healthy, nutritious food options to ensure children...
Addison Place Playground Project
The Acadia Community Association is working with community stakeholders to build a new, engaging and accessible playground in a small park encircled by the Addison Place cul-de-sac. We have partnered with PlayQuest and have designed a new playground to activate...
It’s More Than a Bus!
If successful with this funding request, the funds would contribute to the total cost of a new Renfrew bus. The Idea underlining this request is that a partial cost contribution towards the purchase of a Renfrew bus is not simply...
Art and Music Lessons for Isolated Seniors
Free art and music classes and performances for isolated seniors living in low-income housing, supportive living and long-term care facilities. We hire artists and musicians to perform and host art classes at different senior housing facilities in Calgary and surrounding...
Fruit and Veggie Market for Low Income Seniors and Immigrant Families
Good Neighbour Community Market is Canada's first volunteer-run "Pay What You Want" thrift store. The idea is to provide folks regardless of income with the ability to purchase clothing and shoes, books, and plants in a dignified manner regardless of...
Field Law Scholarships to YouthWrite
YouthWrite Society Canada respectfully requests $10,000 for the 2023 Field Law Scholarship Fund to support kids who identify as at-risk, low income, new Canadian, BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+ or youth with mental and physical health challenges to attend YouthWrite, camps for kids...
St. Albert Youth Mental Health Hub
Establish a Youth Mental Health Hub in St. Albert that is an evidence-based, youth-friendly, integrated service site to bring together wellness programs and services determined by youth for youth while not duplicate existing services.
Alleviate Food Scarcity and Teach Valuable Life Skills
Youth Unlimited invests in the lives of youth by providing holistic care, mentoring relationships, safe communities, and opportunities to give back. Our goal is not simply prevention but transformation. We have 3 youth centres (The Core, The Vault, and The...
Empowering Minds
Empowering Minds is a registered charity that provides youth leadership and mental wellness programming for teens aged 15 - 18. Working in collaboration with AB Schools and educators the need to provide youth with the tools to address issues of...
Dogs and Company – Profits for Purpose
Our plan is to open a fully functional, commercial Gourmet Dog Bakery, in Alix Alberta. Currently we are approved for Sobeys's and Co-ops within Central Alberta. The space will be combined with a retail space for the public to bring...
Kokopelli Choirs/Indigenous Composer Collaboration
We will create a series of concerts which celebrate and center Indigenous musicians and composers. On March 18, 2023, we will welcome Vancouver's acclaimed professional chamber choir, musica intima, alongside Indigenous composer Andrew Balfour of Winnipeg. Together with our own...
Resilient Hearts – An After-School Support Group for Youth Fleeing Family Violence
Heart Home Network’s (HHN) vision is a community free of family violence. To do this, our mission is to support people at risk who have experienced family violence to live safely and successfully in our community. We are Alberta’s largest...
Project Halo
We want to introduce you to the Halo Dog Project! Lucy’s Legacy …. Lucy is the first dog in Alberta and 2nd in Canada to be placed as a Victim Services dog within a Police-based Victim Services Unit. Lucy is...
Hydro Power H20
I have drawn up an idea for saving some of the world’s water problems to be solved with my easy solution.
No Cost Single Session Therapy Service
Our idea is the development and implementation of a 'No-cost single session therapy' service provided to the community members within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, focused on: Prevention, early intervention, and navigation Therapy sessions will be provided by registered...
Kello Inclusive – An Exclusively Inclusive Talent Agency Representing Disabled & Neurodiverse Talent
We are Canada's first inclusive talent agency that exclusively represents and advocates for disabled and neurodiverse talent. Here is our backstory … A few years ago, after getting our disabled daughter Kelty involved in modeling, her father Austin and I...
Bicycle Helmets for Children in Need
Sport Central is a children's charity that provides free sport equipment to under privileged children from 4 to 17 years old. Providing kids free equipment enables them to participate in sport who could not otherwise do so. Our Bicycle Program...
Community Kitchen and Meals Program
The Community Kitchen Development will include the expansion of the current kitchen facilities to provide the opportunity for community education, large group volunteer opportunities to meet the current need for support, and a safe space for volunteers to prepare meals...
Reading Pilots – Flying High
CanLearn has supported people with LD and ADHD for over 40 years. Recently, we have implemented a program for students who struggle to read. It has been highly successful, but now we need to ensure that we are using the...
Bringing Music Education to All Alberta Youth
To quote Ronald Russo, a retired band director and music educator, “when students play music in an ensemble, they develop not only their musical technique and ear but also their ability to engage and empathize with others. Ensemble playing requires...
Girls in Sport
My name is Kiera Lyons I am a High-Performance Coach, Athlete Director and Manager of Goliath High Performance in Edmonton, a gym located on the west side of the city. My background is deeply rooted in sports and training, modalities...
Bissell Centre Employment Program
Support for Bissell Centre’s Employment & Casual Labour Services Program. “It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.” W. Somerset Maugham Employment Services Bissell Centre...
Canyon Meadows Community Sign
Canyon Meadows is a residential neighborhood in the SW quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by Anderson Rd. to the North, Macleod Tr. to the East, Fish Creek Provincial Park and Canyon Meadows Dr. to the South and 14th...
NHCA Community Garden Education
Every Year the Northern Hills Community Association (NHCA) hosts educational gardening events for residents of the NHCA these are hosted at one of our two community gardens. Where there are foodbank plots, pick lots for those in need in the...
Adapted Adventure Program – Borrow it, Try it, Do it!
The Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the need for people to get outside and enjoy public spaces safely and equitably. Our existing bike share program allows for the pooled lending of adapted bikes for children with disabilities, so they too can...
Youth Teaching Youth Art
We will offer structured art experiences for youth. It has two complementary programs running simultaneously: Mentoring Program for Youth Artists to learn how to educate their peers on Artistic Projects and Techniques 6 or 8-week virtual art programs that youth...
Parkview Community League Outdoor Revitalization
Our idea is to REVITALIZE the outdoor recreation space around our Community Hall. With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in more people spending more time at home and in their community AND the demand for large outdoor spaces...
Unify Homelessness in Unity: Fort Simpson
Fort Simpson has a very high homelessness rate that also is the regional hub for the Dehcho Region in the NWT. In the past few years, a local business proprietor, Muaz Hussein, had provided the older Unity Store location as...
Edmonton School of Peer Support
Edmonton School of Peer Support. The School of Peer Support would train people with lived experience of mental health challenges to support other community members with that same experience. Peer training helps peers model recovery, share their lived experience, and...
Hardisty School: Accessible Playground Development Project
The existing playground at Hardisty School (Edmonton, AB) has very limited capacity for children, and its design hampers accessibility and engagement with the public. The Hardisty Band Booster Society is fundraising to expand the current playground with the addition of...
Little Giants Group for Kids Experiencing Family Violence and Abuse
In 2020, we published the children’s book Stanley on the Shoulder of Giants, developed by family violence and abuse specialists with an in-depth understanding of how children respond to and resist violence and abuse. We’d like to create a Little...
Preserving Universal Health Care
COVID-19 and its variants are tipping the scales for meeting the health & wellness needs of Canadians through our beloved 'Universal Health Care.' The growing list of patients who are awaiting surgeries in Canada is growing exponentially. This is where...
Youth Digital Literacy Program
Digital literacy is essential for communication, leisure, and work. However, there are important gaps between digital technology and digital literacy. Younger generations are in increased need to learn coding skills to adapt to the digital world. Our project will address...
Grocery Run: People to People Solutions
Our request to the Field Law Community Fund is to sustain the Multicultural Health Broker Cooperative’s (MCHB), Grocery Run, an emergency food distribution program. Grocery Run is in a time of transition, and our funding is coming to an end...
NHCA Shed Murals and Repairs
The Northern Hills Community Association (NHCA) is requesting funds for our Equipment Shed Mural Project. This project will foster a sense of ownership and belonging within the Youth of our community by providing an opportunity to be involved in creating...
NHCA Geocache Project
The Northern Hills Community Association (NHCA) encompasses a large amount of land. To make effective use of this land and to encourage outdoor activity, community engagement, and exploration of the NHCA we want to set up Geocache locations throughout our...
Black History Identity
The project is intended for schools in Calgary with specific invitees. Sankofa will design a program consisting of two an educational and cultural component. Sankofa would take the program to several schools in Calgary through the month of February. The...
Grow the F#@! Up – 12 Easy(ish) Steps to Becoming a Fully Functional Adult
School taught you the Pythagorean Theorem; that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell; and that a strong essay includes introduction, arguments and counter arguments, refutation, and conclusion. But, what about how to change the oil in your car?...
Seniors Intercultural Music Program
Sage works from and with the strengths and needs of seniors to support active and healthy aging in community. A holistic suite of social services, including life enrichment programming, social work supports, outreach and system navigation, information and resources related...
Senior Digital Literacy
Digital literacy is essential for communication, leisure, and work. However, there are important gaps between digital technology and digital literacy. Older generations are in need to acquire skills to explore the digital world in a safe and independent manner. Our...
Cultural Healing
We, Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society, are wanting to have a structure built on our school property that will protect our sweatlodge. This structure will also be used for cultural healing and teachings. We have funds that we have received...
Calgary Cinderella Project: Supporting High School Graduates
The Calgary Cinderella Project, is a program that has been making a difference in the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged youth in Calgary for over 16 years. In 2019, the Cinderella Project became a NEW program of Youth Central, previously...
Funding Field Trips and Experiential Learning program for Humanities 101 students
St. Mary’s University offers the Humanities 101 program, a strength-based educational program offering free university-level courses rooted in humanities, designed to help low-income Calgarians address barriers getting in the way of exercising their capacities and skills. The value and true...
Raymond Community Garden – Sustainable Growth for Community
The Town of Raymond and its residents have identified a communal need to help improve local food security and food sovereignty. Food security is the availability to food while food sovereignty is the personal participation in food choices and production....
PhilKids
Inspired by El-Sistema, Phil-Kids is an after school music program and learning environment designed to fuel and support the empowerment of children through the exploration of music. PhilKids offers elementary students (ages 6-10) from two high needs Calgary Schools the...
Comfort Boxes for Families Experiencing the Loss of Pregnancy or Infant
The Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre is a registered charity based in Calgary, Alberta, serving the loss community province wide. Our mission is to support and connect individuals of all identities, backgrounds or circumstances, who have experienced the trauma...
Creating Young Community Champions
The goal of the Champion Project Fund is enhancing student leadership. This projects offers financial grants for student-generated short term projects. These projects demonstrate their social justice values, while developing their leadership, communication, and team-building skills. Projects vary from reading...
New Canadian Gig Workers
The project will help 30 younger and newer self-employed new Canadians improve and accelerate business success in the Edmonton area. It will collect and share information on best practices of 20 successful self-employed New Canadians. Research participants and their peers...
Assistance Dogs: From Puppy to Multiple Program Pathways
Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society (DWW) is a leader in the international community of Assistance Dog training schools. Our vision is to transform lives and advance the Service Dog sector. Our mission is to foster integration and independence for...
CADS Calgary: Fundamental Movement Skills Promotes Health and Wellbeing
Empowering People with Disabilities Through Participation in Adaptive Snowsports Canadian Adaptive Snowsports (CADS) – Calgary extends gratitude for this opportunity, seeking consideration of support, in finances and Calgary community leadership support. To appreciate our organization, allow us to highlight our...
Improvement of a Provincial Historic Site in Spruce Grove
The Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Heritage Society provides facilities, programs and events that bring people together to celebrate agriculture’s influence on the past, present and future of our community. We are the owners of a Historic Resource - a...
Building Diversity and Inclusion Through Soccer
The Spartans Soccer Club & Academy is a non-profit youth soccer club servicing NE Calgary. The majority of the kids in our program come from low-income families and are underrepresented minorities. Many of them are latchkey kids whose parents work...
New Beginnings – Supporting Our Voices
Sing for Life has been operating the New Beginnings choir for women serving sentences at Edmonton Institution for Women (the federal prison for women) since 2006. Over the past two years, we have made plans to expand this program to...
Beddington Community Garden and Hub
The Beddington Heights Community Association brings people together, acts as a voice for our residents, and provides opportunities to connect in our beautiful and diverse neighborhood. Reimagine Beddington is multi-year project to plan the future of our open spaces including...
Mental Health Copilots: Community Therapy Fund
Mental Health Copilots (MHC) is a non-profit, Edmonton-based organization that aims to share accessible mental health resources. MHC was founded in 2019 by 3 University of Alberta students, based on an idea gifted to them by a professor. MHC holds...
Volunteer Training Program for Hospice
Volunteer Training Program Development Palliative Care Society of the Bow Valley (PCSBV) will use the funds as follows: Planning and Design of Volunteer Training Program • Volunteers onboarded and complete screening process • Identification of the volunteers skills & needs...
Teachers and Students United in Learning The Art of Singing
Opera NUOVA is an Edmonton-based arts organization that bridges the gap between university arts education and the professional arena of opera and music theatre. It is dedicated to training emerging classical and music theatre vocalists, and every May/June brings artists...
Paws Please Pet Visiting Program
The new Gene Zwozdesky Centre at Norwood will be home to one of the most innovative and leading-edge facilities providing integrated care for seniors in Edmonton and area. The centre provides a home to many seniors while additional medical programs...
2022 Scholarship Fund for YouthWrite
YouthWrite Society Canada respectfully requests $15,000 for the 2022 Scholarship Fund to support kids who identify as at-risk, low income, new Canadian, BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+ or youth with mental and physical health challenges to attend YouthWrite, camps for kids who love...
Cancer Support Text Messages for Women in the NWT
NWT cancer survivors may need many types of support to aid their recovery, and regain emotional/physical health and wellness, both during treatment and post-treatment. Many must travel long distances to access treatment and may have few sources of cancer support...
Meeting Street Youth Where They’re At
The idea is to fully implement The Doorway’s outreach pilot project with two strategies: • Increase time for staff & volunteers to build relationships with youth on the street, provide information about the goal-setting process (MyPlan) & assess for intake...
It’s More Than a Bus!
Idea - If successful with this funding request, the funds would contribute to the total cost of a new Renfrew bus. The Idea underlining this request is that a partial cost contribution towards the purchase of a Renfrew bus is...
Honouring our History, Shaping our Future
Please help Heritage Park share more historically accurate Indigenous stories with the more than 500,000 children and adults who visit every year. We need your help today. Indigenous stories are shared with everyone who visits Heritage Park each year –...
Community BBQ
The Salvation Army has worked in the community of Yellowknife since the early 1980s. We offer a variety of programs and services to help our community. In recent days, our leadership team has spoken of a desire to offer opportunities...
Indigenous Ways of Knowing at Highbanks
We are requesting funding to support our Indigenous programming servicing the clients of Highbanks Society and the community sector. Currently 80% of our participants identify as part of the BIPOC community with 70%+ identifying as Indigenous. Our Family Support Program...
Supporting Youth Mental Health & Education Through Art
Participation in the arts has been found to reduce symptoms associated with depression and anxiety; and promote adaptivity and resiliency. After months of uncertainty and social isolation in responding to COVID-19, art may help to strengthen skills to navigate the...
Assignment Saving Lives
The Assignment Saving Lives bursary program, funded entirely by philanthropic donors, invites students to help recruit the next generation of blood donors as a crucial part of Canada’s Lifeline. It’s an opportunity for students over the age of 17 in...
Food and Employment Security for Immigrant Women and Their Families
The idea of the project is to address the food security needs of low income immigrant women and families who are struggling to purchase their basic needs supplies due job loss or having to flee abusive situations by leveraging on...
Re-Emerge: Engaging Seniors Suffering from Pandemic Social Isolation
Research shows that social isolation is a common issue for seniors that results in negative health outcomes. We know that the pandemic has exacerbated this issue because individuals and organizations have had to eliminate social gatherings in order to keep...
Become Legendary with Mini Legends Games and Relays
Athletics Alberta has developed a grassroots program called Mini Legends. The objective of this program is to provide children and youth in the community, opportunities to be active and participate in fun, safe, inclusive and developmentally appropriate physical literacy-based activities....
Mentoring Youth to Stitch It Forward
Mentoring Youth to Stitch It Forward is a new program we are hoping to start that works with selected youth to create a project, recruit volunteers to help, make items (knit, sew, crochet or quilt), set goals how many they...
Seniors Thriving with Outdoor Exercise Equipment
Rocky View Foundation (RVF) is registered charity that recently purchased the Hampton Inn & Suites in Airdrie, for the purpose of redeveloping the hotel to become a 92-unit, Seniors Level 2 (SL2) lodge that will support an urgent need for...
Period Poverty Project @ CUE
The Period Poverty Project is a volunteer student-run initiative that seeks to provide free menstruation products to all students, employees, and visitors at Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE). The Peer Wellness and Support Team, in partnership with CUE Wellness and...
A Community Kitchen – For Seniors, By Seniors.
A Community Kitchen - For Seniors, By Seniors. During the pandemic, Kerby Centre created a food security program (including free meal deliveries) to meet the growing needs of isolated, vulnerable seniors in Calgary who were struggling to meet their most...
WINGS Children’s Program
WINGS - Women in Need Growing Stronger - operates a second-stage shelter and affordable housing (the Home Next Door) for women with children who are leaving situations of family violence. Our facilities provide long-term accommodation and accompanying support services for...
Pathways: Urban Wilderness and Mountain Experiences for Disadvantaged Youth
Over the last two years, the news has been full of stories about overcrowding of mountain trails and outdoor areas as people sought out nature amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. One group that was left out of this exodus to the...
Vecova Youth Program Expansion
Transitioning into adulthood can be challenging for anyone but can be especially challenging for youth with disabilities. Entering adult services has been described as falling off of a ‘support cliff’ where youth and their support networks go from having structured...
Tails to Tell Animal Rescue Shelter – Queening Condos
Our idea is to expand kennel capacity from 4 to 8 comfortable accessible birthing spaces for kittening queens. We aim to procure 4 additional private covered enclosures for approx 12–15 pregnant cats who give birth & raise babies at the...
Westview Pavillion
The idea is build a place our community can gather and create fun outdoor occasions, group gatherings, enjoy outings and also a special place for our volunteer community team to host a multitude of community events. We would build a...
YRAP’s Youth Cell Phone Project
The Youth Restorative Action Project (YRAP) was created as a youth-run restorative justice committee. Due to difficulties maintaining contact with some of our youth who experience significant social barriers, and a concern for their safety, YRAP saw a need, and...
ACGAS Accessible Garden Shed
In order to make gardening affordable and accessible to all, ACGAS (Acadia Community Garden and Art Society) provides all gardening equipment, tools, hoses, etc. This equipment is currently stored in a small shed which is not accessible to people using...
Community Cares Program – Pay Forward Kindness Society
The Community Cares Program is a collaborative effort modeled after the "Block Parent Program" to provide the unsheltered or those in distress in the Tri-Region area (Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, and Parkland County) safe community spaces to spend time and...
“It Takes a Village” Single Parents Group
Being a single parent can be incredibly isolating, but now with Covid-19 having shifted schools and workplaces online (plus restrictions on gatherings) this is even more of a concern. The community of Ranchlands has a higher representation of single parent...
Pin Up Girl
Pin Up Girl was founded in 2017 by Calgarian Steph Colangeli to provide safety and support for women if they find themselves in dangerous situations in public. The idea for Pin Up Girl was formed when Steph, herself was alone...
Pet Food Banks for Southern Alberta First Nation Communities
Parachutes for Pets has recently heard about a need for pet food at First Nations in Southern Alberta. Pet owners are not always able to provide the food their pets need for a variety of reasons. Additionally with stray animals,...
Crazy Indians Brotherhood Community Drive
Impact street-involved and needy people by supporting them with proper food, winter clothing, and toys at Christmas for children; the goal is to ensure basic necessities are met by delivering food hampers and other essential items.
Common Ground Clean Sweep Work Project
Support "clean sweep" individuals in advancing career goals and upgrading their skills so that they can be more employable and self-sufficient. The funds will provide tools and pay necessary fees, such as courses for health and safety, to allow these...
Douglasdale School Playground Replacement
Douglasdale School, located in the community of Douglasdale, is the designated CBE School for children from the communities of Douglasdale, Douglas Glen, and Quarry Park. There are approximately 400 students that currently attend Kindergarten through Grade 4 at Douglasdale. Due...
Breaking Barriers with Mentorship
Crown Mentorship Foundation is a black-led not-for-profit organization that exist to provide formal mentorship programs connecting black professionals to industry experts. Our organization vision is to break barriers to foster experiential growth of black professionals through mentorship. Although our target...
North Haven Learning Grounds
The North Haven Learning Grounds is a schoolyard naturalization project located at the heart of our community at North Haven School. The project originated with school staff, but has been shaped by students (Grades K to 6). Visioning for the...
SkirtsAfire Festival – “Ayita” Leadership Workshops
SkirtsAfire Festival is Edmonton’s only theatre and multidisciplinary arts festival solely featuring the work of women and non-binary artists. We present powerful and insightful stories to a diverse audience that is hungry to be moved by passionate performances and exhibitions....
The Children’s Disability Support Network
The Children’s Disability Support Network (CDSNetwork) will connect families with resources to navigate the healthcare system and all available resources related to a child’s needs based upon a diagnosis of a disability (or disabilities). CDSNetwork will connect families with other...
The Canmore Summer Theatre Festival
The Canmore Summer Theatre Festival (CSTF) is a two-show repertory outdoor theatre festival that provides the opportunity for theatre professionals, emerging artists and amateurs to share the stage. The CSTF provides paid opportunities for theatre professionals, mentorship for emerging and...
Komkan Africa Institute and NSTEP-Teaming up for healthy futures for children and youth!
This NSTEP Komkan collaboration is for knowledge transfer to moms in the Dover and Forest lawn area, This project will break the education content down to one-hour “bites” with Jackie Nyamao delivering content with support from NSTEP. The second layer...
Building Her Courage & Future
Canadian Pakistani Support Group Association is a registered charitable organization led by women who believe in building self-sustaining communities through uplifting vulnerable population groups (immigrants, newcomers, refugees). Our flagship project "Maskan" is a transitional shelter home for women and children...
Online Storytelling Residency
Trickster Theatre’s Online Storytelling program was developed in our 2020-21 season as we navigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an online version of a program that had previously been delivered live in schools. The Online Storytelling program...
Generation Next at CIFF 2022
The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is a not-for-profit charitable organization that screens and celebrates films from around the world in its annual festival and year-round programming. The fall festival is the largest event of its kind in Alberta and...
Justice Facility Dog
The Saffron Sexual Assault Centre is a non-profit organization in Strathcona County that provides services to those affected by sexual violence. The centre caters to a variety of groups, including low/no income individuals, at-risk youth, and women. Saffron provides counselling,...
Sherbrooke Community League Rink and Skating Lessons
We are seeking funding to support outdoor rink operations this year, including an added skate instruction program for the community youth. We have established two skating surfaces, one standard size ice and one smaller rink for the 'tikes' to skate...
Pijitsirniq – Serving and Providing for Family and Community
Hunter in the Making Mentorship Program seeks to provide Urban Inuit with the opportunity to gain contemporary and traditional skills and knowledge required to hunt, harvest and prepare a country food for safe and sustainable consumption. The goal of this...
Women’s Health Initiative
Menstrual health is often a taboo topic but it impacts nearly all women. In the Northwest Territories, we have heard how women are not able to afford the basic necessities each month to deal with their periods. After reading this...
Help Keep Tummies Full All Weekend Long
Our Idea is to provide 2160 days of food for hungry children. We will give bags of food ("Weekenders") for at risk children in inner city elementary schools to take home on the weekends. One of the saddest realities of...
River of Tears: Families Healing From Grief and Loss
The history of residential schools has been identified as having long lasting and intergenerational effects on the physical and mental well-being of Indigenous populations in Canada. At the Brenda Strafford Centre more than 30% of the families in residence identify...
Supporting Children, Youth & Young Adult Mental Health Through the Pandemic
Our idea is to increase access to professional mental health services for vulnerable children, youth and young adults ages 3 to 24 in Calgary and area during this time of high stress and anxiety due to the extraordinary circumstances created...
2022 Dream Maker Program
Our Mission: Giving the gift of hope by granting wishes for children in Alberta diagnosed with a severe chronic or life-threatening medical illness. We define chronic to mean a medical condition that severely impacts and restricts the child’s activities of...
Swamp Donkey Theatre
The Swamp Donkey Musical Theatre Society is a non-profit community musical theatre society in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Our mission is to provide theatrical education and performance opportunities to foster skill development and build community. We are in the process of...
Youth Singers of Calgary Community Art Murals
Youth Singers of Calgary (YSC) creates great performers on stage and in life. Since 1985 YSC has been giving children, youth and young adults the tools they need to sing, dance and act, but we are about so much more....
FIELD OF GREEN – Good Things Grow Here
** Good things grow here! ** We would like to create a FIELD of GREEN indoors for the kids at the Phoenix Education Foundation. Phoenix is a non-profit private school that is publicly accredited. We are the only private school...
Computers for Community Clients
We would like to purchase 10 computers for our computer lab where women and youth will be able to pursue literacy and adult education programs. Programs for resume preparation and job searches will also be provided. This initiative is very...
The Leading Change Expansion Pack: Social Change From Your Sofa
Leading Change is the call-to-action program of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS). It includes customizable, transformative programs and tools to inform, inspire, and equip people to create culture change. It is the only domestic violence prevention program informed...
BOM YEG Community Rental Program
Black Owned Market Edmonton is a volunteer collective whose aim is to uplift, build and support Black owned businesses, entrepreneurs and creatives in the Edmonton area. Through the Field Law Community Fund we will be able to contribute to economic...
Virtual Visits
Mountain View Seniors' Housing Foundation fundraises to support lodges and manors operated by Mountain View Seniors' Housing in Mountain View County. Our fundraising efforts are to create as home-like of an environment as possible for our residents but purchasing furniture...
Silver Skate Festival 2022
The Silver Skate Festival is celebrating 32 years in 2022 with ambitions of creating another incredible winter experience for Albertans. With over 30 events taking place over the course of the festival, including a variety of artistic practices, sports and recreational activities,...
Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
Wings of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation provides funding for programs that ease the financial burdens and promotes wellness for low-income people living with breast cancer in Calgary and area. Our program allows qualified applicants to receive financial reimbursement for basic...
Cards for Community
What is the purpose of Cards for Community? Cards for Community aims to connect strangers, neighbours, creators of all kinds, age & stage through sharing stories on a 4x6 postcard. Loft 112 invites Calgarians— young and old, artists, musicians, storytellers,...
Words Matter – Young Adult Mental Health Education
Prosper Place is a charitable organization serving adults living with mental illness for over 28 years. The "Words Matter - Young Adult Mental Health Education" has been born as an idea to help young adults (18 - 35 yrs) overcome...
Aspire Workshops for At-Risk Individuals
Aspire Training Academy is a non-profit organization serving at-risk individuals across the NWT. Our programming is uniquely focused on education to improve the lives of individuals in our communities. We are dedicated to creating a world where every individual has...
Renert Tutoring Centre for Kids in NE Calgary
Hello friends. For the past 30 years "Renert" in Calgary became synonymous with the highest quality of cutting-edge progressive education. Renert School is Alberta's top school, both on the elementary, and on the HS side (Fraser Institute Report 2020). For...
Pandemic-Driven Innovation
Small businesses in Alberta have been impacted significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Very few industries have been able to maintain "business as usual"; for most, reoccurring public health measures and decreased consumer spending have meant a new, persistent normal that,...
Support for Chew YEG
I would like to present these funds to the director of Chew, Cory, so he can continue to aid the unhoused 2SLGBTQ+ children that are now unhoused for a number of different reasons. This will go towards: Basic needs: Shower...
Is A Spay the Only Way?
Many people are unaware of the many organizations that are devoted to helping animals in need or have misconceptions about rescue animals. Through education and awareness, we hope to bridge this gap. Berkeley's Place works hard to network with as...
Operation Care on Call
OUR CURRENT NURSE CALL BELL SYSTEM has served the needs of AVENS residents for many decades and has now become obsolete. The use of a nurse call bell system is designed to enhance and ensure patient safety and allows residents...
Mindful Movement
At the Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch outside of Edmonton, Alberta, we provide intensive, outcomes-based mental health support and trauma treatment to address the pain of childhood sexual abuse for children and families. The Be Brave Ranch offers a clinically...
Support Low Income Vulnerable Pet Owner Population
We value the human animal bond and our spay and neuter program (includes vaccines, microchip, anti-parasite treatment) helps to maintain that bond. Many of the owners we help are struggling with mental illness, trauma and addiction and helping their animal...
The Nature of the Beast: Co-Existence
Nature of the Beast will be a charitable organization that will seek to re-locate dangerous predators and to educate people as to how to handle a situation if they encounter such an animal. We will focus on Canada’s most dangerous...
Symphony in the Community Program
We want to take the music to the community! Our principal strings perform as a string quartet; we'd like to take that quartet into schools, senior's facilities, and community halls, bringing the joy of live music. Depending on travel, each...
BGCBigs Virtual Mentoring Program
Mentoring provides children and youth with a caring adult mentor who will become a mentor support – that is, an important person in their life who they can seek guidance from and rely on for support. In the context of...
The Blue Door
The NWT Career Centre is in a position to provide a Diversion-like program to support individuals in gaining skills and/or employment support between the hours of 5 pm -8 pm, Monday-Thursday, while providing a safe space for those choosing not...
Pickleball for Youth
To purchase equipment including paddles, balls and a ball machine to utilize in teaching youth and juniors the sport of pickleball in Strathcona County. For those youth that are from disadvantaged circumstances we would provide them with a free paddle...
The Black Bookshelf Project Ltd.
The Black Bookshelf Project (TBBP) is a grassroots organization started by 3 visibly racialized mothers whose mission is to combat the systemic and structural racism being experienced by racialized children. TBBP’s mission is to remove barriers to participation by providing...
Birth Worker/Family Sponsorship Programs
The Birth Society’s mission is to help create empowered communities by providing inclusive opportunities to access birth support services and facilitate education in the greater Edmonton area. Our vision: Shifting Birth Culture. The Birth Society aims to “Shift Birth Culture”...
Forever Changed Through Accountability
In a post-pandemic environment, youth are struggling to attain goals that have been achievable if two school years hadn't been disrupted. Cornerstone works with junior high age youth from difficult situations who are striving to make different decisions so they...
Dental Unit Proposal
We are working very hard to build our very own vet clinic right next to our shelter in Alix to be able to cut costs, save resources and have better access to care for our in program animals while being...
Building a Community Outdoor Kitchen
We believe in using the power of business to positively impact the lives of our Employees and our Community. Hence our company name, 'Give Back Contracting". We are a landscaping construction company and have found that the best way to...
Coats for Kids
Canada's Arctic has cold and unforgiving winters. Each year, YWCA NWT holds its annual 'Coats for Kids' drive where people from across the community donate gently used but still very warm winter gear to keep kids warm who otherwise could...
Engineering Activity Boxes
DiscoverE was founded in 1993 by students at the University of Alberta to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering and science through high-impact, fun and exciting in-person programming. Over the past 27 years, we have offered clubs, special events, classroom...
Learning From & Honouring Our Elders in Fort Smith
We would like to honour our Elders and bring Culture back to the school but also give back to the Elders. With this fund, we would like to pay an honorarium to hire Elders to teach our grade 6 students...
STEP Youth Discovery Program
Empowering Minds is passionate about creating strong communities with youth who are willing to break through glass ceilings to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others, and being funded by the Field Law Community Fund Program...
Allendale Community League Beach Volleyball / Hockey Rink Revitalization
We are looking to help revitalize the Allendale Community League Hockey Rink. At this time, I am a resident of the Allendale Community as well as part owner of ASPIRE Volleyball - a local, female led volleyball training company. Since...
Sports Unites People Training Modules
SUP is a newly established not-for-profit organization that actively promotes the values of respect, inclusion, diversity, and equality to young athletes, coaching and administrative staff, and parents through education. The organization services all athletic clubs, associations, vendors, and facilities engaged...
Wildland Firefighting Helmets for the Beiseker Fire Department
Firefighting is an inherently dangerous profession, and the need for firefighters to have proper protective equipment and accessories is paramount. Without the proper personal protective equipment or “PPE”, a firefighter would risk certain injury or worse if they were exposed...
Giving Back to YEG – Learning, Growing, Thriving
We are the Association of Administrative Professionals: on the frontline of the organizations that we support. We are essential workers and we represent a strong workforce in your community. Recently, we have all faced unprecedented and extraordinary circumstances. We are...
Expressive Arts Therapy Program
Foothills Country Hospice offers a serene country setting where residents and their loved ones receive exemplary end of life and bereavement care. Since opening its doors in January 2008, Foothills Country Hospice has provided expert care and bereavement support to...
My Best Friend’s Closet
MBFC provides one-on-one consultations to teenage girls aged 12 to 18 from low-income households providing them with a year’s worth of fashionable and functional clothing to meet school, employment, and recreational needs. Services are offered in person and online. The...
Kitchen Equipment for NWT Schools
The Food First Foundation supports food and nutrition education programs in schools across the NWT. The NWT has the second highest prevalence of food insecurity of any province or territory in Canada. In the NWT, 30% of children live in...
Raising Funds for Crisis!
Distress Centre Calgary (DCC) provides 24 hour crisis support, professional counselling, youth peer support and referrals through 211 and our programs at SORCe – all at no cost. For over 50 years, Distress Centre has served Calgary and Southern Alberta,...
Earth Science for Society Exhibition
The Earth Science for Society (ESfS) Exhibition is a three-day geoscience outreach event where grade school students, youth groups and the public enjoy learning about the importance and benefits of the Earth sciences. Admission is free. Earth Science for Society...
Between Friends Inclusive Indoor Play Space
Between Friends is an inspiring Calgary-based charitable organization. We provide opportunities for people with disabilities to feel included and develop lasting friendships through recreation, social, and skill-building activities – both our own, and by supporting members in community-based programs. Our...
2022 Music Summer Season
We propose having an outdoor summer music festival consisting of 3 to 4 concerts comprising a mixture of light classical and ethnic folk music suitable for outdoors performances. All performances will be by local musicians from Calgary and Alberta. This...
Community Fun Dances
For some people in the North, long weekends can indeed be long. And quiet. And depressing. The Kole Crook Fiddle Association, with the help of the Field Law Community Assistance Program, would like to spruce up long weekends in Hay...
Black Girls RoundTable™ – The Power Table Talks
EmpoweredMe is planning a four-day Youth summit in January 2022 following the success of "The ME Project" themed "A Girl Can Be… in 2019. Our focus will be to equip Black girls ages 13-18 years old with lasting empowerment to...
Girls Club; A space for Immigrant and Refugee Girls
A weekly girls club that provides an opportunity for immigrant and refugee girls to explore their daily lived experiences around identity and belonging in a safe and culturally responsive environment. The goal of the program is for the girls to...
Calgary Seniors Community Computer Room
KINDred Seniors Housing with Supports (KINDred Seniors) is a long-term case management program for older persons (55+) who are either experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness. The program provides for clients who require some gerontological and social supports...
Intergenerational Community Garden Mural
Canterbury Foundation has given the "Promise of Home" to Edmonton seniors for over 47 years. As a registered not-for-profit licensed supportive living facility with a seamless continuum of care, Canterbury has a unique retirement structure, offering three living options, a...
Keep the Soup Flowing: Soup-Bank
No one deserves to go without food. We take it for granted that we can eat what we want, when we want but that is not everyone’s reality. Food insecurity is a real problem in our community. Hunger is a...
My First Bookshelf
My First Bookshelf is a free program that supports children’s early literacy journey in targeted vulnerable communities by delivering through mail an age-appropriate, personalized book once a month from birth to age 5. The books are for the children to...
Financial Wellness
I was born in Jamaica where money was scarce and it was hard for us financially to have a decent living. After moving to Canada as a teenager and getting three jobs, I managed the budget monthly for my family's...
Bringing Back Music North of 60
The Kole Crook Fiddle Association was formed in 2002 after the untimely passing of a beloved and talented young Metis fiddler from Hay River, Kole Crook. Our mandate is to preserve and revive the traditional music of the north -...
Supporting CMV Families in Alberta
Cytomegalovirus is the #1 cause of infant disability - yet approximately 90% of Canadian adults have never heard of it. 1 in 200 Canadian infants are born with congenital CM Virus. Of those, 1 in 5 will have a permanent...
Elderhouse “Putting Life into Years… not Years into Life.”
COVID-19 has uncovered shameful truths about older seniors’ housing and long term care. It exposed the dangers of housing masses and large facilities. The Jack Long Foundation (JLF) is dedicated to creating a new way for seniors; we begin with...
The Authenticity Project: Dandelion Effect
In the past at Empowered Me, we have held workshops for teen girls in silo. As we empowered them, we realized that we also needed to strengthen parenting skills to enhance the parent-child/teen relationship. There is a disconnect because we...
Gumisistiy Youth Art Program
Gumisistyi means to “persevere,” “keep going” in Tsuut’ina. This youth art program is a partnership between the Tsuut’ina Nation Youth Program, Stride Gallery, and TRUCK Contemporary Art. There is an absence of rural, Indigenous youth in our galleries. We wanted...