Saskatchewan Outdoor & Environmental Education Assistance: Environmental Action Projects

The Saskatchewan Outdoor and Environmental Education Association has funds available to assist community and/or school groups carry out environmental action projects for recreational and/or educational purposes.

 

General Guidelines:

  • A student group/organization may apply only once per year for the EAP assistance.
  • The amount granted will not exceed $750.00.
  • Eighty percent of the assistance will be allocated upon approval of the project. Recipients will receive the remaining twenty percent once the final report of the project has been submitted. The final report must be received by SOEEA within a year after approval of the project.
  • Funds may not be used for capital expenditures (eg. purchase of equipment).
  • Recipients of the EAP assistance must recognize SOEEA and SaskLotteries as sponsors in any publication or promotion related to the project.

The following criteria will be used for approval and selection of assistance applications:

  1. Does the project improve the quality of the social and natural environment? (e.g., uses native plants to improve wildlife habitat, reduces the use of fossil fuels, challenges consumption habits)
  2. Is there an educational component that challenges participants’ thinking and encourages long-term changes in behaviour? (e.g., promotes participant reflection about climate change and decision to use alternatives to auto transportation; involves researching alternatives to chemical mosquito spraying and presents a proposal to the local municipality)
  3. Preferred consideration will be given to projects that:
  • a. promote an active, healthy lifestyle
  • b. promote an appreciation for the natural environment
  • c. develop participants’ leadership skills

The initial application for the assistance must include:

  1. A tentative budget indicating expected expenditures and revenues.
  2. The name of the organization to whom the cheque is to be made out. Note: Cheques will not be made out to individuals.
  3. The name, email address, postal address, and telephone number of a contact person. If possible, also include a fax number. The contact person must be a current member of SOEEA.

You can submit your EAP assistance application to Tina Krupski by email or mail:

Tina Krupski
26 Corkery Bay
Regina, SK
S4T 7K6
soeea.sk@gmail.com



A final report of the project must be submitted within a year and must include:
    1. The SOEEA Program Evaluation Forms for organizers and a summary of your participants' forms
    2. A budget outline indicating expenditures and revenues
    3. Original receipts (or photocopies) indicating how funds were allocated
    4. A one or two page summary of the project accompanied with photos, examples of student work, and other evidence that may be used by SOEEA to justify the funds granted, to secure funds again in the future. Note: The summary, student work, photos, etc. may be published in ENVISAGE (the SOEEA newsletter).

SOEEA Program Organizer Form & Program Participant Evaluation Form
Click here for a blank copy of Program Evaluation Forms


EAP Assistance Application Deadlines:  April 15 & October 15

Return the Program Evaluation forms and the Final Report to :

Tina Krupski
26 Corkery Bay
Regina, SK S4T 7K6

Tel. : 306-775-0288 (res)
Email : soeea.sk@gmail.com

 

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