Groups go for gold with Games grants
More than £9,000 has been awarded to projects
around Worcestershire inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games, and more money is available for groups to bid for.
The grants scheme can provide funding of up to
£500 for any eligible project that aims to increase sport or
physical activity and help to create an Olympic legacy in its local
community.
- In the Bromsgrove area, The Stroke Association and Haybridge
High School have received grants.
- In the Evesham and Pershore area, six organisations have
received grants; Drakes Broughton Village Events Group, Abbots
Morton and Harvington parish councils, Prince Henry's High School,
Blackminster Middle School, Blossom Vale Children's Centre and a
joint grant for Orchard Vale, Spring Vale and Apple Vale Children's
Centres.
- In the Malvern Hills area, Sunshine Children's Centre and Dyson
Perrins CE Sports College have received grants.
- In the Redditch area, Redditch Borough Council and Redditch
YMCA have received grants.
- In the Worcester area, Top Barn Activity Centre and Norton
Community Group have received grants.
- In the Wyre Forest area, five organisations have received
awards for their projects; Wyre Forest School Sport Partnership,
Stourport High School, St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School,
Franche Community Primary School and Birchen Coppice Primary
School.
The grants are being promoted by the
Worcestershire Partnership, which published the "Inspired?" toolkit
last year to help local organisations to create Olympic-themed
activities. Any group following the advice in the "Inspired?"
toolkit can apply for a small grant to support the project.
Peter Turvey, Olympics 2012
Coordinator for the Worcestershire Partnership, said:
"We're keen to create a festival of Olympic and Paralympic activity
in Worcestershire and in 2010-11 we had a great response to the
toolkit and the small grant scheme with 19 separate projects
receiving up to £500 each. As the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
get closer, more
and more groups are responding to the public's appetite to
get involved by setting up local Olympic-themed events and making
the London2012 Games the ‘Games for Everybody’. Any voluntary or
community association, statutory body or educational establishment
in Worcestershire whose activities fit the criteria can apply for
funding, and I encourage as many groups as possible to get in
touch."
For guidance about applying, or to request an
application form or a copy of the ‘Inspired?’ toolkit, project
groups should contact Peter Turvey at pturvey@worcestershire.gov.uk
The "Inspired?" Olympic toolkit can be found
online at http://www.raisingourgame2012.org.uk/.
