54 sports groups throughout Limerick will receive a total of €14,210 in funding to help older people get more active in their local communities.
The aim of the ‘Go for Life’ grant scheme operated by Age & Opportunity and Sport Ireland is to improve the health and wellbeing of older people across the country by providing them with opportunities to engage in physical activity and sport.
Groups benefitting this year include Men’s Sheds, ICA guilds, Active Retirement Groups, Local Sports Partnerships, Sports Clubs, Family Resources Centres and many others who provide older people with opportunities to get active.
Limerick Fine Gael Senator Maria Byrne said that 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. 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.
The successful Limerick groups are:
Abbeyfeale Men’s Shed, Aclare ICA, Adare ARA, Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Garryowen Day Care Centre, ARA na Féile (Abbeyfeale) ARA, , Ardagh ICA, ARRA Friends Newcastle West ARA, Askeaton/Balysteen ICA, Athea Going Strong Committee, Ballyhahill/Loughill Going Strong, Bantracht Na Tuaithe, Broadford and District ARA, Brothers of Charity, Brothers of Charity Active Retired Group, Brothers of Charity, Bawnmore, Cappamore ICA, Castleconnell ICA
Castlemahon ICA, Castletroy ICA, Crecora ICA, Croom Communities in Motion, Deafhear.ie (Limerick), DeafHear.ie West, Doon ICA, Fedamore ICA, Glenroe/Ballyorgan Active Retirement Group, Glin ICA, Grange ICA, Headway Limerick, Kilfinane ARA, Kilmallock ARA, Limerick Central ARA, Limerick City ARA, Limerick City ICA, Limerick COPD Support Group, Limerick County Civil Defence ARA, Limerick Federation ICA, Limerick Holy Rosary ARA, Limerick Regional Probus Club, Limerick Sports Partnership, Mainistir na Feile ICA, Murroe Maria Social Club, Newcastle West Bowls Club, Our Lady of Lourdes Community Services Group, Our Lady Queen of Peace Club, Limerick, Pallasgreen ICA, Patrickswell ARA, Raheen Co. Limerick ARA, Rosary Hill House Nursing Home, Southill Dining Club, Southill Family Resource Centre FRC, St. Brigid’s and St Patrick’s ARA, St. John’s Senior Citizens Club, Thursday Club.
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