Local groups will receive $872,500 in provincial funding meant to help them recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and deliver their programs and services.
A release from Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker’s office says 21 local organizations are receiving the funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Community Building Fund which is distributing more than $46 million provincewide to support 648 non-profit tourism, culture, sport and recreation organizations.
Walker says in a statement, “These organizations are the bedrock of our communities. By helping them weather the storm, we are ensuring that residents across Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and Ontario will have the opportunity to reconnect with the many things that make this community special.”
The Community Building Fund launched earlier this year as a part of the Province’s budget. It’s administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation through two streams: Operating and Capital. This is the operating stream. It is providing funding support for essential expenditures, such as staff salaries and fixed operational costs, including utilities, rent, lease, telephone and communication lines.
It also provides for equipment costs, programs, services, and adapting to COVID-19 public health measures including equipment for changing technology, health and safety, and personal protective equipment as well as innovation, digital and mobile costs.
Local organizations receiving funding include:
* Hanover Curling Club – $50,000
* Allenford Curling Club – $26,400
* Hanover Community Players – $24,800
* Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding and Family Camp Inc. – $17,300
* Billy Bishop Museum – $34,600
* The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre – $41,800
* Owen Sound Little Theatre – $100,000
* Harmony Centre Owen Sound – $18,000
* Owen Sound Agricultural Society – $45,800
* Active Lifestyles Centre Grey-Bruce – $18,200
* Blue Water Curling Club – $50,000
* Sheatre – $50,000
* Meaford Curling Club – $30,700
* El Sistema Grey Bruce (The Big Sound) – $21,600
* Georgian Bay Riding Association for Challenged Equestrians – $30,000
* Peninsula Adventure Sports Association – $32,000
* Lookup Theatre – $46,400
* Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation – $100,000
* Hanover Lions Club – $10,000
* Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association – $50,000
* Georgian Bay Folk Society – $74,900