2013-14 Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund (OSRCF) Local/Regional Projects CENTRAL REGION A table of successful applicants. Each row is a different project and contains the following information: municipality, organization, grant amount, project title, and project description.

Municipality

Organization

Bracebridge

Bracebridge, Town of

Brampton

Bramalea Christian Fellowship

Toronto

Cannington

Grant Amount

Project Title

$26,400.00

Get Up and Move

$39,100.00

North-East Brampton Fitness & Recreational project

Broad Reach Foundation For Youth Leaders

$49,887.00

Brock, Township of

BROCK SPORT RECREATION $143,705.00 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (BSRDI)

HoldFast!

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Project Description This project will establish three new inclusive programs that decrease barriers and increase participation in recreation to meet the needs of older adults, seniors, young families and youth. Programs include a adapted land and aquatic group exercise program for seniors as well as a family-focused aquatic program. This project will create new physical activity opportunities for children and youth and older adults in North-East Brampton. Programs will include a summer sport and recreation camp, a youth basketball skills program, and a volunteer development seminar. This project will recruit 450 youth from Toronto and Whitby priority communities, and teach them fundamental sailing skills while increasing their access to physical activity programs. This project will develop a Sports Council, implement a Recreation and Community Services Strategy and deliver a community fitness and recreation program for the Township of Brock.

Municipality

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Burlington

Burlington, City of

$90,400.00

Camp Adventure

King

Caregiving Matters

$44,014.00

The ABC's of Golf for Family Caregivers

Catholic Family Services PeelDufferin

$84,285.00

Active Families, Healthy Families

Catulpa Community Support Services Inc.

$36,220.00

Inclusive Recreation for Tay (Transitional Aged Youth)

$22,776.00

(A) Sport Leadership Program + (B) Newcomer/Immigrant Recreation Awareness Strategy

Brampton

Barrie

Markham

City of Markham

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Project Description This program will support a new summer camp physical activity program for youth with challenging behaviourial needs to teach Fundamental Movement Skills and promote lifelong activity. This project will implement a new "ABCs of Golf" program in rural King Township and online, targeted to introduce isolated and inactive family caregivers to the recreational sport of golf and encourage them to return if they have stopped playing the sport. This project will support the delivery of a fundamental movement skills (FMS) program for children and adults who have experienced violence, including identifying fee-assistance programs and training staff. This project will promote access to recreation for youth with disabilities through inclusiveness education and specific training for recreation providers as well as local workshops for youth that will build fundamental movement and other skills to encourage participation. This project will expand opportunities for participation in recreation and sport by offering new Sport Leadership and Newcomer/Immigrant Recreation programs and NCCP Level 1 coaching, HIGH FIVE, and Standard First Aid (SFA) training and certification to youth sport leaders.

Municipality

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Burlington

Community Development Halton

$96,374.00

North BurLINKton Active Neighbourhoods

Toronto

Community Matters Toronto

$57,172.00

Active Children in St. James Town

Toronto

CultureLink Settlement Services

$16,282.00

Wintegration Club

Toronto

Delta Family Resource Centre

$75,967.00

Diverse Communities Get Active in Humber Summit Page 3 of 9

Project Description This project will be a physical literacy project providing fundamental movement, sport and recreation opportunities for low income children and youth. This includes creating four sport and recreation programs, hosting six special events to introduce children and youth to new sports and activities, delivering an after-school program, running a gymnastics program and leading weekly peer-led sport and recreation games and activities facilitate by trained youth. This project will develop fundamental movement skills in 2,200 children (ages 0-9) and their families by training 15 community leaders in physical literacy and equipping them with tools and resources to help build capacity and raise awareness. The Wintegration Club initiative will increase physical activity for 150 newcomers of all ages by engaging them in a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities during autumn and winter. For many newcomers, this will be an opportunity for them to try new activities like skating, skiing, tobogganing, snowboarding, pick-up hockey, curling and hiking. Through this program, participants will experience cold weather outdoor recreation as an enjoyable part of Canadian culture and their settlement process, fostering the establishment of healthy habits over the long-term. This project will increase access and develop physical literacy skills in a variety of outdoor activities and sports such as soccer and basketball that will encourage diverse newcomer families to lead healthy, active lives.

Municipality

Mississauga

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

EcoSource

$41,700.00

ReRooted in Play

Toronto

Etobicoke Services For Seniors

$62,600.00

Going for Gold in the Golden Years

Newmarket

Girls Incorporated of York Region

$54,420.00

Sporting Chance

Huntsville

Huntsville/Lake Of Bays Chamber of Commerce

$90,000.00

Huntsville/Lake of Bays Sport Council

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Project Description Thie project will support the implementation of the "Re-Rooted in Play" program to deliver 60 outdoor play-based physical activity sessions to 500 participants in 5 locations in Mississauga. Each session will include: a physical activity, series of Play based activities and games, park walk/hike, healthy snack, Pan Am sport highlight and a take-home family action challenge. This project will develop, promote, implement and evaluate an accessible, evidence-based physical activity and physical literacy program at Cloverdale Mall and St. James Food Basket for 300 older adults living in Central West Toronto. The project will also develop 10 peer educators and mentors who will train seniors in the Home Support Exercise Program. This project will expand Girls Incorporated of York Region's successful pilot of the Sporting Chance program to enhance girls’ motor skills and introduce girls to a range of organized and individual sports. Activities will include basketball, baseball, soccer, table tennis, horse-back riding, hiking, rock climbing, skating, swimming, and canoeing. This project will build capacity through the establishment of a Sports Council that supports local organizations with training and development of sustainable quality sports programming aligned with the Canadian Sport for Life Continuum.

Municipality

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Breaking BarriersIncreasing Youth Participation in Recreation

King City

King, Township of

$50,070.00

Toronto

LAMP Community Health Centre

D.R.I.V.E. Diversity in $135,134.00 Recreation Ignites Vitality in Everyone

Mississauga

Milton

MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families

Milton, Town of

$49,398.00

$156,933.00

Project Description This project will increase youth participation in the sports of curling and cycling through a new Breaking Barriers- Increasing Youth Participation initiative by hosting a bike rodeo and a "bike to work week" and bringing bikes and helmets to schools to teach basic biking skills and bike and road safety. This project will engage over 500 low income children and youth in becoming active by increasing access to recreational opportunities in the South/Central Etobicoke community. The project includes a parent and child program, an introduction for 'tweens' to the Pan/Parapan American Games; and dance, house basketball league, leadership recreational camps and a fitness program for teens.

Active Family Teams in Action

This project will provide new opportunities for 200 ethnocultural families to participate in sport and recreation programs including trail hikes, yoga sessions, soccer and badminton, volleyball programs and ending with a community forum to share experiences and evaluate the program.

Town of Milton Cycling Participation Strategy

This project will support the development of a Cycling Participation Strategy to increase participation and build awareness of the 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games. This project includes the hiring of a cycling specialist to develop the vision and action plan and the implementation of the strategy recommendations.

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Municipality

Mississauga

Port Carling

Oakville

Organization

Mississauga, City of

Grant Amount

Project Title

The City of Mississauga $169,420.00 HIGH FIVE Accreditation Project

Muskoka Lakes, Township of

$7,000.00

Township of Muskoka Lakes Municipal Sport and Recreation Capacity Development

Oakville Gymnastics Club

$26,977.00

Coach Training and Development

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Project Description This project will will train and certify 3,400 frontline recreation on HIGH FIVE Quality Assurance standard requirements such as ensuring that the principles of healthy child development are supported in all programs. A marketing strategy will also be developed for parents to increase awareness of HIGH FIVE and its benefits for children’s programming. This project will reduce barriers and increase access to participation through the development of strategies and policies specific to addressing community and low-income needs. This project will include a review of current best practises in municipal sport and recreation planning, a review and alignment with the Canadian Sport for Life continuum, and identification of new community partners and funding opportunities. This project will assist the Club in training new gymnastic coaches and enhancing the qualifications of existing coaches to increase the number of programs that can be offered. The project will recruit and train 48 new leaders, work with current coaches to assist them in getting on the path to coaching certification, and support seven of the current Level 1 coaches with further coaching development.

Municipality

Oakville

Oro

Oshawa

Pickering

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Oakville, Town of

$104,310.00 Make Your Move

Oro-Medonte, Township of

$11,300.00

Municipal Inclusion Program

Oshawa, City of

$23,428.00

Active Kids for Life

$82,625.00

Making "IT" Happen: CS4L Young Coaches Project

Pickering Soccer Club Inc.

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Project Description This project will support the implementation of intergenerational programs encouraging families to get active together and learn lifelong skills as part of the town's "Make Your Move" strategy. The program will Implement the Lifesaving Society “Swim to Survive” program, develop the “Road to the Podium” program, provide an active leadership workshop series for sport and recreation staff, develop trails programmming, and implement a skate and helmet loan program. This project will reduce barriers for children with special needs through the development and implementation of an Inclusion Training Manual for recreation programming. This project includes the hiring of a Municipal Inclusion Leader and will be evaluated and shared with other municipalities through the Simcoe County Recreationists Association. This project will offer a new physical literacy and fundamental movement skills program targeting 540 children in low income neighbourhoods. The two year project will engage approximately 600 children by promoting barrier-free opportunities through 90 minute classes, 3 times per week and encourage parents of young children to get their children active. This project will provide coaching certification to 25 youth, introduce new programs to increase physical literacy and physical activity among parents and older adults and create templates, tools and guides that can be shared broadly.

Municipality

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Toronto

Réseau de Chercheures Africaines

$50,668.00

Le sport m’intégre

Minesing

Springwater, Township of

$14,700.00

Springwater Slam

Keswick

Town of Georgina

$37,545.00

Uniting Georgina Through Sport and Recreation Fundamentals

Toronto

West Scarborough Neighbourhood Centre

$67,000.00

West Scarborough Aquatics - On the Move

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Project Description The project will reduce barriers to particpation and increase access for diverse francophone newcomer women through the establishment of new programming for the sport of Nzango, culminating in a Nzango tournament. This project will reduce barriers and increase access to participation in sport through the establishment of new softball programming for rural children. This project will implement the new Uniting Georgina Through Sport and Recreation Fundamentals project to increase sport and recreation opportunities for persons with disabilities and host a Georgina ParaPan Games event. The Township will collaborate with five small communities including Anten Mills, Hillsdale, Elmvale, Minesing and Phelpston to develop softball programming for children aged 6 to 12. This project will offer swimming and leadership programs for low-income children and youth in the priority neighbourhoods of Teesdale/Oakridge, Crescent Town/Taylor Massey and Steeles/L’amoreaux. This project will deliver a physical literacy and fundamental movement skills swim program to local elementary schools for 480 children during school hours, provide aquatic leadership certification to 360 youth, and introduce a Summer Swim Camp for children ages 6 to 12 in an effort to heighten awareness of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.

Municipality

Organization

Grant Amount

Project Title

Whitby

Whitby, Town of

$60,000.00

Whitby's Summer Playground Program

Weston

York West Active Living Centre

$47,189.00

MEN: Be Active, Live Healthy.

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Project Description This project will offer a new physical literacy and fundamental movement skills program targeting 500 children in low-income neighbourhoods. Each site will aim to raise awareness and heighten engagement of 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games by including sporting events such as badminton, basketball, bocce, soccer, field hockey, handball, volleyball, softball, and track and field. This project will use findings from focus groups to help develop and pilot a fitness program for older adult men in Toronto's York South Weston community, to engage them in living healthier, more physically active lifestyles.

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