Supporting the ideas and efforts of the people in the Columbia Basin
Apply now for social, environment and youth grants from the Trust Are you planning a project that will help social well-being, the environment or youth? The Trust may be able to help. Intakes for three granting programs are now open. […]
Popular School Works program now provides wage subsidies for apprenticeships Businesses and organizations around the Basin can once again get support to hire students through Columbia Basin Trust’s School Works program. The program provides a wage subsidy of $8/hour to […]
An initiative to enhance the regional workforce and strengthen the economy in the East and West Kootenay has been launched. The Kootenay Workforce Development (KWD) is a two-year project that builds on the recommendations of the Kootenay Regional Skills Training […]
An additional 14 people in need now have access to supportive housing at two newly renovated developments in Nelson, owned and operated by the Nelson CARES Society. The developments were made possible through support from the Trust and the governments […]
Columbia Basin Trust and FortisBC partner on conservation program Several West Kootenay communities will soon be reducing their carbon footprint thanks to $168,000 support from Columbia Basin Trust and FortisBC. Over the next year, participating local governments will work alongside […]
Columbia Basin Trust is helping the province to double the number of mobile decontamination units aimed at stopping invasive mussels from entering British Columbia waterways, thanks to $360,000 in new funding. This new partnership, in the Ministry of Environment led […]
