Application for project funding
Contributing local unions, develop project ideas and apply for funding!
Through contributions from participating local unions, the USW FCEF supports a wide range of educational and community activities for members, our families, and our neighbours and allies.
Since 1989, through the contributions of participating local unions, the USW Family and Community Education Fund has supported activities like:
We want to help Steelworker families learn about our union and the struggles of working people across Canada and around the world. And we want to support members with family responsibilities so they can fully participate in all of the union’s activities.
The fund could support activities such as:
USW has a long history of being active in the communities where we live and work. We want to continue the tradition of sponsoring community events and working in solidarity with community groups to advance equality throughout the country.
The fund could support activities such as:
The USW understands the crucial importance of identifying and supporting young activists within our union.
The fund could support activities such as:
We want to grow our union by engaging new activists from within our current membership, including new hires or long-time members with more free time now that their children are older. Engaging and mentoring new activists is one way to broaden and diversify our staff and leadership.
The fund could support activities such as:
An advisory committee, made up of members and staff appointed by the Canadian directors, is responsible for reviewing the state of the Fund, as well as approving and evaluating projects.
Develop a project: Your local, women’s committee, human rights committee, area or regional council could develop a project related to one or more of the Fund’s four theme areas. Work with your District Education Coordinator or the Fund Coordinator on the details.
Join the Fund: If your local union does not already contribute to the Fund, mobilize your members to approve joining. Go to Join the Fund for more details. Local unions must contribute to the Fund in order to apply for project funding. Other activities sponsored by the Fund may be open to all Steelworkers and their families; some conditions, such as registration fees, may apply to individual events.
Contributing local unions, develop project ideas and apply for funding!
Use these resources to help you write your application, make a budget and report on your project.
Get access for members to great programs, the right to apply for project funding, and help build the collective strength of our union.
Not sure where to start with your submission? Our project ideas might spark your local union’s next FCEF application!
We’ve created some educational activities that can be easily included in any project.
Get inspired by seeing what USW local unions across the country have done with the help of the FCEF.
Read on to learn more about all the dynamic and creative FCEF-funded initiatives from across our union.
Get reimbursed for family care costs like babysitting incurred while attending authorized union events