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Giving and Volunteering for Sports and Recreation Organizations in
Alberta
Imagine Canada has
released regional, sector-specific reports based on the findings from the 2004
Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating. For more information or to download the report, click here. |
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>> Community Spirit Program for Charitable Giving
The proposed Community Spirit Program has two
components: the first is supporting increases in private charitable donations
through tax credits; the second is establishing a Community Spirit Fund to
provide matching grants for eligible philanthropic donations to Alberta-based
registered charities.
To view the Sport Alberta position paper on the Community Spirit Program, click
here.
To view the ARPA position paper on the Community Spirit
Program, click
here.
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>> Children's Fitness Tax Credit
For a new checklist for use by organizations that are
charged with determining whether their program should qualify for
purposes of this new credit click here.
For more information on the Children's Fitness Tax Credit, visit the CRA
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>> The economic and
socio-cultural impact of sport on the Calgary community is impressive!
Summaries of recent research are here: economic
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>> New Report From the
Alberta Centre for Active Living
Two recent major surveys examined physical activity levels in Alberta: the 2002
Alberta Survey on Physical Activity reported that 57% of Albertans were active,
and the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey reported that 52% of Albertans
were at least moderately active. The new report looks at the main reasons for
the different survey results. An Executive
Summary is also included. The entire report is Understanding
Reported Rates of Physical Activity: Comparing the Results of the Alberta Survey
on Physical Activity. |
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>> Study
concludes that governments, communities and Canadians in general have plenty of
good reasons and justification for supporting sport.
A
new Sport Canada sponsored report by the Conference Board of Canada entitled Strengthening
Canada: The Socio-Economic Benefits of Sport Participation looks
at four categories of benefits Canadians get from sport participation:
health, social cohesion,
skills and economic impact.
For a copy of the report, visit here.
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>> Why should government invest more dollars in sport?
There are many reasons according to the Canadian Olympic
Committee. Read them here.
And help us tell our politicians why investing in sport is
so important.
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>> The Benefits of Sport
Please consider
taking the time to talk (or write) to your elected representatives
about the value of sport and recreation in the lives of Canadians. Here
are 3 facts sheets (specifically targeted to municipal, provincial
and federal levels) filled with facts about the value of sport and
recreation:
>benefits of sport - municipal
>benefits of sport - provincial
>benefits of sport - federal
Thanks to the Canadian Sport Centre for providing these resources. |
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>> Edmonton Sport Council report on the Benefits of Sport.
Visit
here to learn more. |
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>> Sport
and Recreation, Keystone of Communities
Through analysis of the Statistics Canada report entitled
Cornerstones of Community: Highlights of the National Survey of
Non-profit and Voluntary Organizations, which was released in September
2004, sports and recreation can be identified as the keystone of
communities amongst all the sectors that are encompassed by non-profit
and voluntary organizations.
For the summary of the Sport and Recreation sector by Sport Matters
click here.
For an
Alberta
comparison to the Canadian
scene
click here.
Click here for the entire report.
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| >>Our
archive of media articles is here. |
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