Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund

The Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund is a joint initiative between:

Alberta Health and Wellness
The University of Alberta’s Centre for Health Promotion Studies
Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities

The $5 million Wellness Fund was established under the AHW Healthy Weights Initiative to address issues of health and wellness among children and youth within Alberta school communities. The objective of the Wellness Fund is to enhance the health and wellbeing of school-aged children and youth within Alberta school communities through support of school community projects, which address healthy eating, active living and positive social environments using a Comprehensive School Health approach.

The Wellness Fund provides funding to projects that demonstrate readiness to move ahead with the development of healthy school communities. Wellness Fund staff provide support and assistance by facilitating school communities to build on existing strengths and alleviate identified challenges.

The Wellness Fund defines the school community as the school setting and all of its members along with community stakeholders that impact it such as families, collaborative partners and local business.

The Wellness Fund is not inviting grant applications at this time.

Now available:

Developing Healthy School Communities Handbook

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Developing Health School Communities Handbook (PDF)

Summary Report | 2010: Project Reporting Results

The summary report provides brief highlights of Wellness Fund project activities during the 2009/10 reporting year based on the 2010 Interim Report. Three versions are available and have been tailored to high school students, healthy school community project leaders (or health champions) and community partners accordingly.

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Wellness Fund Summary - Highlights for Project Leaders (PDF)
Wellness Fund Summary - Highlights for Students (PDF)
Wellness Fund Summary - Highlights for Community Partners (PDF)

INTERIM REPORT | 2010: Project Reporting Results

This report includes a detailed examination of 61 Wellness Fund projects that span 395 schools and 139,781 students ranging from kindergarten to grade twelve. It provides an overview of projects’ activities during the 2009/10 reporting year highlighting successes and lessons learned.

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Interim Report | 2010: Project Reporting Results (PDF)

Support + partnership = school community wellness

For more information about the Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund or to discuss your proposal prior to submission, please contact:

Libby Coldbeck
Project Coordinator
Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund
4-270 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
11405 - 87 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9
Phone: 780.492.2537
elizabeth.coldbeck@ualberta.ca