Cheque Out Our Grants!
Recreation doesn't just happen. It takes dedicated people like YOU!
As your Association, we're here to champion everything you do to energize Saskatchewan and change lives - and provide the grant money to help you do it!
We encourage you to apply to our Member Initiative Grants and keep checking this page for more updates.
How To Apply
To apply for one of our grant opportunities:
Funding Schedule
| Funding Opportunity |
Release Date |
Application Deadline |
| Regional Recreation Practitioner Pilot Program |
June 18, 2024 |
August 14, 2024 |
| Parks for All Action Grant |
Sept. 18, 2024 |
Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Framework in Action Grant |
Sept. 18, 2024 |
Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Get Moving Grant |
Sept. 18, 2024 |
Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Training Grant |
Oct. 1, 2024 |
June 1, 2025 |
| Community Rink Affordability Grant |
Late Fall 2024 |
TBA |
| Parks for All Action Grant |
April 9, 2025 |
May 28, 2025 |
| Framework in Action Grant |
April 9, 2025 |
May 28, 2025 |
| Get Moving Grant |
April 9, 2025 |
May 28. 2025 |
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Funding Opportunities
Regional Recreation Practitioner Pilot Program
The Regional Recreation Practitioner Pilot Program will provide support to a service area to employ a full-time recreation practitioner position who will be responsible for managing recreation services within a designated geographical area. A service area is considered a partnership of a minimum of 3 organizations including at least 1 urban or rural municipality or First Nation in a designated geographical area.
SPRA will provide financial support over a 1-year period to subsidize the recreation practitioner position and ongoing support for the practitioner and the service area.
Parks For All Action Grant
The Parks for All Action Grant is a commitment to the national Parks for All Action Plan and aims to support efforts that achieve the Parks for All Vision. Efforts can be local, regional or provincial in scope. Applications should highlight how people will be engaged, and the long term benefits that are expected.
The Vision is: Connected Canadian park lands and waters that support healthy nature and healthy people in harmony for generations to come, backed by an active, diverse parks community that cultivates shared goals, mutual respect and collective action.
Brochure: Download
Apply here
Framework in Action Grant
The Framework in Action Grant aims to support SPRA member initiatives that advance the goals and priorities identified within The Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015 – Pathways to Wellbeing. Initiatives will show alignment with one (1) of the goals of the Framework and can be local, regional or provincial in scope.
Brochure: Download
Apply Here
Get Moving Grant
The Get Moving Grant aims to support initiatives that advance the areas of focus identified within
A Common Vision for Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Living in Canada: Let’s Get Moving (or, the Common Vision). Initiatives will align with one of the areas of focus of the Common Vision and can be local, regional, or provincial in scope.
The Common Vision is a new, collective way forward that will guide the country towards ways of increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary living. It is a national policy document that is intended to move the country.
Brochure: Download
Apply here
Training Grant
The Training Grant aims to enhance local skills and qualifications by supporting recreation and parks volunteers, and staff in accessing training.
This grant provides funding for skill development in areas critical to the effective management or delivery of services, programs and facilities. Eligible training may include certifications or courses related to facility operations, program development, safety standards, evaluation practices, resource management, or facilitation.
Brochure: Download
Apply here
Community Rink Affordability Grant
Skating and curling rinks are integral to the creation of vibrant, active, and connected communities in Saskatchewan. These facilities play a critical role in health and wellness, at a time when that has never been more important. Recognizing the escalating operating costs communities and organizations face, SPRA has partnered with the Government of Saskatchewan to offer the Community Rink Affordability Grant for the 2024-25 season.
