Physical Literacy for Communities—British Columbia

This community Initiative, delivered by Sport for Life, seeks to improve the development of physical literacy in British Columbia, which leads to increased physical activity, positively impacting health and well-being. In total, the Physical Literacy for Communities–British Columbia Initiative will support 26 B.C. community projects over a four-year period in educating and activating local decision-makers, increasing capacity by training leaders, and creating an environment to develop physical literacy in multiple settings and sectors.

Project Leadership / Mentorship

The lead applicant of each selected community has convened local sector representation and identified community partners/stakeholders.  Each community has been assigned a community mentor to provide expertise, facilitate meetings, guide the planning process, assist to set project milestones, create a community plan and report on progress.  The community leads and community mentors will also be supported by an associate mentor who will continue to develop their own mentorship skills and help to bring capacity-building over the course of the project. Mentors and associate mentors were selected by Sport for Life and participate on bi-monthly calls convened by Thomas Jones, the Physical Literacy for Communities–British Columbia Initiative Project Manager.

Resource Support and Professional Development Support

Sport for Life has created an extensive suite of online resources and educational materials/tools/templates that are available to the mentors, associate mentors and the communities participating in this project.

Selected communities from the 2018 Intake are:

Selected communities from the 2019 Intake are:

Selected communities from the 2020 Intake will be listed soon.