Community Vibrancy Grant accepting applications for 2025

**Medicine Hat – **The City of Medicine Hat has begun accepting applications for its Community Vibrancy Grant. The application window is open from Monday, July 29 through to Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 3 p.m.
The City of Medicine Hat values community activities and events. They bolster community spirit, emphasize opportunities that contribute to quality of life, and enhance a sense of belonging to a community that is welcoming, safe, resilient and full of opportunity.
The 2025 Community Vibrancy Grant application intake has two funding streams – Community Project and Activities, and Annual Festivals and Special Events.
The Community Project and Activities stream has $25,000 in available funds for 2025. The Annual Festivals and Special Events stream, for larger-scale events, has two-year funding available. There is $19,000 available for 2025. Due to multi-year funding, the amount of available funds may differ from year to year.
Applicants are encouraged to fully read the City’s grant funding guidelines and criteria to ensure their project and application meets the program objectives and eligibility criteria.
Examples of previous Community Vibrancy Grant recipients include the following:

• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Reconnecting to Play at the Medicine Hat Public Library
• Learn to weave in Medicine Hat
• Addictions Don’t Discriminate
  For more information on the Community Vibrancy Grant program and the application process, visit medicinehat.ca/grants. Interested applicants can also email bonyar@medicinehat.ca.