Deadline: 05-Sep-21
Think Active is accepting applications for Tackling Inequalities Fund to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 and the widening of the inequalities in sport, physical activity and exercise.
Data from the Sport England commissioned Physical Activity attitudes and behaviours survey during COVID-19 is highlighting widening gaps in the activity levels across existing priority audiences and in particular the following groups:
- Lower Socio-Economic Groups
- Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities,
- Disabled People
- People with Long-Term Health Conditions (LTC).
Priorities
- They want to support organisations and projects that help enable people living in North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth to be more active. In particular projects must focus on supporting the following groups be active:
- Lower Socio-Economic Groups
- Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Communities,
- Disabled People
- People with Long-Term Health Conditions (LTC).
- In particular, they would welcome projects which use sport, physical activity and exercise to address the following challenges which have been identified as being key:
- Young Peoples Mental Health, particularly for those young people who have been shielding
- People who are unable to access online physical activity opportunities due to lack of access or confidence
- Supporting people who are nervous or anxious to return to or start activity within their community as a result of shielding
- People recovering from Covid-19 who would benefit from being more active to help their recovery
- Projects which target people living in communities within Nuneaton and Bedworth and North Warwickshire
- The people taking part can be of any age but must live in Coventry, Solihull or Warwickshire.
Funding Information
The funding range for applications is between £200 – £3000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organisation can apply if you are:
- A not-for-profit voluntary or community club or organisation
- A registered charity
- A not for profit company or community interest company or other social enterprise
- A charitable incorporated organisation
- A registered society
- Company limited by guarantee
- They particularly welcome applications from community groups and organisations who work with the groups they are trying to target, even if you have never delivered a sport physical activity or exercise project before.
For more information, visit https://www.thinkactive.org/clubs-and-groups/tackling-inequalities-fund/