Healthy Together Now Grant 2026-2027

The Healthy Living team is pleased to offer a grant focused on ‘Creating Connections in Our Community’ in Southern Health-Santé Sud Communities.  This grant aims to build supportive spaces, help communities identify and leverage their unique strengths, address systemic barriers to connection, promote a culture of inclusion, and engage equity-denied and strategically excluded populations. When people feel connected to their community, they are more likely to engage with others, feel comfortable and safe in public spaces, volunteer, and take pride in their community.

“Promoting awareness of the importance of social connection is essential because these connections are foundational to maintaining physical and mental health, resilience, and overall well-being… While individual actions play a critical role in enhancing social connection, the broader community context significantly influences our ability to form and maintain meaningful relationships. Communities provide the social environments in which individuals live, work, and interact, and these environments can either facilitate or hinder social connection.” (Community Guidelines for Social Connection, 2025). Keep in mind there are groups and individuals that may not always feel like they belong. People in every community can experience barriers to accessibility and inclusion. These barriers can create unique vulnerabilities to loneliness, isolation, and disconnection. Communities can work together to:

• Ensure that activities and programs are available for people of all ages, abilities, socioeconomic classes, cultural backgrounds, language groups, and with various social and recreational interests.
• Actively seek to eliminate stigma, discrimination, and violence while advancing Reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Timeline

December 1, 2025 | Application Deadline

January 2026 | Grant Reviews

March 2026 | Funds Distributed

April 1, 2026-March 31, 2027 | Projects Take Place

March 31, 2027 | Monitoring Form (Final Report) Due

Grant Guidelines

• This grant funds one application per organization with a maximum of $2000. Projects that follow these guidelines will be prioritized.
• All communities within Southern Health-Santé Sud are eligible to apply and more than one application per community can be accepted. Not all applications are guaranteed to be approved.
• For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply. Non-profit organizations will be prioritized over Not-for-profit organizations.

How to Apply

This grant is part of Healthy Together Now.

Access the funding guidelines.

Prior to applying, please reach out to your local Healthy Living Facilitator to discuss your application. Access the Application Form.