The District of Central Saanich’s Community Partnerships Program helps guide community groups and volunteers wishing to improve or develop community facilities, lands/parks or amenities—this includes existing agreements when the nature of the improvement or addition is new in scope.
The Community Partnership Policy provides Council with the opportunity to conduct a coordinated review of requests prior to annual strategic planning and budgeting.
This policy allows Council the opportunity to comprehensively review projects to identify:
if or how the District can partner on or support community projects,
required resources (in kind or otherwise)
whether there is a plan for short- and long-term funding for the project
probable timelines as well as procedural or legislative requirements
demonstrated sustainability of the projects
if the project is consistent with council and community priorities
If your organization is interested in submitting a Community Partnership Proposal, please contact communications@csaanich.ca for further information and the application process.
Frequently Asked Questions
A business plan may be required if the project requires long-term funding or major fundraising. During your initial meeting with staff, this will be determined.
This depends on the level of funding you are requesting.
The Grant in Aid Program provides modest seed funding for new initiatives or special projects each year—approximately $15,000 total per year, but there is not a cap. Applications are due by Dec 31. Grant awards are for the following year and usually paid in June. Please read our Grant Policy and find an application form on our website.
If you are seeking more than $5,000, please speak with staff about whether the Grant in Aid Program or a Community Partnership is a better fit for your application.
If you are seeking multi-year funding, then the Community Partnerships application is appropriate.
Consultation means that you have had discussions with stakeholders (those who will be impacted by the project, ie, neighbours, potential funders, users, other community groups, volunteers). The District expects, at the least, conversations to have taken place to demonstrate the level of support and to help inform Council. By describing your consultations thus far, the District can determine what further consultation may be needed.
No, these applications are considered on a case-by-case basis and any approved funding contributed by the District would be built into a future budget (there is no existing money put aside to fund these requests).