Grants and Contributions

Through this 24-month systemic change project, HelpAge will help advance women’s equality. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the senior women community by amplifying the diverse voices of older women from coast-to coast, enacting policy and practice change, and supporting a better coordinated network of Community-Based Seniors Services (CBSS) organizations across the country. Key activities include conducting a scoping review, surveys and consultations; creating and implementing regional networks (Atlantic, Ontario/Quebec, Prairies and Pacific); and developing tools and resources to better meet the evolving needs of older women now and in the future. An external project evaluation will measure and assess the project’s impact.

The supplemental funds will be used to complete the activities of developing four (4) new regional hubs on CORE Canada (Atlantic, Ontario/Quebec, Prairies, and Pacific) a provincial/territorial registry of CBSS organizations serving older women, a systems map, and the development of two (2) online communities of practice on the CORE platform.

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

With DFATD’s support, HelpAge is implementing an integrated support package, which includes psychosocial support, protection, hygiene kits, multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA), legal aid, winterisation non-food items (NFIs), to meet the needs of 11,158 older people, caregivers, stakeholders (including 7,811 female and 3,347 male), in Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv. HelpAge will suspend its operations in the Donetsk region starting in 2026 - 2027.

Project activities include: (1) revising response program activities, outcomes, and monitoring frameworks, to address and monitor specific age and gender-related needs where relevant; (2) providing basic psychosocial support, assistive products, and training on fitting and maintaining devices with older persons and caregivers. Also offering legal, psychological, and social services to at-risk older people; (3) distributing MPCA, winterization non-food items such as winter clothes and blankets, and hygiene kits that include diapers and urological pads, to most at-risk older people. These include those with and without disabilities; and (4) organizing awareness raising workshops and seminars for humanitarian actors on age and disability inclusion.

The Domestic Stream of SERP funds research and events in order to increase collaboration and strengthen relationships with key partners and stakeholders to better understand current and emerging employment and social development issues of importance to Canadians. The research projects and events funded will increase the body of knowledge available to all Canadians, and, improve decision-making processes for Canadians and Canadian policy makers.

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

With GAC’s support, HelpAge Canada is supporting the most at-risk older people at home and their caregivers, older people displaced, those staying with others and those residing in social care institutions, in conflict-affected communities in east Ukraine.

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

The objectives of the Program are: • promoting volunteerism among seniors; • engaging seniors in the community through mentoring of others; • expanding awareness of elder abuse, including financial abuse; • supporting social participation and inclusion of seniors; and • providing capital assistance for new and existing community projects and/or programs for seniors.