Community Grants 2023-24 — Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia

The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia is not a mental health service provider.

If you’re in crisis call 911, Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline at 988, Nova Scotia’s Mental Health Mobile Crisis at 902.429.8167, or visit your local ER.

Community Grants Recipients 2023-24

Round 2 - distributed october 2023

We have approved 87 grant applications for a total of $1,642,698 in this round. 

  1. 7th Step - 7th Step Troubled Youth Outreach

  2. 7th Step - 7th Step Peer Support Workers and Programming for Criminalized Individuals

  3. Acadia University - Red Spruce Mental Health Centre

  4. Ahead of the Game - Providing Mental Health Resources for Under Resourced Groups

  5. Alcare Place - Art/Music/Alterative Therapeutic Sessions at Alcare

  6. Alcare Place - Community Re-Integration Project

  7. Alcare Place - Community Event

  8. Alice House - Rebuilding Lives Program

  9. Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth - Emergency Shelter Project

  10. Arrow Counselling Association - Healing with Hope: Post Disaster Counselling Support

  11. Beacon House Interfaith Society - Beacon House Shelter Mental Health Counsellor

  12. Bereaved Families of Cape Breton - Roots of Hope Traumatic Loss Program Nova Scotia

  13. Brunswick Street Mission - Feeding Mental Wellbeing

  14. Canadian Blue Wellness Association - Black Mental Health & Wellness Program

  15. Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation - Youth Music and Wellness

  16. Carole Rankin - Connecting Threads: A Community Quilt for Perinatal Mental Health

  17. Chebucto Family Centre - Maternal Mental Wellness

  18. CMHA – NS - Women's Empowerment Squad

  19. CMHA – NS - Southwest Nova Newcomer Mental Health Peer Support

  20. CMHA – NS - Building community capacity in Metro: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  21. CMHA – NS - Building community capacity in rural NS: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  22. CMHA – NS - Changing Minds Launch in Nova Scotia

  23. Complex Trauma Canada - ASIST T4T Training

  24. Concerts in Care (Health Arts Society Atlantic) - Concerts in Care - New Spaces

  25. Early Psychosis Intervention Program - Online Psychoeducation Videos for Families in Early Psychosis

  26. ElevateHER Mental Health - PAVE (Peers Against Violence & Exploitation)

  27. Empowerment for Hope - Empowerment for Hope: Sex Trafficking Survivor Support Counselling

  28. Esinam Counselling Inc - Domestic Violence Healing Group for Children

  29. Evangeline Recreation Society - Mental Health Education Project (MHEP)

  30. Find Your Voice Music Therapy - Trans-Formative Voices: Transgender and Non-Binary Youth and Adults Voice Therapy Program

  31. Fountain of Health - Promoting the Fountain of Health’s THRIVE © Approach to Wellbeing to NS Seniors

  32. Gambler Support Society - Gaming Crisis

  33. Global Health Alliance - Earth-Connected Wisdom for the Digital Age

  34. Halifax Lancers - Connecting Communities with The Horses of Halifax

  35. Halifax Search & Rescue - Halifax Search & Rescue ASIST Training

  36. Healthy Minds Cooperative - Queer Mental Health & Comedy

  37. Hepatitis Outreach Society of NS - Wellness Project

  38. Herring Cove Junior High - Lunch Bunch Cooking Club

  39. HOPE (Healing Opportunities for People Everywhere) - Couch of Hope Counselling Services Phase 4

  40. Hope Blooms - Love Grows here: Wellness and Food Community Hub

  41. Hope for Mental Health - Families Matter in Mental Health

  42. Hope for Mental Health - Biology and Management of Depression and Trauma Education Program

  43. Hope House - Staying Well Loving Those With Addiction

  44. In the Works Social Enterprise Network - In the Works - Peer Led Support Group

  45. Kids Help Phone - Counsellor in the Classroom - Improving Mental Health Awareness for Nova Scotia Students

  46. Kids Help Phone - Peer-to-Peer Community - Youth Co-Creation Project

  47. Kids Help Phone - Mapping Mental Health Service Access and Gaps

  48. Kristi Garrido - Haven Community Counselling

  49. Laing House Association - Laing House Youth Mental Health Support Group

  50. Let Your Light Shine Jevon Link Society - Community Resilience and Suicide Prevention Training Project

  51. LOVE NS - LOVE Leadership Retreat Camp

  52. LungNSPEI - Nicotine Replacement Therapy & Resources for Nova Scotians in Non-Profit Addictions Treatment

  53. Martime Play Therapy - Maritime PTC Student Counselling Program

  54. Mawita'mk - Blanket Exercise Healing Sessions

  55. Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society, Direction 180 - Blooming Minds

  56. Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Society, Mainline - Wellness Navigator

  57. Millbrook Health Centre - Community Support Breakfast

  58. Neptune Theatre - Neptune Theatre Addicted

  59. New Waterford Giving Hands Society - Community Empowerment through ASIST Training

  60. Northwood Bedford - Music Therapy

  61. Our Health Centre - THRIVE: Mental Health Clinic

  62. Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation - Paqtnkek Healthy Grieving Project 23-24

  63. Pathways to Employment Society - Participant Directed Planning Case Management

  64. QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation - Text4Support

  65. Reachability - The Wellness Hub

  66. Rusty Tractor Productions - Rescued by Love (Atlantic)

  67. Saint George’s YouthNet - Saint George’s YouthNet Teen Program

  68. Sam Madore, Let Me Overthink About It Podcast - Let Me Overthink About It, editing support/ partnership

  69. Schools Plus – HRCE - Light Spectrum: Social Group

  70. SchoolsPlus – HRCE - Reset Spaces for Elementary & Junior High Students

  71. SchoolsPlus – SSRCE - Connecting Families: Concurrent Interventions for Intergenerational Trauma

  72. Second Story Women's Centre - Support Counselling Program

  73. Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County - Safer Spaces in Cumberland County

  74. SOAR (Survivors of Abuse Recovering) - SOAR Peer Supporter Training

  75. Strongest Families - Deaf, Hard of Hearing: Blind, Low Vision, Deafblind

  76. The Halifax Experience Foundation - Creative Hub Mental Health Support Initiative for New Immigrants

  77. The John Howard Society - Holistic Responses

  78. The Marguerite Centre - Holistic Healing

  79. The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy - Medication Delivery Support

  80. The ROC Society - Paint Sessions with a Gallery

  81. TREY - TREY Trauma Recovery for Exploited Youth Continuing Care Program and Facilitator

  82. Truefaux Films Inc - Wicked Bodies (Phase 2)

  83. Worth Living Mental Health - Chronic Pain Peer Support Group

  84. Worth Living Mental Health - Membertou Youth Gathering 2023-24

  85. Worth Living Mental Health - Queer Neurodivergent Peer Support Group

  86. YMCA - Cape Breton-YMCA Safe Sisters

  87. The Youth Project - Queered Sanctuary: Exploring 2SLGBTQIA+ Relationships to Spirituality

Round 1 - distributed April 2023

1    7th Step Society – “Peer Support”

2    7th Step Society – “Troubled Youth”

3    Adsum Association for Women and Children – “PeerWorks Program”

4    CMHA Halifax-Dartmouth – “A Safe Place to Heal: Reducing Stigma in Black Africian NS Communities”

5    CMHA NS – “Family Peer Support Group”

6    CMHA NS – “Membertou Community Engagement”

7    CMHA NS – “Spotlight Initiative”

8    CMHA NS – “Women’s Empowerment Squad”

9    CMHA NS – “Workplace Mental Health Lunch and Learn”

10  Common Roots Woodside – “Growing Mental Health 2023”

11  ElevateHER Mental Health Support – “Housing for Hope”

12  Landing Strong Cooperative – “ Resiliency Project – Phase III”

13  LOVE NS – “Weekly Programming & Free Flow Fridays”

14  North End Community Health Centre – “Programming Support”

15  Strongest Families Institute – “Programming access for deaf & hard of hearing”

16  YWCA – “CASE Survivor Fund”

17  Aidaen’s Palce Youth Wellness Centre – “Keeping Our Youth Alive”

18  Autism NS – “Healthy Relationships, Sexuality & Autism: Online Resource Bank”

19  Direction 180, the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre – “Inside Out”

20  Direction 180, the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre – “Self Care: For Us, By Us”

21  Family SOS – “Healthy Kidz and Healthy Teenz Program Enrichment”

22  Halifax Lancers – “Health and Healing with the Horses of Halifax”

23  Common Roots BiHi – “Nourishment in the Garden: Food, Connection and Wellness”

24  LakeCity Works – “Lake City Works Mandt Certification”

25  NS Brotherhood – “Barbershop Talks”

26  The John Howard Society – “Holistic Responses”

27  The Marguerite Centre – “Gender-based, practical communication skills program for women healing from addictions”

28  The Tema Foundation – “Recognize and Take Action”

29  The Youth Project – “Beyond Survival: Queered Culturally Relevant Community Health”

30  Survivors of Abuse Recovering (SOAR) – “S.O.A.R Trauma-Informed Educational Workshop”

31  Healthy Minds Cooperative – “Open Minds Recovery Group”

32  Salvation Army Halifax Centre of Hope – “Anchorage Recovery Yoga Instruction”

33  Club Inclusion – “Music & Movement: Hearts in Harmony”

34  Stepping Stone Association – “Stepping Stone’s Holistic Addictions Program (HAP)”

35  Hospice Halifax – “Grief and Bereavement Support Program”

36  Clayton Park Jr. High – “Clayton Park Jr. High Wellness Space”

37  Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation – “The Mental Health and Addictions Patient Care Fund”

38  Colchester Sexual Assault Centre – “Sexual Violence & Trauma Counselling Therapy Services”

39  Healing Opportunities for People Everywhere – “Open Minds Recovery Group”

40  After Trauma Empowerment Network – “Living With Trauma: Creating Trauma Informed Communities”

41  Tri County women’s Centre - “Supporting Women with Mild to Moderate Mental Health needs - Phase 2”

42  Women of First Light – “Quilting to Help Ease Intergenerational Trauma”

43  Riverside Community Hall Association (Portapique Community Hall) – “Keeping Each Other Safe”

44  Cecilia Concerts Series – “Sensory-Accessible Concerts – Season Three”

45  Unity Charity – “The Source: Inclusion and Connectivity for ANS Youth”

46  African Nova Scotia Justice Institute (ANSJI) – “Black Mental Health Workshop Series”

47  South Shore Sexual Health – “Building Capacity in Caring for Gender Diverse Children”

48  Mi’kmaw Circle of Hope – “Mi'kmaw Rites of Passage: Empowering our Mi'kmaw Young Girls”

49  Old School Community Gathering Place – “Shorefooted: Increasing Community Access to Wellbeing”

50  Gambling Risk Informed NS – “Retrospective on Effects of Gambling in Nova Scotia”

51  Ahead of the Game Youth Mentoring – “Access and Outreach in Rural Nova Scotia”

52  Evangeline Recreation Society – “Belonging and Becoming”

53  Windsor SchoolsPlus – “Opportunities for Play Take Stress Away (OPTSA)”

54  Dr. David Gardner – “The Sleepwell Coach”

55  YMCA – Cumberland – “Seniors’ Social”

56  Nova Scotia Sisterhood Initiative – “Mental Health Talks (Salon Talks)”

57  Shelburne County Youth Health & Support Association – “Rest And Relax Retreat”

58  AIDS Coalition – “HIV & 2SLGBTQIA+ Mental Health Support”

59  Caravan Theatre – “Making A Difference Through Theatre Campaign”

60  Shoreham Village Senior Citizen Association – “Between The Mountains Music Therapy”

61  Searidge Foundation – “Searidge Trauma Informed Therapy”

62  Kristi Garrido – “Haven Community Counselling”

63  Kinship Performing Arts Centre Association – “Dance for Dementia”

64  Construction Safety Nova Scotia – “Construction Industry Peer Support”

65  Critical Incident Stress Management Nova Scotia – “Growing Together”