# £500,000 from Football Foundation and Sport Relief for older people's sport

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/06/26/500000-football-foundation-and-sport-relief-older-people039s-sport/
- Published: 2008-06-26T12:10:33+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Football Foundation and Sport Relief have launched a £500,000 initiative aimed
at helping the over-60s stay active and healthy. The initiative offers football 
club community schemes the chance to bid for funding which will enable them to develop
and manage a community project aimed at getting older people in the community to
take part in a local health and exercise programme.**

The programme will focus on the link between physical activity and stronger bones
and muscles, and on increasing the social opportunities for older people to combat
their isolation.

The Football Foundation and Sport Relief are each providing £250,000 towards the
initiative.

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Initially the programme will be delivered by community coaches at 15 professional
football clubs, which, if successful, will be expanded to more clubs across the 
country. The Football Foundation will centrally manage the programme, as well as
monitoring and evaluating it.

Community schemes from across the country have applied for grants and the assessment
process is now ongoing. The successful applications will be announced in August 
2008.

www.footballfoundation.org.uk

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