Spark Funds Grant Articles

To examine strategies and opportunities to utilize Beacon Community Services' 13 properties for affordable and accessible housing that is physically designed and built to encourage...

Our goal is to understand what affordability means through an intersectional lens for LGBTQ+ immigrants in Victoria.  

Create an event that inspires ideas and potential solutions for closing service gaps for individuals in their 20s and 30s (re)entering the labor market.  

Educate those in the housing and construction sector about these acute challenges for those in their 20s and 30s – with an emphasis on newcomer experiences – through the creation of a...

Convene organizations, engagement programs, and private sector businesses that provide capacity building, training, mentorship, volunteerism, experience, entrepreneurship, and employment...

A Home Share program to connect young individuals with affordable housing through senior partnerships. We will host workshops and forums to engage young people, identifying their housing and...

Community Owned Asset Mapping: Map and create a comprehensive visual picture of community-owned (non-profit and municipal) land, buildings, and real estate in the Greater Victoria region....

Community Convening: Funds will be used to catalyze and co-manage a multi-year, multi-modal series of conversations that engage First Nations and general populace on the future of our shared...

Indigenous Community Asset Mapping: Community asset mapping of the South Island region will be a powerful storytelling tool to gain understanding of Indigenous businesses, First Nation (FN)...

Collaboration & Multi-solve: This application builds on previous support from the Victoria Foundation and contributes to affordable food access by developing long term sustainability for...

Community Convening: Conference and dialogue series around housing affordability for the capital region, bringing together local municipal staff and councilors, banking/finance, non-profit...

Scaling multi-solve Pilot: A pilot exploring potential of cross sector partnering between a volunteer senior focused support agency with a for-profit company selling home healthy meal...