Mayo groups eligible for 'Go for Life' grants
Howard Lake | 8 September 2005 | News
Age & Opportunity in Ireland has announced advance notice of another Go for Life National Grant Scheme for sport and physical activity for older people. Again this year over E300,000 will be made available to local groups to enable them to get their older members more involved in sport and physical activity.
Application forms will be available in mid September and the deadline for their return will be towards the end of October. Full details will be advertised in national press this month.
The Mayo Sports Partnership recognises the need for more activity amongst older age groups.
In the upcoming Strategic Plan for Mayo older people will be a target group for increased activity, says Charlie Lambert, Sports Co-ordinator with the Mayo Sports Partnership.
If any groups have any ideas on what they would like to see in the plan please contact us and we would encourage any active age groups or retirement associations to register with the Partnership so that they are on our mailing list
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‘Go for Life’ is the national programme for sport and physical activity for older people. It is an Age & Opportunity initiative funded by the Irish Sports Council.
Last year almost 600 groups nationwide shared in excess of E300,000. As in other years, successful applicants included active retirement associations, senior citizens clubs, ICA guilds, sports clubs, day centres and community centres.
The grant aid was used to buy sports equipment, to fund sport and activity programmes and to contribute to the cost of organising local sports events.
Application forms will be available on the Age & Opportunity web site from mid September, 2005: www.olderinireland.ie or by contacting Go for Life, c/o Age & Opportunity, Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. Tel: 01 805 7733 or e-mail:
gf*@mi*.ie
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