Boys and Girls Clubs Canada benefits from valued government and community foundation partnerships, and works collaboratively with a number of non-profit organizations to fulfill its mission to children and youth.

Government

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Support from Human Resource and Skills Development Canada provides core funding to Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada to help:

• Serve additional children and, youth in more communities.
• Enhance the capacity of Boys and Girls Clubs to provide quality programs.
• Ensure accountability and provide support to all Boys and Girls Clubs so they can deliver on the organization’s mission.
• Participate in and learn from research in order to deliver the most relevant programs to children youth and their families. 

Justice Canada

Through support from Justice Canada in 2010, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada was able to bring together Clubs from across Canada to a common forum to help collaborate on solutions for gang violence in Canada. Some outcomes of the forum were (1) sharing existing expertise, experience and tools, (2) learning from colleagues who have implemented successful approaches and (3) transferring existing tools for possible adaptation and utilization.

Public Health Agency of Canada

Supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Get BUSY – a national program run by BGCC - tackles the growing problems of inactivity and obesity by getting children and youth involved in new activities and educating them on the importance of making healthy choices.

Service Canada

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada has received funding from Service Canada as part of the Canada Summer Jobs initiative. Canada Summer Jobs is a Service Canada program that provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for youth. It is designed to focus on local priorities while helping both youth and their communities.

 

Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation (ASRPWF)

ASRPWF provides support to Boys and Girls Clubs of Alberta for association operations and volunteer and leadership development. In addition, program funding has supported Boys and Girls Clubs in Alberta to offer physical literacy (FUNdamentals) programming to children and youth. Through the use of the FUNdamentals framework - developed by Canadian Sport for Life - Boys and Girls Clubs are increasing activity levels in the children we serve. ASRPWF also provides office space in their J. Percy Page Centre (Edmonton) for use by BGCC – Western Region and generously supported the 2010 BGCC National Conference in Calgary.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia in order to deliver Club and community development services throughout BC.

Ministry of Children and Family Development

The Ministry of Children and Family Development supports Parenting Programs offered throughout British Columbia. Programs include Parents Together, Parenting Without Power Struggles and Parents in the Know. These programs, developed by Boys and Girls Clubs and offered by Clubs and other organizations, are educational and offered in a supportive group environment.  Program participants learn effective strategies to improve relationships, develop positive communication skills and learn about adolescent development, as well as the importance of self-care.

Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment

BGCC – Newfoundland and Labrador Region receives a provincial grant from the Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment to support the ongoing work of Boys and Girls Clubs in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This contribution goes towards providing programming to children and youth, such as: recreation and wellness, training and team building, leadership opportunities for girls, and help in pursing post-secondary school opportunities.

Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport

The Youth ABC’s Initiative, devised by the Ontario Youth Council and generously supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, seeks to engage youth and provide them with the knowledge, skills and inspiration to make positive changes in their own lives, and become more actively engaged in their Clubs, neighborhoods and communities.  Youth participating in the initiative become better informed about key issues, develop valuable training and facilitation skills, learn how to become positive agents of change, and have fun while interacting with their peers.

Ontario Trillium Foundation

Support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation  provides BGCC – Central Region with the ability to expand leadership roles of youth and increase sustainability of the Central region youth programs.  BGCC – Central Region provides opportunities for five-hundred youth from culturally diverse communities to acquire the knowledge, skills and inspiration to make positive changes in their own lives and become more engaged in their Clubs and communities.

 

Foundations

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation

Each year the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation provides support to Clubs that enables them to offer enhanced programs and safe, well-equipped club environments to young people. The Foundation also provides funding to the National and Regional Offices on an annual application basis, which contributes to the expansion of support services and the creation of new opportunities for Clubs and the children and youth they serve.

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

The McConnell Foundation grew out of John McConnell’s lifelong involvement in not-for-profit and charitable works. Mr. McConnell was a man deeply committed to the public good. In 1985, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation made a generous $1.5 million gift to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Endowment Fund, thereby creating the McConnell Trust Fund.

To date, the Fund has distributed over $2.6 million to Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada, supporting the urgent capital and equipment priorities of Boys and Girls Clubs across the country.

The R. Howard Webster Foundation

The R. Howard Webster Foundation has been a major annual supporter of Boys and Girls Clubs for 37 years. In 1998, the Foundation made an unprecedented four-year commitment in support of the goals set by The National Agenda - Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada's strategic plan - to increase opportunities for young Canadians.

In 2002, the Foundation again expanded its commitment over the next five years with a $2.5 million gift. This tremendous contribution has provided support to BGCC and to the development of innovative programs for young people.

Actua

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada works with Actua to provide opportunities for young people to learn about science and applied technology through movie-making and other science related summer camp and after school workshops in Clubs across Canada.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada are Working Together to help enhance programs and resources for children and youth in local communities and ensure the sustainability of local organizations. Visit the Working Together website to learn how you can establish Big Brothers and Big Sisters and Boys and Girls Club agencies in your community.

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada and CAAWS (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity), are collaborating to promote recreational physical activity for girls and young women. Through this partnership, Boys and Girls Clubs have access to CAAWS resources and opportunities for staff training to enhance the development of successful strategies and approaches for engaging girls and young women in recreational activity.

Concerned Children’s Advertisers

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is working in partnership with Concerned Children's Advertisers (CCA) on a CCA initiative called Long Live Kids. Long Live Kids aims to encourage children to eat well, move more and become media wise”, through a bilingual television social marketing campaign and education program. The awareness program will be delivered to children via television ads, local Boys and Girls Clubs, schools and other community organizations across Canada. 

ParticipACTION

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is partnering with ParticipACTION and all other national and regional groups concerned with promoting and providing opportunities physical activity among Canadian children and youth.

PREVNet

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada supports the research and goals of PREVNet, an organization dedicated to creating awareness about the importance of promoting healthy relationships and ending bullying and violence. 

SIFE Memorial