Enabling Accessibility Fund - Youth Innovation Component

The Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) provides funding for projects that make Canadian communities and workplaces more accessible for persons with accessibility requirements. EAF aims to create more opportunities for persons of all abilities to take part in activities, programs, and services, or to access employment.

Eligible Organizations:

  • not-for-profit organization

  • business

  • small municipality

  • Indigenous organization (including band councils, tribal councils and self-government entities)

  • territorial government

Youth Innovation Component

The youth innovation component encourages youth to find accessibility barriers in their communities. then work with local organizations to improve accessibility and safety in community spaces and workplaces.

Grant funding can be up to $10,000 per project. Project ideas include:

  • installing automatic door openers

  • building raised garden beds in a community garden

  • buying specialized wheelchairs to go on sandy beaches

The application period to become a Youth Accessibility Leader is from June 4, 2020 to October 30, 2020.

Youth Innovations Leaders can submit applications for organizations between June 4, 2020 and November 30, 2020.

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