Colchester East Hants Community Health Boards

05/01/2026

🎉 South Colchester Connecting With Community – Meet Your Neighbours! 🎉

Join us for a FREE, family‑friendly afternoon full of music, activities, learning, and connection! 🌍💛

📍 Stewiacke Community Centre
🗓 Saturday, May 23, 2026
⏰ 1:00–4:00 PM

✨ What’s Happening:
🥁 African Drumming – Drum Against Malaria (1:30)
🎤 Drag Bingo & Performance – With X (2:30)
💃 Dance Presentation – Truro Gidha Crew (3:15)

🎨 Ongoing Activities Include:
• Henna tattoos
• Learning to play Waltes
• Seed planting
• Assemble your own protein balls
• Pet a baby lamb 🐑
• Wheelchair curling & learning about “The Grit”
• Crafts, photo booth & community info booths
• Car seat installation demo

🍎 Light snacks provided & chances to win prizes and giveaways!

👋 Come meet your neighbours, learn something new, and celebrate community. Everyone is welcome!

04/19/2026

Thanks to the many organizations that submitted applications for a 2026-2027 CHB Wellness Fund grant from their local CHB by our deadline date, April 15th at 5:00 p.m. Here's a glimpse of our timeline so you know what you can expect over the coming months:

1. You should have received a notification from our automated system confirming that your application was received (it may have gone to your junk folder). If you didn't receive this, please reach out to your local coordinator.

2. The application review process takes place during the months of May and June. If there are any questions or clarifications needed about your application, a CHB Coordinator will be in touch with you.

3. Applicants can expect to be notified over the summer about whether or not their application will receive any funding and how much. Successful applicants will be asked to provide their banking information for direct deposit during this timeframe (July/August).

4. Applicants selected to receive funding can expect to sign their contracts and have their funds deposited in August/September. Some CHBs plan an event where the contracts are signed and photos taken.

5. Successful applicants will be assigned a wellness fund liaison who will be their main contact with the CHB for their project. They will connect to do a mid-term check-in about halfway through the project.

6. You will have 12 months after you recive your funds to complete your project. When your project ends, connect with your wellness fund liaison or CHB Coordinator and they will provide you with the final report template, You will be required to submit this final report with copies of your receipts no later than 12 months after you receive your funds.

Again, thanks to all who submitted an application. We know this takes time and effort and we appreciate the work involved in the application process.

04/08/2026

⏰ Important Reminder⏰

The countdown is on. There’s just one week left to apply for Community Health Board Wellness Fund Grants!

📅 Deadline: Wednesday, April 15th at 5:00 PM

If you’re a non-profit, community group, school, or municipality with an idea to support community wellness that aligns with your local Community Health Plan, we’d love to see your application.

👉 To Learn more, to connect with a Community Health Board Coordinator with your idea or to find your local Community Health Plan Priorities
🌐 www.communityhealthboards.ns.ca
www.communityhealthboards.ns.ca/wellness-funds
www.communityhealthboards.ns.ca/find-your-chb

Don’t let the clock run out! 😊

03/26/2026

Looking for something to do today. There are still spaces available for todays Neighbours, Friends and Family supportive education session on Intimate Partner Violence taking place from 11am-12:30pm. Feel free to drop in and join the conversation. We will be located on the third floor of the Stewiacke Community Centre 111 NS-2, Stewiacke.
Third Place Transition House

03/19/2026

03/19/2026

There is space still available for tomorrow's Neighbours, Friends and Family education session taking place from 1-4pm. Let us know if you would like to join in the conversation. rebecca.mcmanus-cyna@nshealth.ca , Third Place Transition House NSCC Truro Campus

03/17/2026

Reminder - there is a Neighbours, Friends and Family education session taking place this coming Friday, March 20th from 1-4pm in McCarthy Hall at the NSCC in Truro. This free education session is open for anyone who is interested in learning about how to better support ourselves and others in the context of intimate partner violence.
Third Place Transition House Nova Scotia Community College - NSCC

03/10/2026

Taking place this coming Thursday, March 12th from 10:00am-11:30am in the J. Harris Read Room at the Truro Library.

03/09/2026

🌸 Step Into Spring Challenge 2026 🌸

Let’s kick off the season by getting active together! The Step Into Spring Challenge 2026 is a free, 8-week program designed to help you move more and feel great this spring. Walking is one of the easiest and healthiest ways to stay active — and this challenge is the perfect motivation to get started!

The program runs from March 30 to May 24, 2026. Registration opens March 16, 2026. To sign up, visit https://www.colchester.ca/spring or email recreation@colchester.ca for more information.

Let’s have fun, enjoy the fresh air, and step into spring together!

03/04/2026

East Hants, South Colchester and Truro & Area Community Health Boards are pleased to be able to welcome Third Place Transition House for community learning sessions of Neighbours, Friends and Family, a supportive educational session surrounding Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).

These interactive sessions will cover understanding and recognizing the different types of abuse, how to have supportive conversations and approach disclosures of abuse, barriers to leaving abusive relationships and unique barriers of rural communities, open conversations & scenario based activities to check your understanding and apply your knowledge and prevalence of IPV in our communities.

Monday, March 16th - 6pm-7:30pm @ After Trauma Empowerment Network Community Room, 2836 Highway 2, Shubenacadie
Friday, March 20th - 1pm-4pm @ Nova Scotia Community College, McCarthy Hall, Room MC111, 36 Arthur Street, Truro
Thursday, March 26th - 11am-12:30pm @ Stewiacke Community Centre, 111 NS-2, Stewiacke

These sessions are free and open to all community members who wants to learn more.

To register please email Becky @ rebecca.mcmanus-cyna@nshealth.ca with your name and session you would like to attend.

Third Place Transition House After Trauma Empowerment Network - ATEN