News release

Province Funds Community Groups, Municipalities to Support South Shore Seniors

Seniors (Oct. 2007 - Aug. 2021)

NOTE: A list of projects receiving grants on the South Shore follows this release.


South Shore seniors will soon have the opportunity to hear speakers give advice on legal topics that concern them through a community workshop project.

The project, by the Forties Community Centre near New Ross, is one of 59, including seven on the South Shore, to receive a portion of nearly $440,000 in funding being awarded to support seniors' participation in communities across the province. The grants were announced today, Feb. 2, by Len Goucher, Minister of Seniors.

"These grants represent more than just funding for community-minded organizations," said Mr. Goucher. "These initiatives have been selected because they'll offer new opportunities for seniors, often by seniors, that are sustainable and which bring together different generations."

Forty-two non-profit organization projects will be supported through the Positive Aging Fund and 17 projects will be co-funded by municipalities through the Age-Friendly Communities Program.

The Positive Aging Fund helps non-profit community organizations create projects that advance Nova Scotia's Strategy for Positive Aging. The strategy is a long-term guide for planning for the province's aging population, with a focus on the health, well-being and community participation of seniors. Successful applicants can receive up to $10,000 for projects through the fund.

The Age-Friendly Communities Program helps municipalities create or adapt structures or services to be accessible, and inclusive of seniors, so they are able to lead healthy, active lives. Participating municipalities jointly fund the grants, which can also be up to $10,000 per project.

"At a time when there are more seniors than ever before, these municipalities are recognizing the value of making sure seniors have full enjoyment of all the community has to offer," said Mr. Goucher. "It's equally important that communities have the benefit of all that seniors have to offer them."

The Department of Seniors received more than 120 applications for funding under the grant programs. Applicants will have another opportunity to apply in the fall.

More information on the program and full lists of grant recipients are available at: www.gov.ns.ca/scs/agefriendlyComm.asp and www.gov.ns.ca/scs/positiveagingfund.asp .


Following is a list of projects on the South Shore that will receive grants from the Department of Seniors:

Positive Aging

  • Baker Settlement and District Fire & Emergency Services Auxiliary - $6,000. Recreational activities including a spring social and pre-Christmas gathering, bus trip to dinner theatre, and evening speaker series on seniors' issues.
  • South Shore Community Service Association/South Shore Work Activity Program/Community Wheels - $10,000. Transportation system to improve regular access to advanced health care services
  • Forties Community Centre - $3,265. Legal counsel discussions and workshops on seniors' issues
  • Mahone Bay Centre Society - $10,000. Expansion of seniors helping seniors program to track volunteer time-banking, a life-long learning program, and training for volunteers working with seniors
  • Queens County Adult Day Program - $8,820. Transportation services to the program

Age-Friendly Communities

  • Municipality of the District of Chester - $5,000. Inter-generational outdoor fitness circuit located at Chester Area Middle School
  • Municipality of the District of Lunenburg - $5,000. Age-friendly information collection from seniors, age-friendly upgrades to the trail surface at the Municipal Activity Recreation Centre, installation of benches along trails, production of newsletters to outline senior specific municipal information