Seven Provincial/Territorial Sport Organizations Receive Funding to Support HopOn Youth Cycling Festivals
Ottawa, ON (May 7, 2024) – Cycling Canada has partnered with seven Provincial/Territorial Sport Organizations with its new approved initiative for the 2023-2024 Community Sport for All Initiative (CSAI), which will focus on supporting HopOn sustainability and capacity at the provincial/territorial level.
With the support from the Government of Canada’s Sport Support Program, Cycling BC, Manitoba Cycling Association, Cycling Nova Scotia, Cycling PEI, Vélo New Brunswick, Fédération québecoise des sports cyclistes and Ontario Cycling will launch HopOn Youth Cycling festivals across the country. This funding will support the 74+ festivals to over 10,000 participants who will be provided resources and tools to continue their cycling journey beyond the festivals.
“Now in our second year of delivering HopOn in Prince Edward Island, the CSAI funding is giving us the opportunity to bring the joys of cycling skillfully to many more kids across the Island this year,” said Jordan Bober, Cycling PEI Executive Director. “At a time of rising living costs, our partner organizations and communities are so excited to have the opportunity to bring free and low-cost recreational activities to the people they serve – especially those who have traditionally been underserved, which in PEI includes many children living in rural areas.”
A component of the funding is directed towards youth cycling festivals to promote cycling and the HopOn program and the second component is directed at supporting long term sustainability at the provincial/territorial level.
This project aims to reach the following underserved groups: Indigenous, Newcomer, Persons with a Disability, Racialized, Low-Income, Black and 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities and has been made possible in part through the Government of Canada’s financial programs, with the objective of removing barriers and increasing sport participation rates for underrepresented groups.
Discover the full list of HopOn festivals here.
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Cycling Canada is one of the oldest national sport organizations in Canada and has one simple purpose: to inspire Canadians to cycle. Cycling Canada administers programs to promote and grow cycling across the country, hosts national and international events and manages the National Team in all levels of international competition.
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