London Community Foundation takes part in national Fund for Gender Equality.
London Community Foundation is honoured to be one of the participating community foundations across Canada taking part in the Fund for Gender Equality in Canada, a new collaboration between Community Foundations of Canada and the Equality Fund which is supported by the Government of Canada.
Through this fund we will deliver $140,000 locally to support organizations at the heart of the women’s movement, whose core activities, leadership, mission, and vision are committed to advancing gender equality.
We believe that a just recovery is a feminist recovery. To create communities of true belonging, we need to advance gender equality across the country. By participating in the Fund for Gender Equality, we and other participating foundations are also committing to a number of other actions, including an examination of our own organizational and investment practices for women. By catalyzing the community foundation movement and the thousands of Canadians we connect with each day, we believe we can do more than just foster gender equality. We have an opportunity to begin removing the long-standing barriers to it.
Eligible organizations can apply for up to $40,000 in funding for a variety of purposes, including to pilot new initiatives, to address long-standing community needs, or to support a just recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
Applications were open from November 3, 2020 to 11:59 PM ET on November 30, 2020.
Recipients:
Women & Politics with Urban League of London
Creating a More Equitable London through Civic and Political Participation and Leadership – $34,000
Creating opportunities for diverse women, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people to develop stronger civic engagement abilities and leadership capacity to increase representation in government and other community organizations.
London Abused Women's Centre
Survivors Speaking Out for Gender Equality – $34,000
Women and girls with lived experience of woman abuse/intimate partner violence, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and/or sex trafficking will be supported as a group to develop their capacities to speak out to end male violence against women and girls - as an essential requirement for gender equality – through sharing their stories, taking social action including developing an awareness campaign for social media, and as a survivors’ advisory group to work with LAWC to achieve gender equality.
Brescia University College
Food Security and Gender: Closing the Gap – $38,450
With collaboration from the London Food Bank, Brescia University College is planning and cultivating a community garden on Brescia’s campus, which incorporates food distribution and nutrition education networks to best serve women in the City of London.
Next Chapter Career with Pathways Skill Development and Placement Centre
Careers for Mid+ Women – $40,000
Next Chapter Career was created for women by women and will provide education and employment services for middle-to-late-career women whom, despite being well-educated and experienced, face significant barriers to employment.
Safe Space London with Anova: A Future Without Violence
Capacity Development Coordinator – $25,954
Implementation of a Capacity Development Coordinator to increase proficiency in the provision of existing services, and to coordinate the implementation of additional services identified by our community members as life affirming and health enhancing.
Deshkan Zii Bi Indigenous Women's Association with CMHA Middlesex - My Sisters' Place
Ribbon Shirt Making Workshops – $6,046
A collaborative workshop series to create traditional Haudenosaunee ribbon shirts, a symbol of surviving cultural genocide, made with the social roles of Iroquois women teachings to empower women and girls..
Resources:
If you have reviewed the above resources and require additional support or a meeting with the Director of Grants, please contact Linda Turner, Grants Administrator at linda@lcf.on.ca.
The Fund for Gender Equality is supported by a collaboration between Community Foundations of Canada and the Equality Fund, with support from the Government of Canada.
