Community ACTivators
What is a Community ACTivator?
Community ACTivators is a micro-grant program for gender expansive, trans, nonbinary, and cisgender queer folks in Toronto. Accepted applications can receive up to $1000 to develop and facilitate a community program aimed to foster the physical, emotional and social well-being of gender expansive, trans, nonbinary, and cisgender queer community members. This program provides opportunities for community leaders to share skills, create social and cultural opportunities and promote health for like-minded queer folks.
This program aims to accomplish the following:
- Engage community in fun and meaningful ways by creating social and cultural connections, and intentionally holding space for those who have been historically underserved including Black, Indigenous and people of colour, trans/nonbinary/gender expansive folks, people who use substances, sex workers, etc.
- Support community members in creating, planning and executing activities or projects that are unique, engaging and enticing;
- Improve health outcomes for gender expansive, trans, nonbinary, and cisgender queer folks through knowledge, resource and skill sharing
- Support community members’ physical, sexual, and/or mental health and well-being through meaningful community outreach
Funding and resources are made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
For Spring 2023, January 25th is the deadline.
Please Note: Applicants can submit multiple applications for different projects, but applicants will not receive funding for more than one project.
Micro-grant recipients are not considered as ACT employees or contractors. Though ACT will support you in developing and delivering these projects, an applicant’s work is independent from ACT.