New Leaf Foundation
Since 2007, New Leaf Foundation has been empowering youth in equity-deserving communities across Canada through mindfulness-based programs that address chronic stress and the lack of wellness resources in low-income and marginalized communities. Due to challenges in post-pandemic recovery, we are closing the organization. For more on our approach, visit newleaffoundation.com/about.
Opportunity Overview
New Leaf Foundation is offering a package of mindfulness resources for educational use, including training materials and audio/video recordings. These resources are intended for staff and client use only—not for resale.
This package is designed to help educators and youth service providers integrate mindfulness-based activities into their workplaces, classrooms, and programs. You’ll receive not only practical tools for mindfulness but also valuable insights into why mindfulness is a powerful resource for supporting physical, emotional, mental, and academic health.
Who Should Apply
We invite organizations that support youth (including educators, youth service providers, or youth justice organizations) to apply. Applicants must demonstrate anti-oppressive practices and a commitment to equity.
Key Dates
- Submission Deadline: December 10, 2024
- Invitation to Virtual Pitch: December 18, 2024 (pitch guidelines will be provided to the selected candidates)
- Virtual Pitch: January 13 -17, 2025
- Follow-up Interviews (if needed): January 20-22, 2024
- Decision Notification: January 27, 2025
Available Resources
This package is designed to support educators and youth service providers in integrating mindfulness-based activities into their workplaces, classrooms and programs.
You’ll be provided with not only the tangible tools you need to practice mindfulness but also important information about how and why mindfulness can be such a powerful resource to support physical, emotional, mental health, as well as how these practices can be shared within a trauma-informed framework. Developed with the beginner in mind, you’ll receive New Leaf Foundation’s:
- Mindfulness Toolkit: a set of 7 online modules that include lesson plans and bite-sized mindfulness-based exercises in the form of audio & video recordings, printable worksheets and google slide presentations that make sharing easy
- Stress & Mindfulness Workshop Template: An introductory workshop to help other service providers and youth themselves understand the benefits of mindfulness for addressing stress
- Building Blocks for Resilience Manual: a supplementary resource that takes a deeper dive into the ways that mind-body practices can help develop emotional resilience and well-being, and how these can be shared within a trauma-informed and strengths-based framework
For further inquiries/questions please email info@newleaffoundation.com.