MONTREAL — Bell Let’s Talk today announced the latest recipients of its new Diversity Fund, with grants totalling $1 million going to eight organizations working to improve access to culturally informed mental health services for members of Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) communities in Canada.
Established in July 2020, the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund provides grants of up to $250,000 for organizations working to address the impact of systemic racism on the mental health of BIPOC communities. The fund launched with inaugural donations to Black Youth Helpline and the National Association of Friendship Centres, with an invitation to groups across the country to submit expressions of interest to receive funding.
In consultation with mental health experts, persons with lived experience and community leaders from within BIPOC communities, Bell Let’s Talk has selected the following organizations to receive Diversity Fund grants:
- African Community Wellness Initiative, Ontario
- Centre des jeunes l’Escale de Montréal-Nord, Quebec
- Hillside Elementary School at Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, Ontario
- Mosaic Newcomer Family Resource Network, Manitoba
- North End Community Health Association, Nova Scotia
- Pour 3 Points, Quebec
- Yorktown Family Services, Ontario
- Yukon University, Yukon
A further group of grant recipients from the first round of expressions of interest to the Bell Let’s Talk Diversity Fund will be announced this spring.
Bell Let’s Talk Day is January 28.
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