Get active in the community cash grant awards
2008
In support of the objectives of the Investing for Health strategy, to enable
people to make healthier choices, You are
invited to apply for an award
under the small grants scheme, which is now in its tenth year.
This scheme aims to enable local community and voluntary groups to develop a
locally based physical activity programme targeted at those people who are least
physically active. It also raises awareness of the benefits of regular moderate
physical activity and aims to breakdown the barriers to participation.
Your group can apply for a cash grant up to £500 to support your proposed
activity. Regular physical activity can help combat some of our serious
health issues, such as obesity, and promote mental and emotional health.
This scheme will help you give people the chance to experience the benefits
of physical activity, and will support the drive to create a healthier
population.
Background
This initiative is
funded by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and has
been developed by the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (HPA) in
support of the Northern Ireland Physical Activity Strategy. The strategy aims to
increase participation in activity, especially by those who are currently
sedentary.
A public information campaign has been developed by the HPA to support the
strategy, and the Get Active in the Community Cash Grant Awards scheme is part
of this campaign. The aim of the scheme is to increase the opportunities for
people in the community to take part in physical activity that will benefit
their health. The scheme provides financial support to community and voluntary
groups to enable them to develop initiatives targeted at the sedentary
population.
For general health benefit adults should achieve a total of at
least 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity (such as walking)
on five or more days in the week.
Since the Get Active in the Community Cash Grant Awards scheme was launched
in 1999, it has helped 1,191 groups to improve health in their local communities
through physical activity. Evaluation has shown that the scheme has met its
overall aims and objectives, and has been an important motivator in increasing
levels of physical activity.
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has been commissioned to
process and judge the applications. Their support is gratefully
acknowledged.
Application guidelines
The Get Active in the Community Cash Grant Awards scheme is open to all
community and voluntary groups. The purpose of the scheme is to assist projects
from existing groups that want to introduce a new physical activity, and new
groups undertaking a physical activity project for the first time.
Funding can be awarded only to projects from these two sources and all
funding requests must not exceed £500. Each group can make only one
application.
Grants are made on the condition that projects will be completed between May
and December 2008.
Organisers of projects not completed within this timeframe
will be asked to return grant awards.
When making the awards, the selection panel gives priority to groups that
operate in the top 20% of the most deprived wards across Northern Ireland, and
in the top 10% within each HSSB area.
How to apply
• Complete the application
form in the centre of this brochure, or as a download from the HPA website www.getalifegetactive.com
• If
you use the application form in the brochure detach it from the rest of the
document. Do not send the whole document as we cannot accept the excess postage
charge. This may delay or hinder your application.
• Return the completed
form to the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland by 4.00pm on Monday 7
April 2008 to the address below.
Get Active in the Community Cash Grant Awards
The Community Foundation for
Northern Ireland
Grant Administrators
Community House
Citylink Business
Park
Albert Street
Belfast BT12 4HQ
