Funded Projects

8 Domains of Mental Health Youth Wellness Kits

Spruce Grove

The community of Spruce Grove is supporting a holistic understanding of mental health in their community,…

Year 2

A Cup of Joy

Irricana

A Cup of Joy project is a weekly and monthly meet up for community members…

Year 3

Action Team Pigeon Lake!

Pigeon Lake

This is a "discovery project with 3 main objectives: Continue to discover “what’s…

Year 4

Action Team Westerose!

Westerose

This is a "discovery project with 3 main objectives: Continue to discover “what’s…

Year 4

BGC Whitecourt & District Kindness Campaign

Whitecourt

This was the second year that the Animators of Whitecourt was successful in receiving a community…

Building a Community of Wellness

Chestermere

The Building a Community of Wellness project focuses on sharing all the data collected through the…

Year 4

Building a Sense of Community Belonging

Jasper

The project utilizes carefully designed, inclusive activities that are dynamic and co-created by…

Year 4

Building Community Connection

Cold Lake

This was the second year that the Animators of Cold Lake was successful in receiving a community…

Building Community Through Connection

Jasper

While Jasper has a well-informed and engaged year-round population, the seasonal population has some…

Building Connections and Strong Relationships

Dewberry

New Dawn Metis Women’s Society for Cold Lake, Bonnyville, Marwayne, Lloydminster and St Paul…

Year 4

Building Mental Health Awareness by Sharing Lived Experience

Consort

Stigma is a considerable barrier to positive mental health, which is why the project in Consort focuses…

Year 2 Year 3

Building positive mental health through awareness and social connection

Consort

This project aims to provide opportunities for adults to be connected…

Year 3

Castor's Community Mental Health Support Network - Neighbours Caring for Neighbours

Castor

The community of Castor is seeing a renewal of people wanting to be involved in offering community…

Year 2

Cessford Rural Mental Health

Cessford

The Cessford Rural Mental Health project hopes to address mental health…

Year 3

Collective Outreach Program

Lloydminister

The Collective Outreach Program will be utilizing the Lloydminster public…

Year 3

Community Coffee Time and Conversation Cafes

Oyen

The Community Coffee Time and Conversation Cafes project is meant to…

Year 3

Community Connections

Airdrie

This project aims to support and empower youth and young adults who are…

Community Connections! Together Again!

Castor

Project Community Connections! Together Again! Is meant to bring people…

Year 3

Community Drumming Circles

Claresholm

A community survey indicated that although there are many services and…

Year 1

Community Enrichment Project

Stettler

Community Enrichment project is aiming to reduce stigma, and raise awareness…

Year 3

Community Kitchen

Beiseker

The Community Kitchen project will be to establish a community kitchen…

Year 3

Community Meet and Eat (Community Kitchen)

Hythe

Gathering individuals over a nourishing meal enhances opportunities for community building, strengthening…

Year 4

Community Mental Health Enhancement Project

Barrhead

In Barrhead, community members are eager to help each other, and having people that are ready, willing…

Community Mental Health Online HUB

Lloydminister

Building off an existing website, this project aims to connect individuals…

Year 1

Community Mountain Voice Newspaper

Grande Cache

This was the second year that Grande Cache was successful in receiving a community grant. To read…

Community Newspaper

Grande Cache

By starting a community newspaper, this project aims to promote a sense…

Year 1

Community Of Kindness

Whitecourt

The Community of Kindness project aims to normalize the discussion of…

Year 1

Community Re-Connections

Two Hills

Two Hills is a diverse community with an influx of immigrant newcomers as well as a large Low-German…

Community Reconnection

Stettler

The aim of Stettler’s project is to reconnect our community while reducing the stigma and raising…

Community Wellbeing Connection Hub

Wainwright

The overarching goal for this project is to create an access point for…

Year 1

Community Wellness Reads

Edson

This was the second year that Edson was successful in receiving a community…

Year 2

Connect Fox Creek

Fox Creek

The Connect Fox Creek project will provide residents of Fox Creek with…

Year 3

Connected by Culture

Strathmore

The Connected by Culture project will involve creating a sustainable…

Year 3

Connecting Communities Naturally

Thorsby

Thorsby and Warburg are two communities located southwest of Edmonton.…

Year 2

Cookies & Charcuterie

Edberg

This project builds off the 2023 grant, which hosted four themed cookie decorating events. Each event…

Year 4

Creating a Stronger, More Resilient Community through Awareness and Connection

Consort

This project will build upon previous projects to continue highlighting the mental health stories…

Year 4

Creating Cookies and Kindness

Edberg

The Creating Cookies and Kindness project will involve hosting ongoing…

Year 3

Creek Community Connections

Fox Creek

Fox Creek is an active, community-minded town with a great potential for community-led initiatives.…

Year 2

Crossfield Reconnections

Crossfield

The Crossfield Reconnections project will be enhancing a local park to…

Year 3

Crossfield Reconnections 2.0

Crossfield

This project continues building community connections and a sense of belonging for our residents.…

Year 4

Devon Neighbourhood Connection

Devon

Neighbourhood pop-up events provide an opportunity for people to meet…

Distancing Diamond

Millet

This project will involve installing a second “Distancing Diamond”…

Year 1

Down on the Farm: Cultivating Mental Health & Wellness Initiatives

Stettler

For this year's grant term, efforts are focused on Men's Mental Health and Community Engagement.…

Year 4

Drumheller/Starland Rural Mental Health Network

Drumheller

This was the second year that Drumheller/Starland County was successful…

Year 2

Edberg Connection

Edberg

For a small village of 150 people, Edburg is very community-minded with many engaged, and motivated…

Year 2

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Irricana

This project proposes a series of 8 monthly community meet-ups. Community members are invited to…

Year 4

Expressive Arts for Mental Health

Leduc County

Leduc County's project uses both visual and comedic arts to connect residents…

Year 2

Flagstaff Friendly Neighbours Program

Flagstaff County

The Flagstaff Friendly Neighbours Program, with community partners, involve volunteers from throughout…

Year 4

Food for Healthy Community Garden

Barrhead

Food for Healthy Community Garden project will be purchasing garden plots…

Year 3

Group Workshop Facilitator

Rycroft

Rycroft’s community project focuses on connecting community members…

Year 2

Growing Together

Sylvan Lake

This project increases social connectedness by investing in community. The "Neighbourhood Connectors"…

Year 4

Guys' Matter

Hinton

This project hosts Humboldt Bronco's bus crush survivor, Tyler Smith, for a community presentation…

Year 4

Health & Wellness Healing Hub

Sylvan Lake

Building off a New Horizon’s federal grant to support health and…

Year 1

Healthy Connections and Positive Activities

Slave Lake

Slave Lake is working on build trusting relationships in the community. They have formed the Slave…

Healthy Connections and Positive Activities 2.0

Slave Lake

The theme for this project is healthy connections and positive activities,…

Year 3

Healthy Connections and Positive Activities: Gratitude

Slave Lake

This project builds on the last two years, focusing on Healthy Connections and Positive Activities.…

Year 4

Homerun to Health

Thorsby

The Homerun to Health project will gather and showcase local strengths…

Year 3

I MATTER Video Contest

Manning

This project focused on youth mental health through a video contest for…

Year 1

Inclusive Youth Community Hub

High River

The objective of this project is to provide a safe, inclusive space for…

Year 1

Men's Shed

Vegreville

Men’s Shed was first started in Australia and there, shed means a meeting place. The idea is…

Year 4

Mental Health Coalition

Coleman

New to the Rural Mental Health Network, the Coleman RMH Coalition aims…

Year 1

Mental Wellness Public Education & Mental Wellness Conference For Youth

Edson

The Edson Rural Mental Health Project is looking to expand public education,…

Year 1

Millet Mental Health Legacy

Millet

This was the second year that Millet was successful in receiving a community…

Year 2

Mobile Coffee Shop Talk

Iron River

The community members of Iron River are similar to many other communities in that they believe the…

Year 2

Moving Mental Health Forward

Valleyview

The Moving Mental Health Forward Valleyview project aims to create more…

Year 3

Music & Laughter for Millet's Mental Health

Millet

The community of Millet continues the momentum of its previous RMH Community Grants by hosting three…

On the Move for Mental Wellness

Hinton

This was the second year that the Animators of Hinton was successful in receiving a community grant.…

Year 2

Reach Out, Discover, Connect, and Grow

St Albert

The goal of St. Albert’s Reach Out, Discover,…

Year 2

RMHP "Awareness & Communications Movement"

Sundre

This was the second year that Sundre was successful in receiving a community…

Year 2

Rocky Mountain House Community Empowerment

Rocky Mountain House

This project includes an educational component, outdoor physical activity and a women's empowerment…

Year 4

Rocky P2P Network-Mindset Kickstart

Rocky Mountain House

The Rocky P2P (Peer to Peer) Network- Mindset Kickstart is strengthening the P2P network and providing…

Rural Roots: Connecting our Stories and Lifestyle

Hanna

This project focuses on bringing community youth together in the Be The Light Youth Event. Youth…

Year 4

Senior Mental Wellness Project

Vulcan

Vulcan has developed a 6-part workshop series that builds capacity in…

Year 2

Smoky River Community Resource Fair And Calendar

Smoky River

The project aims to reduce the stigma often associated with reaching…

Year 1

Social Connections Multi-Community Grant

Drumheller

This multi-community project aims to optimize the mental wellbeing of…

Social Inclusion Series

Crossfield

The Social Inclusion Series involved a variety of community events to…

Special Area Rural Mental Health Committee

Cessford

New to the RMH Network, Cessford is located within Special Area No. 2.…

Year 1

Special Areas Rural Mental Health Network

Cessford

This was the second year that Cessford was successful in receiving a…

Year 2

Spring Forward

Chestermere

The Spring Forward project is following up on the past two projects Chestermere…

Year 3

Stand Up for Mental Health

Mallaig

The Stand Up For Mental Health project is aiming to start discussion…

Year 3

Steps Towards Resilience

Chestermere

This was the second year that the Animators of Chestermere was successful in receiving a community…

Stopping the Harm and Healing Our Grief

Grouard

This project will bring current Indigenous gravediggers together to address…

Year 3

Strengthening Community Connections

Sylvan Lake

The Strengthening Community Connections project hopes to increase participation…

Year 3

Symphony of Wellness

Warburg

The Harmony Hub provides a multifaceted approach to community wellness. Mental health workshops/seminars,…

Year 4

Tawaw Piktiwiw

Dewberry

This multi-community project will provide opportunity for Métis…

Year 1

The Community Wellness Cooperative Project

Ponoka

The Community Wellness Cooperative Project will empower community members…

Year 3

The Holding Spaces Project

Ponoka

This project works alongside the Ponoka Pride Society, the First Nations, Metis and Inuit department…

Year 4

The Rocky Peer 2 Peer Network: Building Blocks

Rocky Mountain House

The Rocky Peer 2 Peer Network is building off of their first year of…

Year 3

The Valley to Community Connection and Wellness

Valleyview

This project is about cultivating creative ways to improve or increase mental health and wellbeing…

Year 4

The Youth Mental Health Project

St Albert

Learn about St. Albert's previous grant here.…

Year 3

Vermillion Rural Mental Health Project

Vermilion

Through an already strong volunteer base in Vermillion, this project provides awareness, knowledge,…

Viva la Vida: Mental Health Project for Mexicans & Hispanics

High River

This was the second year that High River was successful in receiving…

Year 2

Viva La Vida: Spanish Mind, New Generation

High River

Project Spanish Mind, New Generation is proposing to continue the second…

Year 3

Viva La Vida: Strengthening the Immigrant Mind and Their Families

High River

The third phase of the Viva La Vida Project is focused on Hispanic Teenagers, Youth, Temporary Workers,…

Year 4

We are "Well" on Our Way!

Castor

This project proposes to continue to build on the previous years grant through educating and normalizing…

Year 4

Welcoming Wellness in Fox Creek

Fox Creek

Our project will include 4 parts: Wellness in the Park series where we will offer various…

Year 4

Wellness for Families and Children

Wainwright

The project will kick off with a Free Movie Event, "Inside Out" to draw awareness about the importance…

Year 4

YEP: Youth Enrichment Project (Phase 2)

Sundre

The Youth Enrichment Project will be hosting an inaugural youth summit…

Year 3

Youth Enrichment Project

Sundre

The goal of the Youth Enrichment Project is to bring a full complement…

Year 1

Youth Mental Health Safety and Resilience

Chestermere

Based on an ecosystem-based approach, the Chestermere and Area Community…