Three community groups on the Eastern Shore are receiving provincial funding to help recruit and retain healthcare workers.
The money, coming from the Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment’s Community Fund will go to these projects:
– Old School Community Gathering Place – $73,433 to produce a 10-minute promotional video showcasing village life and resident interviews describing their experiences working and raising families in rural Nova Scotia.
– Musquodoboit Valley Health Foundation – $53,600 to deliver the Grow From Within program, which encourages residents to consider jobs at the local hospital or long-term care facility; the funding will support a new website and social media campaign, appreciation events for staff, and help to create a new facilitator position to coordinate events and execute a strategic plan.
– Sheet Harbour Chamber of Commerce & Civic Affairs – $52,860 to create a new website and social media campaign, provide welcome baskets and organize networking events for newcomers, and deliver a school-based program to encourage young people to consider careers in healthcare.
The fund was launched in 2022 to improve healthcare.
Twenty-eight organizations received more than $1.5 million in 2022-23, this year, 30 organizations will receive funding.
More details are to be announced in the coming weeks.
