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Funding Assistance
KidSport is a national not-for-profit organization that provides financial assistance for registration fees and equipment to kids aged 18 and under. Through a confidential application process we provide grants so they can play a season of sport. Nationally, KidSport is comprised of a network of 11 provincial/territorial KidSport chapters and 178 community KidSport chapters. Since its creation in 1993, over 450,000 kids across the country have been given the chance to play sport through KidSport grants and sport introduction programming
Mission Statement
We believe that no kid should be left on the sidelines and all should be given the opportunity to experience the positive benefits of organized sports. KidSport provides support to children in order to remove financial barriers that prevent them from playing organized sport.
KidSport Chapters
Nationally, KidSport provides support and resources to a network of 178 provincial/territorial and community chapters. Each chapter manages all operations, including fundraising, application intake and grant distribution for its community or province. To learn more about your community or provincial/territorial chapter, Find a Chapter.
Benefits to the Community
KidSport believes in the values and benefits of kids playing organized sport and we know that sport will provide them with the opportunity to:
- Become physically active
- Improve their self-esteem and self-confidence
- Learn life-long skills
- Improve their academic performance
- Make new friends
- Share and celebrate their culture
- Contribute to a strong, healthy community
Rising Star
Applications are now available for 2020
The Canadian Sport for Life movement has generated a new way to train and develop our youth.
The Rising Star follows the CS4L train to train model. It is a program that provides funding to athletes (females 11-15 and males 12-16) that exhibit potential in their sport of choice and wish to receive additional training through a camp format.
Grant Details:
Females must be between the ages of 11-15 years & males must be between the ages of 12-16 years
The camp should focus on sport specific skill development/training more so than competitions, and tournaments
The camp/schedule must show that there is sport specific technical, tactical and fitness training approximately 9-12 times per week
Understanding Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L)
There has been a nationwide shift in the education and delivery of sport, known as Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L). This movement has generated a new way to train and develop our youth. As a result, the Rising Star program will focus its funding on the Train to Train category of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD). Additional information on CS4L can be found at www.canadiansportforlife.ca
Terms and Conditions
The objective of this program is to provide financial assistance for athletes to participate in programs that contribute to their learning and development through the Canadian Sport for Life, specifically under the Train to Train category.
- All applications must be received on or before May 31, 2020. To be eligible for financial assistance, all relevant sections must be completed. The application will be assessed using the information provided and athletes will be selected based on the quality of the submission. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
- Athletes must be a non smoker.
- Athletes must be a registered member of a Territorial Sport Organization (TSO).
- Athletes must be a NWT resident and live in the NWT.
- Athletes must provide a written report to Sport North by October 1, 2020 on what was covered at the camp and how it benefited them.
- Parents/legal guardians are responsible to ensure their child is registered in the appropriate camp and that all necessary documentation has been provided to that camp. Sport North is not responsible to ensure athletes are registered in the camp.
- At the discretion of Sport North, funding may be provided directly to the camp or the parents/legal guardians once appropriate receipts have been received.
For more information or to apply: https://www.sportnorth.com/programs/rising-star
Rita Mercredi
4908 - 49 Street
Box 11089, Yellowknife, NT X1A 3X7
Fax: (867) 669-8327
Email: rmercredi@sportnorth.com
Player Development Camp / Tournament Assistance
Are you or your team looking for funding or travel assistance to a player development camp or tournament? Please reach out to us and see if we can help. Email rami.bnwt@gmail.com with details on the event and what sort of funding you’re requesting.
*excludes NWT Power Corp Cager tournaments