Education & Awareness Grants

We believe that building awareness about violence and abuse can make a difference in the lives of families and our communities. The Education & Awareness (E&A) Grant Program provides small grants to community-based, non-profit organizations for activities that will:

• Increase the knowledge and understanding about violence and abuse;
• Actively involve the community by encouraging actions that will lead to a safe and violence free society; and
• Promote awareness, networking and discussion

E&A Grants do not cover business operations, infrastructure or staffing expenses.

Applications are accepted any time throughout the year.

Recent Education & Awareness Grant recipients:

• 2025 – YWCA Regina (Saskatchewan) was granted funding to host the 2025 annual Power of Being You (PBY) youth conference, which focused on gender-based violence in Saskatchewan, healthy relationships, effects of trauma, healthy coping and communication, consent, bystander intervention and many more topics, to help young people live a violence-free life.
• 2025 – YWCA Edmonton (Alberta) secured funding to support the Rose Campaign, a public community event designed to raise awareness about the realities of gender-based violence, including boys and men who have been impacted by violence, and engages members to explore how they can support loved ones and help build safer communities.
• 2025 – YW Calgary (Alberta) was awarded funding to expand the HERE for Youth program, targeting grades 7-12 across schools to equip youth with the knowledge and skills to build healthy relationships, learn about power dynamics, set boundaries, recognize signs of abuse, and advocate for violence-free futures.
• 2025 – Boyle Street Services Society (Alberta) was provided a grant to develop a community resource for service providers and community members working with the vulnerable, unhoused, and insecurely housed, relating to staying safe in the community.
• 2025 – Unison at Kerby Centre (Alberta) received funding to support resources relating to the development and dissemination of multilingual educational and community outreach materials relating on senior abuse prevention, community engagement and training for senior-serving agencies, housing providers, and youth, and evaluation of the program’s impact.

• 2024 – Sask SPCA (Saskatchewan) received a grant to print and distribute a resource guide for individuals experiencing domestic abuse so they can plan in a safe way and leave when they are ready.
• 2024 – YWCA Regina (Saskatchewan) was granted funding to host the 2024 annual Power of Being You (PBY) youth conference, which promotes creating of a violence-free community through education and awareness of how violence is perpetuated in society, how it impacts an entire community, tools to counteract violence and access to avenues of support in the community.
• 2024 – Safe House And Directed Empowerment (SHADE) (Manitoba) received a grant to support the MIRRORS well-being program that works toward reducing the incidence of domestic abuse, family violence, and gender-based violence amongst immigrant women.

• 2023 – Hope Restored (Saskatchewan) received funding to disseminate the Human Trafficking in the Prairie Provinces research report, through the development of a one-hour training that supports organizations in actualizing the findings from the research.
• 2023 – Lloydminster Elder Abuse Prevention Committee (LEAP) (Saskatchewan) was awarded funding to enhance the distribution of promotional, educational, and awareness material regarding elder abuse in the community.
• 2023 – Safe House And Directed Empowerment (SHADE) (Manitoba) received a grant to support the MIRRORS well-being program that works toward reducing the incidence of domestic abuse, family violence, and gender-based violence amongst immigrant women.
• 2023 – YWCA Regina (Saskatchewan) was granted funding to host the 2023 annual Power of Being You (PBY) youth conference, which promotes the creating of a violence-free community through education and awareness of gender-based violence in the community, toxic masculinity, trauma-informed care, self-expression and healthy emotional expression, and systems of support in the community.
• 2023 – Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (SASS) (Saskatchewan) obtained funding to print and disseminate their findings from the Sexual Violence in Saskatchewan: Voices, Stories, Insights, and Actions from the Front Lines report including an action plan, material on public awareness and understanding of sexual violence issues, community develop in creating a safe and violence-free environment, and promoting discussion.
• 2023 – Regina and Area Sexual Assault Services Centre (RSAC) (Saskatchewan) received funding for the #ChooseToSee campaign. This joint project with RSAC, Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC), and Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre (SSAIC), highlighted the ways women and feminine-identified individuals, alter behaviours to avoid sexual violence, promoted awareness about the signs of sexual violence, and ways to create a safe community as part of the Sexual Violence Awareness Week.

• 2022 – RESET Society of Calgary (Alberta) was awarded a grant to support the Society of Calgary’s Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking Awareness Conference, which aims to build education and awareness about the complexities of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, and highlights leading practices in the field of supporting those experiencing this form of violence and abuse.
• 2022 – Regina and Area Sexual Assault Services Centre (RSAC) (Saskatchewan) received funding for the #ChooseToSee Sexual Violence Awareness Week campaign. This joint project with RSAC, Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC), and Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre (SSAIC), recruited volunteers to conduct a photoshoot for images to be used in posters and social media during the Sexual Violence Awareness Week.
• 2022 – Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (SASS) (Saskatchewan) obtained funding to print and disseminate their findings from the Sexual Violence in Saskatchewan: Voices, Stories, Insights, and Actions from the Front Lines report including an action plan, material on public awareness and understanding of sexual violence issues, community develop in creating a safe and violence-free environment, and promote discussion.

How do I apply?

Submit a Letter of Intent and include the following:

• Registered charitable number –  without this, organizations will be not eligible for funding;
• A detailed letter outlining the request;
• A budget indicating where and how the grant will be spent; and,
• Complete contact information of the person submitting the application.

Note: Grants are allocated up to $10,000.

Email your E&A Grant request to:  info@prairieaction.ca