[Viva] WOMEN'S HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP PROJECT - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!

[shelly tognazzini]

Women's Wellness & Leadership Project

Vancouver Friends for Life Society is pleased to announce our new
initiative to support women with lived experience of HIV and hepatitis C
(HCV).



The Women’s Wellness and Leadership Project is designed to support women on
their own path to health and wellness. The project is accepting
applications from women up to $2500 for support with self directed health
and education ideas. We look forward to working with women across the
province to support making these ideas reality to improve health,
wellness, skills building and social connectivity.

Below are examples of eligible projects:



   -

   Expenses related to attendance at a health and wellness
   conference/women’s entrepreneurship/ or similar event.
   -

   Personal development courses that improve a women’s ability to live and
   manage illness more effectively.
   -

   Returning to school to develop skills that in turn assist in living
   healthier with HIV/HCV where no other funds are available. i.e. sudent
   loans, scholarships from an institution or organization.
   -

   Holistic health therapies not covered by existing insurance, or free
   services available in one’s community. Particularly for women living
   outside of the lower mainland.
   -

   Returning to work expenses, for required courses where no other funds
   are available to cover. i.e. Food safe, First Aid, or similar job
   requirements.
   -

   Art directed projects that include educational components and
   opportunities to share with women living with HIV and or HCV.
   -

   Innovative and unique opportunities to share your experience living with
   HIV/HCV amongst the greater provincial, national and/or global perspective.



These are just some examples. If you have an idea for funding please
contact our Peer Project Coordinator, Shelly Tognazzini at
shelly at vancouverfriendsforlife.ca 604 682 5992.



Application Deadlines



   1.

   March 15th 2019 - Results announced by March 30th 2019
   2.

   June 15th 2019 - Results announced by June 30th 2019
   3.

   September 15th 2019 - Results announced by September 2019
   4.

   December 15th 2019 - Results announced by December 20th 2019
   5.

   February 15th 2020 - Results announced by February 28th 2020





Please click here for the application template
<https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/67a5a5_c61712e46b434861b5a446ea8ea5d8a9.docx?dn=Application%20for%20funding%20Womens%20Wellness.>



All women who receive funding will be invited to attend a provincial
conference in April 2020 (location TBD) to come together as a group and
share their experience with their funding and the impact it has had in
their health and wellness. Further details on this conference event will be
released later in 2019.



Women are strongly encouraged to contact the Peer Project Coordinator in
advance of submitting their application for information and any questions
regarding the eligibility of their project.



Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!

https://www.vancouverfriendsforlife.ca/women-s-welleness-project


I am so honoured to have been part of this project since it's inception,
including brainstorming the project and assisting in the grant writing
process, I have learned a ton.  So ladies, get your innovative juices
flowing, send me an email if you have any ideas or questions, and most
importantly be true to your vision and self directed care strategies. No
idea is silly - be creative and think outside the box.

Looking forward to hearing from as many of you as possible,

In the spirit of innovation and wellness,
xx Shelly Tognazzini

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