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…

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 were successful in receiving a community…

Year 2

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

For their project, the City of Cold Lake worked to identify the mental health needs of the community…

Year 2

Building Community Through Connection

Jasper

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

Year 2

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

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…

Year 3

Collective Outreach Program

Lloydminister

The Collective Outreach Program will be utilizing…

Year 3

Community Coffee Time and Conversation Cafes

Oyen

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

Year 3

Community Connections! Together Again!

Castor

Project Community Connections! Together Again!…

Year 3

Community Drumming Circles

Claresholm

A community survey indicated that although there…

Year 1

Community Enrichment Project

Stettler

Community Enrichment project is aiming to reduce…

Year 3

Community Kitchen

Beiseker

The Community Kitchen project established a community…

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…

Year 2

Community Mental Health Online HUB

Lloydminister

Building off an existing website, this project…

Year 1

Community Mountain Voice Newspaper

Grande Cache

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

Year 2

Community Newspaper

Grande Cache

By starting a community newspaper, this project…

Year 1

Community Of Kindness

Whitecourt

The Community of Kindness project aims to normalize…

Year 1

Community Reconnection

Stettler

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

Year 2

Community Wellness Reads

Edson

This was the second year that Edson was successful…

Year 2

Connect Fox Creek

Fox Creek

The Connect Fox Creek project will provide residents…

Year 3

Connected by Culture

Strathmore

The Connected by Culture project will involve creating…

Year 3

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…

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…

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…

Year 2

Distancing Diamond

Millet

This project will involve installing a second “Distancing…

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

EPIC Community Programs

Cardston

EPIC Community Programs is a focused ultimate strategic engagement effort towards addressing needs…

Year 4

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 purchased…

Year 3

Gibbons: Stronger Together

Gibbons

The project aims to establish connections in a rural community with limited opportunities for social…

Year 4

Group Workshop Facilitator

Rycroft

Rycroft’s community project focuses on connecting…

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…

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…

Year 2

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…

Year 1

Inclusive Youth Community Hub

High River

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

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…

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

Music & Laughter for Millet's Mental Health

Millet

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

Year 4

On the Move for Mental Wellness

Hinton

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

Year 2

Reach Out, Discover, Connect, and Grow

St Albert

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

Year 2

Reclaiming Our Lives

Piikani Nation

"Reclaiming Our Lives" is a Land Based Healing project that supports young adults recover their identity…

Year 4

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…

Year 3

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…

Year 2

Social Inclusion Series

Crossfield

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

Year 1

Special Area Rural Mental Health Committee

Cessford

New to the RMH Network, Cessford is located within…

Year 1

Special Areas Rural Mental Health Network

Cessford

This was the second year that Cessford was successful…

Year 2

Spring Forward

Chestermere

The Spring Forward project is following up on the…

Year 3

Steps Towards Resilience

Chestermere

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

Year 2

Stopping the Harm and Healing Our Grief

Grouard

This project will bring current Indigenous gravediggers…

Year 3

Strengthening Community Connections

Sylvan Lake

The Strengthening Community Connections project…

Year 3

Supporting Mental Health Through Play

Cold Lake

Building on the previous successful grant, Cold Lake strives to build a tangible Natural Play Space…

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…

Year 1

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…

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

The project aims to empower youth by providing them with a comprehensive understanding of available…

Year 3

Vermilion Rural Mental Health Project

Vermilion

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

Year 2

Viva la Vida: Mental Health Project for Mexicans & Hispanics

High River

Many new Canadians and temporary foreign workers come to High River to…

Year 2

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

Youth Mental Health Safety and Resilience

Chestermere

Based on an ecosystem-based approach, the Chestermere…

Year 1