News release

Community Organizations Receive $180,000 in Lighthouses Grants

Justice

NOTE: A list of organizations receiving grants follows this release.


Fifteen organizations involved in community recreational activities will each receive $12,000 from the province's Lighthouses Program, Justice Minister Ross Landry announced today, Feb. 12.

The new Lighthouses Program helps community groups provide recreational, educational, cultural and life skills programs for Nova Scotia youth.

"It's important to prevent crime before it happens and these grants will help youth get involved in after school recreational programs," said Mr. Landry.

"These grants are going to organizations with a track record in their communities of providing a safe environment and helping build self esteem."

The grant applications were reviewed by a crime prevention advisory committee. An additional $180,000 will be awarded again next year.

"Experience shows that once youth are meaningfully engaged, the chances of being involved in criminal activities are minimized," said John Gaye, spokesman for the African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes, one of the organizations receiving a grant. "The Lighthouses grant will enable us to provide educational and recreational activities for youth, as a deterrent to criminal activities."


The following organizations will $12,000 grants from the Lighthouses Program:

  • African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes, Community Crime Prevention Initiative for Youth of African Descent, in Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Leave Out Violence (LOVE), Media Arts Program, HRM
  • Community Justice Society, Voices of Change, HRM
  • Nova Scotia Sea School, North-End Youth Boat Building and Sailing Project, HRM
  • Chapel Island First Nation, Potlotek Youth Program, Richmond County
  • Educational Program Innovations Charity Society, Youth Peer and Parents (PEACE), Sydney
  • Split Rock Learning Centre Association, Yarmouth Youth Centre, Yarmouth
  • Antigonish Women's Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association, Antigonish
  • Northern AIDS Connection Society, Youth Photo Voice: Peer to Peer Crime Prevention and Making Healthy Choices, Truro
  • Eastern Communities Youth Association, Canso
  • Town of Springhill, Springhill Teen Centre, Springhill
  • Annapolis Valley Regional Library, Teen Zone, Annapolis Valley
  • Bay St. Lawrence Community Centre (BSLCC), Seniors and Youth Time Banking, Bay St. Lawrence
  • New Germany Area Promotion Society, Teen Place Youth Nights, New Germany
  • Arts Express, Youth on the Radar, J.L. Isley High School