Over €11K in sports grants for Cavan groups promoting sports for older people

Some 43 local sports groups will receive funding totalling €11,090 to help older people get more active in our communities.

The funding has been confirmed by Cavan Fine Gael Senator Joe O’Reilly.

The amounts vary from €230 to €1,100 with most groups benefitting to the tune of €240 each.

Groups benefitting in Cavan include :

 

 

The aim of the grants is to improve the health and wellbeing of older people across the county by providing them with opportunities to engage in physical activity and sport.

Welcoming the allocations, Senator O'Reilly said: “I am delighted so many local groups will benefit from this tranche of funding. Over the last seventeen years the National Grant Scheme funding has supported and empowered thousands of groups of older people to get more active more often and the record number of applications this year shows the continued importance of the scheme for groups throughout the country.

“Programmes like Go for Life, funded by Sport Ireland, will help us reach the targets set out in the National Physical Activity Plan and approximately 30,000 people nationwide will take part in the activities funded by the grants.

“Groups receiving funding across the country include activities ranging from tennis to rowing, Tai Chi to salsa dancing and yoga to archery.

“I am delighted we have such a great selection of activities here in Cavan which incorporate excellent social opportunities with getting active. The success of this scheme shows what can be achieved with a small investment and the importance of funding sport and physical activity, at any age.”

The Grant Scheme is part of Age & Opportunity’s Go for Life programme, funded by Sport Ireland and delivered nationally with the support of Local Sports Partnerships and the HSE.