ELYCA PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Empowering Leadership in Youth through Community Action (ELYCA) program. 

The deadline for applications has closed and as such we are not accepting applications at this time. The program will open again November 2025.

Eligible Youth Participants

• Must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or granted refugee status in Canada.
• Must be 15 to 30 years old at the time of application.
• Must have a community project idea or demonstrate a passion for positive social change,fostering an inclusive Canada, and enhancing youth resilience.
• Must be apart of or represent equity-deserving groups (e.g., BIPOC, newcomers, low-income individuals, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+).
• Must not have received an ELYCA grant before

Please fill in your information below if you want to be updated when the program opens again next year:

More about the program here:

The ELYCA program is one of the youths' community initiatives projects at Action for Healthy Communities Society of Alberta (AHC). This initiative is funded by Canada Service Corps.

The program aims to engage youth from equity-deserving groups in civic engagement and community service through implementing youth-led initiatives. To do this the program provides tools, resources, and guidance to assist youth in developing leadership skills and expanding their social network while contributing to social change in their interested social issues. 

 

For more information, please reach out to us at:  rayyah.sempala@a4hc.ca or pravatika.rai@a4hc.ca

About Action For Healthy Communities: https://a4hc.ca/about-us/aboutus/

About Canada Service Corps: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/youth/canada-service-corps/about.html

NOTIFICATION OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

The Personal Information that you provide to Action for Healthy Communities (AHC) during the registration process, during the course of participation in any programs or services is collected, used, and disclosed for the purposes of assessing eligibility for programs and services, providing services, ensuring a safe and secure environment for all our participants, supporting Employee education and for internal management purposes. Limited information may also be provided, according to existing funding and/or information sharing agreements, for the purpose of carrying out programs, activities, or policies (e.g., research, statistical analysis, etc.) or for receiving provincial and/or federal funding. For more information, please contact the AHC Privacy Officer at vlada.savitskaia@a4hc.ca. 

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AHC is committed to safeguarding the personal information provided by our clients. The personal information that you provide is collected for AHC purposes such as activity enrolment, emergency contacts, AHC program assessment, funding reports and quality enhancement. Your collected information is not shared outside AHC without first obtaining your consent, unless AHC is obliged or permitted by law to disclose it. AHC keeps your information confidential, your information will be treated with the utmost care and discarded appropriately when it is no longer needed according to AHC retention guidelines and applicable standards.