Sport England Launches Round Two of Get Healthy, Get Active Sport England has announced a second round of funding for its Get Healthy, Get Active (previously Get Healthy, Get Into Sport) initiative. In March 2013, Sport England awarded £6.3 million of Lottery funding to 15 pilot schemes across the country which encouraged inactive people to become more physically active through sport. This was matched by £5.2 million in funding from Local Authorities, Charities and Clinical Commissioning Groups. For Round Two, a further £5 million of Lottery funding will be invested into projects that successfully get inactive people aged 14 years and older into weekly physical activity or sport participation. Speaking after partaking in Active Surrey’s Get Healthy Get Into Sport Programme in 2013, a participant said: “Once I had taken the first step to take part in this research programme, I found it was one of the most positive decisions I could have made. After not taking regular exercise (other than the usual day to day activities) for some years, it makes you feel good in yourself. I am taking part in the Aqua Fit and the Circuit courses, and they certainly make you feel more relaxed and you sure seem to sleep better. Overall it is a very good programme and is very enjoyable as most of us are all in the same boat, but above all it makes you FEEL GOOD.” Sport England, alongside Public Health England, are interested in continuing to drive this step change in public health. A key part of this step change involves tackling inactivity in order to reduce the burden of preventable death, disease and disability, while simultaneously supporting people and communities to achieve their potential. Get Healthy, Get Active is therefore focused on those who are the least active and currently do not do more than 30 minutes of exercise a week. The Get Healthy, Get Active fund aims to: Get more inactive people playing sport once a week for at least 30 minutes. Achieve a better understanding of sports contribution to improving public health and the prevention, treatment and management of long-term conditions. Enable sport and physical activity to be regularly commissioned to meet a wider range of agendas but particularly focusing on reducing health and social care costs. Achieve a reduction in health inequalities. Groups may apply for grants of between £100,000 and £500,000. Grants of above £500,000 will only be offered in exceptional circumstances, and organisations may only apply for this much if they have received written permission from Sport England. Priority will be given to projects that are linked to clearly identified priorities in local council plans, utilise non-traditional locations and venues for their activity, and have a significantly higher level of confirmed partnership funding for the whole life of the project rather than just the first year. Any organisation based in England that is eligible to receive National Lottery funding is invited to apply. All projects should have a strong partnership approach and be able to demonstrate clearly the role of each partner in the overall success of the project. The deadline for applications is 26 January 2015 (6pm). Full guidelines, frequently asked questions and examples of the kinds of projects funded in Round One can be found online at Sport England’s website
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:03:17 +0000