Making Dreams Possible Club
Coaching Grants
What is a Making Dreams Possible club
coaching grant?
The Chevrolet Making Dreams Possible Club Coaching Grant is
a Chevrolet funded initiative coordinated through the Coaching
Association of Canada (CAC) which aims to enhance the experience
of Canadian athletes through quality coaching by offering
grants to local sport clubs for coach training and development.
What is required to apply?
Each applicant must meet the basic eligibility criteria. The
Selection Committee requires that all applicants be incorporated
as a Non-for-Profit organization, and be affiliated with the
recognized provincial/territorial sport organization and/or
national sport organization of an Olympic or Paralympic sport.
How many grants are available?
In each wave there are a minimum of 50 – $2,000 coaching
grants available.
How often are grants awarded?
Grants are awarded twice a year: once in the spring and once in the fall. Please refer to
the application form for deadline submissions.
Where do I send my application?
You can apply online, or download the application form and
send it via post or fax to the address below. The club’s
proof of incorporation and all coaches’ NCCP transcripts
should also be included with the submission:
Coaching Association of Canada
141 Laurier Avenue W. Suite 300
Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3
Fax: (613) 235-9500
When are clubs informed of their selection?
A letter of decision will be sent in the mail in April for the February
application deadline and in November for the September application deadline.
What are the next steps if my club becomes a recipient of the grant?
If your club becomes a club recipient, you will be notified by post. Included in your
congratulatory letter will be three copies of your “Club Duties and Obligations” that you
will need to sign, returning two copies to the CAC office. Upon receipt of the signed
agreement, a cheque for $1,000 will be issued and forwarded to you. Please ensure all
receipts for your expenditures are kept. Once you reach the $2,000 maximum amount,
send all your receipts to CAC, along with the completed Post-Activity Report, to receive
the remaining portion of your grant.
To download a copy of the Post-activity Report for the Chevrolet's
Making Dreams Possible
Club Coaching Grants (pdf, 30 KB), click
here.
As a grant recipient, what are my club’s duties and obligations?
To download a copy of the Making Dreams Possible – Club Duties and Obligations
please (pdf, 13 KB), click
here.
Grant Application Process
How does the grant application process
work?
- Interested athlete/coach/parent complete the online or
PDF application form and submit to the Coaching Association
of Canada.
- Once received at CAC, the application parts 1 and 2,
coaches’ NCCP transcripts and proof of incorporation
of each applicant is evaluated to ensure that they meet
the minimum requirements.
- The application is then scored based on the following
criteria: Package Presentation/Administration, Current Program
Offering and the Promotional/Learning Plan.
- Once scored, the Selection Committee reviews the applicants
with the highest scores and makes a final decision.
- Each club will be informed of their status of application,
successful or not, via post.
Tips and Helpful Hints to completing
your application:
This page contains useful and helpful tips to assist you in
completing the Making Dreams Possible Club Coaching Grant
application form.
– To ensure that your application meets the basic eligibility
criteria, make sure that all questions in your application
are answered to the best of your knowledge and include the
following:
a) A copy of your club’s proof of incorporation (i.e.
certificates of incorporation, letter of patent, or the
most recent Canada Corporations Act Annual Summary) Note:
Please indicate on the application form if your club has
previously submitted the necessary attachments.
b) All coaches’ NCCP transcripts.
– When awarding grants, CAC uses a points based scoring
system. Points are awarded based on the Package Presentation/Administration,
Current Program Offering and Promotional/Learning Plan.
– Package Presentation/Administration:
- Provide CAC with a completed application package. This
includes: proof of incorporation, coaches’ NCCP transcripts,
detailed learning plan.
– Current Program Offering:
- When completing the application, make sure to answer all
questions to the best of your knowledge. Remember to give
a full description of your club programs and any technical/tactical
coach development workshops your club offers or supports.
- Full marks will be given to club programs which cover
the following: the sport discipline/event, the competitive/recreation
levels coached, the number of participants, the number of
coaches per team/division, whether or not club offers programs
for athletes with disabilities, and equity accessibility.
- Technical/tactical coach development workshops can include
professional development opportunities and should cover
any and all programs which coaches have attended that were
initiated by the club. Points will also be awarded to clubs
who support their coaches attending workshops held by other
clubs or provincial sporting organizations.
- When completing the Head Coach portion of the application;
if your association does not have a Head Coach, please include
the name and title of your Technical Director, or Coordinator
of Coaching and their NCCP certification levels (if applicable).
- For the purpose of this application, the Head Coach, Technical
Director, or Coordinator of Coaching is defined as: the
person with the highest coaching qualifications within a
club or association, whose primary focus is to build and
implement programs that support and nurture player and coach
development.
- Please attach all coaches’ NCCP transcripts; this
includes the Head Coach as well as up to 6 NCCP transcripts
from the rest of your coaching staff.
- Equity accessibility: Programs which are equally accessible
to all including female, aboriginal, and athletes with disabilities.
– Promotional Plan:
- Explain, in as much detail as possible, how your club
plans on promoting Chevrolet upon receipt of the grant.
(i.e. signage in club facilities, logo on website, vehicle
display opportunities at club events, etc.).
– Learning Plan:
- Within the learning plan, include and explain which NCCP
courses your coaches plan to attend and how this will benefit
the current program. Please include all information available
i.e. levels, dates of attendance, location, etc.
- Give a description of all technical/tactical workshops
that your coaches will be attending or that your organization
will propose and recommend to your coaches. This includes
any professional development workshops.
- Provide a description of all sharing experience activities
you will propose to your association’s coaching staff
such as a Mentorship program, web based share board and
conferences.
Who can I contact if I have questions
about the grants?
All questions can be directed to grants-subventions@coach.ca
or CAC Program Coordinator, Claudia Gagnon at 613-235-5000,
ext 9-2350.
To download a copy of the Applicant Guide in pdf format,
please click
here. (.pdf 771 KB)
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