Grant Recipient
Human-Nature Counselling Society
Amount funded: $30,000.00
Funding year: 2026
Non-Qualified Donee:
Primary Demographic: Youth
Vital Signs Issue Area: Health & Wellness
Grant Snapshot: A year-round, land-based youth wellness program for 50 youth from the Songhees and Pauquachin Nations. Sixty weekly after-school sessions, led in collaboration with professional nature-based counsellors, youth workers, and First Nations knowledge holders and Elders, will engage youth in activities that build emotional skills, strengthen peer connections, and deepen relationships with land and culture.