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# Twenty-three groups receive funding to support marginalized youth

The backgrounder section in this news release has been updated.
Yukon youth will benefit from nearly $89,000 awarded to 23 community groups through the Youth Investment Fund. Groups receive funding for a variety of arts, recreation and educational programming, including horseback riding, cycling and a teen mentoring program.

The Youth Investment Fund provided $89,000 in 2020 for short-term projects allocated in two intakes. The funding is aimed at marginalized youth under 19 years of age who have fewer opportunities or who may experience discrimination.

> Young Yukoners will be able to learn new skills and build their confidence by taking part in the experiences and activities offered by the community projects supported by the Youth Investment Fund. By removing barriers and providing healthy, engaging opportunities we can help our youth make positive choices and contribute to their communities.

Quick facts

- The Youth Investment Fund provides funding every spring and fall to qualifying community groups. Eligible groups can apply for funding between $501 and $5,000. The application deadline for the next round of funding is April 1, 2021.

- The Youth Investment Fund is administered by the Government of Yukon’s Youth Directorate.

Backgrounder

Recipients – spring 2020 | Project
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon | Youth Camping Trips
BYTE Empowering Youth | Skatecomp Goes to the Communities
BYTE Empowering Youth | Gijiint'ai – A Northern Podcast
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society | Stewardship, Leadership and Junior Guide Training Program
Freedom Trails Therapeutic Riding Association | Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Music Yukon | Arts in the Park 2020
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre | Keish Day Camps
Tagish Community Association | Youth Group Summer Activities
Town of Faro | Faro’s Kids Club and Youth Group
U Kon Echelon Bike Club | U Kon Echelon Youth Cycling Engagement
Village of Teslin | Youth Camping Trips
Yukon T1D Support Network | Camp Becca
Yukon Circle of Social Change Society | Restorative Justice Circles
Yukon Theatre for Young People | Socially Distant Pop-up Performances
Recipients – fall 2020 | Project
All-City Band Society | Interactive Online Jazz Band Concert and Soundscape Workshop
Carcross Rec Board | Rock On 2020
Dawson City Arts Society | 20th Annual Youth Art Enrichment
Inclusion Yukon | Youth Peer Mentor Matching
MADD Yukon | 2020–21 School Assembly Program: The Wish
Riverdale Baptist Church | Riverdale Baptist Church Youth Group
Switch Kick Society | Project Switch Kick
Village of Carmacks | Whitehorse Adventure Trips
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society | Kidsfest 2020–21

Media contact

Matthew Cameron
Cabinet Communications
867-393-7136
matthew.cameron@gov.yk.ca

Alexis Miller
Communications, Executive Council Office
867-456-6507
alexis.miller@gov.yk.ca

News release #:
20-339
Related information:
Apply to the Youth Investment Fund