Active Girls Grant

The KidSport Greater Victoria Active Girls Committee was established to address gender equity in supporting children to participate in sport and physical activity opportunities. Their work includes raising funds to increase the number of girls participating in sport and physical activity by offering grants to encourage and facilitate their involvement in both organized sports and recreational physical activity. Their goal is to create equitable distribution of KidSport funds reaching girls and boys, and to increase the profile of gender equity in sport and physical activity.

Grants are available for both individuals ("Proud to Play Like a Girl", "Performance Development", "Game Changers") as well as organizations ("Play it Forward").

Individual Grants include:

• Proud to Play Like a Girl - This award supports girls, or participants who identify as girls, in earlier stages of participation in a sport OR a physical activity pursuit. Note that "Proud to Play Like a Girl" nominees must demonstrate a sustained sport or physical activity experience (e.g. at least one year led by a qualified coach or instructor).  
• Performance Development - This award is intended for girls, or participants who identify as girls, pursuing ongoing (3+ consecutive years) and high-level performance development (3x/week or more) in sport OR a physical activity pursuit.
• New: Game Changers - This award is intended for girls, or participants who identify as girls, pursuing sport-related training or education in leadership development (e.g., coaching, officiating, leadership/training certifications). Grant monies should be spent to help cover costs related to attending an educational/training/certification program or event. 

Proud to Play like a Girl and Performance Development (Individual) Grants:

• Grant monies should be spent to help cover costs related to program registration fees, camp or other forms of athletic training, travel, equipment, coaching fees.

Game Changers (Individual) Grants:

• Priority is given to applicants who demonstrate financial need and/or who require support to address other challenges to their participation. The Foundation will also consider an applicant’s experience with leadership, teamwork and fair play. When the Foundation has more applications than funds, it will give priority to those who have not received previous Active Girls grants.

Play It Forward (Organizational) Grant:

• This is an organizational grant designed to support community organizations' (municipal recreation, schools, not-for-profits) delivery of physical activity and sport programs for girls aged 10-18 living in the Capital Regional District. The grant will support organizations (1) reaching underserved groups of girls, or (2) offering non-traditional sport and physical activities for girls, or (3) working to increase the participation numbers of girls in existing physical activity and sporting programs, or (4) offering sport-related leadership development/training/certification opportunities for girls.