- Area:
- Scotland
- Programme:
- 2014 Communities
- Release date:
- 25 4 2013
A full list of 2014 communities grants in Scotland.
Sport and fitness are being embraced by the people of Scotland who are getting more active thanks to the 2014 Communities programme from Big Lottery Fund.
2014 Communities funds projects which can introduce all to a wide range of activities and healthier lifestyles in the run up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Big Lottery Fund Scotland Chair, Maureen McGinn said: “Today we are announcing grants totalling £83,155 to 51 projects across the country, which demonstrate the diverse ways that 2014 Communities is helping people to become more active. This programme allows people of any age and any level of fitness and ability to improve their physical activity by getting up, getting going and going for it.”
Inner calm awaits people with disabilities and limited mobility in East and Midlothian. A grant of £1,985 will increase the uptake of the KICC Project’s programme of pilates, yoga and tai chi, through taster sessions in new areas. The project aims to increase participation and volunteer involvement by introducing classes into West Lothian and new areas in Midlothian.
Thanks to today’s award of £2,000, members of Kilwinning Sports Club Ladies Football Team can build the team’s stamina through Strength and Conditioning training sessions. The grant will pay for coaching and cover the costs of the facility where the women will train, meeting the project’s goal of ensuring that the players go from strength to strength.
Coatbridge Parkour Group will use their grant of £1,966 to buy new equipment to help them improve participants’ skills in climbing vertical walls and jumping over buildings.
As well as funding the cost of a coach, the project aims to build upon their capacity to deliver outreach workshops at local schools, using their new balance beam, vaulting box and mini parallel bars.
Local swimming clubs in Shetland will benefit from referee training with an award of £1,967 to Shetland Swimming Association. The project seeks to train a competition level referee and will use today’s grant to fund travel, accommodation and referee training expenses.
In Clackmannanshire, pupils at Lornshill Academy will be getting their groove on at a new extra-curricular dance club. The young people can increase their physical activity levels under the auspices of a professional dance instructor to their favourite beats from a new portable music system, paid for with today’s grant of £1,846.
BIG’s 2014 Communities programme aims to build a legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games funding projects that encourage people to take part or volunteer in sport or physical activity or use sport as a way to bring together people from different generations. In total £5.8 million will be invested over the lifetime of the fund, which is recognised as part of the Scottish Government’s Games Legacy plan.
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Notes to Editors
• 2014 Communities is a micro grants programme, offering local sports clubs, voluntary and community organisations, community councils and schools grants of £300 to £2,000 to support and stimulate grass roots involvement in sport and physical activity. In year two of the programme, Big Lottery Fund has £1 million to award in grants. 2014 Communities will continue to operate up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, but what we focus our funding on and how we deliver our funding may change based on learning leading up to 2014.
• 2014 Communities is about building a legacy of well-being before and beyond the Commonwealth Games. The programme aims to encourage more people to take part or volunteer in sport or physical activity as well as encourage greater community cohesion in the run up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
• The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding, is responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery.
• BIG is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since June 2004. The Fund was formally established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.
• Since the National Lottery began in 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public has gone to good causes. As a result, over £28 billion has now been raised and more than 383,000 grants awarded across arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
• The Scotland Committee, led by Chair, Maureen McGinn, has been making Big Lottery Fund decisions on Scottish projects since March 2007. As well as taking devolved decisions on Lottery spending, the Committee has and will continue to play a strategic role in the future direction of BIG in Scotland.
• The Big Lottery Fund is investing in Scotland’s communities through its Investing in Communities portfolio as well as the small grants schemes Awards for All and 2014 Communities
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