A total of 32 organizations in the city and county of Peterborough, Haliburton County, and the City of Kawartha Lakes have collectively received more than $1.2 million in funding through the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund.
In the city and county of Peterborough and Haliburton County, the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough and the United Way Peterborough & District delivered more than $915,295 to 25 organizations.
The Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough distributed $492,000 to 17 applicants, including: Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton; B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough; Buckhorn Community Centre; Community Counselling and Resource Centre; Four Counties Addiction Services Team/Peterborough Drug Strategy; Kawartha World Issues Centre; Kawartha Youth Orchestra; Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation; New Canadians Centre; One City Community Development Services; Peterborough Field Naturalists; Peterborough Folk Festival; Peterborough GreenUP; Abbey Retreat Centre; The Canadian Canoe Museum; and The Land Between.
The United Way Peterborough & District invested $423,295 in eight different projects at agencies throughout Peterborough in the sectors of social services, arts and culture, education, environment, and health.
In the City of Kawartha Lakes, the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes distributed $302,000 in funding to support seven community services in Kawartha Lakes, including Kawartha Lakes Food Source, the Academy Theatre Foundation, the Mishkodeh Centre For Indigenous Knowledge, BGC (Boys And Girls Club) Kawarthas, A Place Called Home, Kinmount Agricultural Society, and Fenelon Falls Seniors Centre.
The Community Services Recovery Fund is a one-time investment of $400 million by the federal government to help community service organizations including charities, non-profits, and Indigenous governing bodies adapt, modernize, and be better equipped to improve the efficacy, accessibility, and sustainability of the community services they provide through the pandemic recovery and beyond.
