Grants and Contributions:
Title:
When People Care Enough to Act: Strengthening Informal Supports
Agreement Number:
GV230287
Agreement Value:
$568,358.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 27, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
Through this 27-month project, Saskatchewan Towards Offering Partnership Solutions (STOPS) to Violence will develop and put in place a model and process based in Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the current gap in formal gender-based violence services that exist in smaller rural and northern Saskatchewan communities. To do so, the project will include adapting an ABCD based process to strengthen informal community level supports; engagement with 6 rural and northern communities to pilot and test the process; investing in peer mentorship and leadership development for community members with lived experience; and supporting 24 months of community lead action to assess effectiveness and impacts. The project will work along the spectrum from prevention to intervention with elders, community members with lived experience and government agencies that have knowledge and expertise in the rural and northern context to support community members to organize, mobilize and influence change in their communities. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. STOPS will develop practice documents and a knowledge dissemination plan to continue to share, adapt and scale information on the promising practice with other organizations so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.
Location:
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, CA S0G 1S0
Reference Number:
001-2023-2024-Q4-00034
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Saskatchewan Towards Offering Partnership Solutions to Violence
Program:
Gender-Based Violence Program
Program Purpose:
The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.